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For information
about joining NYCOSH, click here.
The New York Committee for Occupational
Safety and Health offers the following services to unions and
workers (whether unionized or not), employers, government agencies,
and community organizations.
HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING -- NYCOSH provides both introductory
and in-depth health and safety training on a wide range of topics.
Before we undertake a training program we conduct a "needs
assessment" to ensure that the training is tailored to the
hazards, conditions, and concerns of the participants. Our
training is designed to help people understand how to anticipate,
recognize, and eliminate or control the hazards they encounter
on the job. We also helps unions develop strategies so
that workers are not forced to choose between their jobs and
their health. Training sessions are highly participatory
and may include small group activities, role-playing, discussion,
and hands-on training. Here is a partial list of training topics
and agendas that we provide training on:
INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH AND
SAFETY TRAINING
- Principles of hazard recognition
- Toxicology - how chemicals enter
and affect our bodies
- History and scope of federal
and state health and safety laws
- Overview of basic legal rights
- Rights and requirements under
hazard communication and right-to-know standards
- How to utilize material safety
data sheets (MSDSs)
- Alternative sources of information
RECOGNITION, EVALUATION, AND CONTROL OF HAZARDS TRAINING
- Definition of safety, definition
of health
- Types of hazards
- Toxicology - how chemicals enter
and affect our bodies
- History and politics of health
hazards - asbestos, silicosis, black lung, etc.
- Obstacles to identification
of occupational disease
- Risk mapping
- Hierarchy of controls
- Resources
OSHA RIGHTS TRAINING
- What is OSHA?
- History
- Who is covered
- NIOSH
- General duty clause
- Standards
- Rights, including access to
information
- Inspections
- Recordkeeping
- Enforcement
- Strengths and weaknesses
HAZARD COMMUNICATION
/ RIGHT TO KNOW TRAINING
- Your legal right to information
- Federal OSHA and state OSHA
plans
- The OSHA hazard communication
standard
- Introduction to toxicology
- How to use the law
- How to use Material Safety Data
Sheets (MSDSs)
- How to use the NIOSH Pocket
Guide to Chemical Hazards
- Other sources of chemical information
INTRODUCTION
TO HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEES TRAINING
- Basic health and safety rights
- Advantages and disadvantages
of labor-management committees
- Advantages and disadvantages
of union-only committees
- Functions and strategies
- Workplace inspections
- Sources of information
COLLECTING
INFORMATION ON HEALTH AND SAFETY HAZARDS TRAINING
- Investigating workplace hazards
- Injury and illness records
- Exposure records
- Medical records
- Freedom-of-information requests
- How to conduct a workplace inspection
- How to investigate health problems
- NIOSH health hazard evaluations
INTRODUCTION
TO INDOOR AIR QUALITY TRAINING
- Definitions of indoor air quality
- Sick-building syndrome
- Building-related illness
- Indoor pollutants
- Regulatory issues
- How to resolve indoor air quality
concerns
- Resource materials
PROTECTING
BUILDING OCCUPANTS DURING CONSTRUCTION OR RENOVATION TRAINING
- Types of construction processes
- Potential hazards
- Movement of contaminants
- Control measures
- Planning and supervision
OCCUPATIONAL
EXPOSURE TO TUBERCULOSIS TRAINING
- Symptoms
- Transmission, including workplace
exposure
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Workplace prevention strategies
- OSHA enforcement guidelines
OCCUPATIONAL
EXPOSURE TO BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS TRAINING
- History and scope of OSHA Bloodborne
Pathogens Standard
- HIV/AIDS
- Hepatitis
- Routes of transmission
- Occupational exposure
- Universal precautions
- OSHA requirements and rights
WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
TRAINING
- Definition, statistics
- Types
- Risk factors
- Examples and causes
- OSHA guidelines
- Solutions
STRESS IN THE
WORKPLACE TRAINING
- Definition
- Causes
- Risk factors
- Workplace stress and health
- How to prevent workplace stress
- Resources
ERGONOMICS
/ REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURIES / BACK INJURIES TRAINING
- Definitions
- Incidence, costs
- Common RSIs
- Risk factors
- Controlling risk factors in
the workplace
- Equipment design
- Workstation design
- Safe work practices
- Model union-employer ergonomics
agreements
- Quick ergonomic fixes
- OSHA's proposed ergonomics standard
NOISE TRAINING
- Definitions
- How to tell if there is a noise
problem at work
- Health effects
- OSHA noise and hearing conservation
standards
- Noise measurement
- Methods of control
CONFINED SPACE
TRAINING
- Definition
- Atmospheric hazards
- Other hazards
- OSHA requirements
- Teamwork
- Permits
- Lockout / tagout
- Ventilation
- Respirators
- Fall protection
HAZARDOUS WASTE
TRAINING
- Introduction to toxicology
- Regulatory overview
- Environmental regulations
- Superfund
- Occupational safety and health
regulations
- Hazard Communication / Right
to Know
- Hazwoper
- Material Safety Data Sheets
(MSDSs)
- Alternative sources of chemical
information
LOCKOUT / TAGOUT
TRAINING
- Why lockout / tagout is necessary
- Provisions of the OSHA lockout
/ tagout standard
- Requirements for lockout / tagout
devices
- Energy control procedures
- Special situations
- Equipment startup and operation
NYCOSH can provide training on many other topics, including
- Chemical safety
- Ventilation
- Diesel exhaust, carbon monoxide
- Lead
- Asbestos
- Fire safety
- Machine guarding
- Heat stress
- Computer workstation ergonomics
- Workers' compensation
- Laboratory safety
- Electromagnetic fields
- Other health and safety issues
of concern to your organization.
NYCOSH is able to provide certain training and industrial
hygiene services at no cost to the recipient, with funding
provided by various federal and state grants. Other training
and industrial hygiene services are available on a low-cost,
fee-for-service basis. Please contact NYCOSH
by clicking here, or call 212-227-6440 ext. 16, or write to
us at 116 John Street, Suite 604, New York, NY 10038 for further
information.
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE -- NYCOSH furnishes comprehensive technical
support to health and safety committees and union leaders and
stewards. The NYCOSH Health and Safety Hotline (212-627-3900)
provides quick answers to questions about specific problems.
The library at the NYCOSH Resource Center contains thousands
of reference books, reports, professional publications, and fact
sheets.
CONSULTATIONS AND ON-SITE
EVALUATIONS -- NYCOSH
makes available an industrial hygienist to conduct walk-through
evaluations of workplaces, critique management inspection reports,
and write detailed evaluations that provide a basis for resolving
health and safety problems. NYCOSH also assists unions in developing
effective health and safety strategies that can win concrete
victories, such as specific contract language or the formation
of health and safety committees.
CONFERENCES, LECTURES, AND
FORUMS -- Topics addressed
at recent NYCOSH events include indoor air quality, asbestos,
reproductive hazards, electromagnetic radiation, repetitive strain
injuries, and workers' compensation.
UPDATES ON THE LATEST TECHNICAL,
REGULATORY, LEGISLATIVE AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT AFFECT SAFETY AND HEALTH --
NYCOSH monitors the safety and health-related activities of the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Congress, and
related federal, state, and local agencies.
For information about joining
NYCOSH, click here.
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