January 01, 2013

Health and Safety Newsletter - Winter 2013

Source: Workplace Health and Safety

health and safety newsletterWhat's Inside?

  • Task Force on Health and Safety hard at work
  • Tell it like it is: Your voice, your future
  • 2013 Health & Safety Conference has timely theme: 'prevention, preparedness, response and recovery'
  • Unsung Hero Award nominations open!
  • Give thanks for safe turkeys this holiday season
  • Study links poor ventilation with decline in decision-making
  • Employers must post injury/illness summaries
  • Newtown school tragedy brings re-evaluation
  • Web Resources
  • Workers' compensation system help available online
  • EPA's green chemistry resource includes school science safety
  • Children exposed to two chemicals in plastics have elevated risk of asthma-related airway inflammation
  • Worker-inspired safer chemicals database launched
  • Calculate your district's pest management budget and risk