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AgSafe |
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AgSafe is a nonprofit california coalition of individuals, groups and organizations with the shared mission of the prevention of injuries, illnesses, and fatalities among those working in agriculture. |
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Alberta Farm Safety Centre |
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The Alberta Farm Safety Centre promotes safe agricultural practices based on concern for the welfare of individuals, families and communities. To this end, educational materials, workshops, displays, and events are developed that involve people on-site and throughout Alberta. |
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ANROAV: Asian Network for the Rights Of Occupational Accident Victims |
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ANROAV is a coalition of victims’ groups, trade unions and other labour groups across Asia, all committed to the rights of Victims and for overall improvement of health and safety at the workplace. |
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Association of Occupational Health Nurse Educators in the United Kingdom |
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An organisation for teachers of occupational health nursing at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the UK. The organisation exists to promote best practice and education in occupational health nursing. |
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BC Trucking Safety Council (BCTSC) |
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The BCTSC’s mandate includes consulting with the industry, developing measurable prevention interventions, and facilitating a Certificate of Recognition program for the trucking industry. |
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Best Highway Safety Practices Institute |
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An American nonprofit organization that provides professionals, policy makers, the press and the public with empirical data, findings, guidance, recommended practices and resources to advance best practices in the field of highway safety. |
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Canada's Healthy Workplace Month (CHWM) |
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Canada's Healthy Workplace Month (CHWM) is designed to introduce workplace health to Canadian organizations and to support those who are already on the journey. CHWM is managed by the National Quality Institute (NQI) in collaboration with the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), and is presented by The Great-West Life Assurance Company. |
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Coalition Against Workplace Violence |
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The Coalition Against Workplace Violence is comprised of a number of Nova Scotia unions (NSGEU, NSTU, NSNU, and CUPE). The presidents of each of these unions decided to meet on a regular basis to discuss issues of common concern to workers represented by all four unions. |
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Community Against Preventable Injuries |
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More British Columbians under the age of 45 are killed each year by preventable injuries than any other cause. The Community Against Preventable Injuries is committed to change; providing the tools to reduce injury in your community. They have developed a provincial, multi-media, multi-touchpoint social marketing campaign designed to make British Columbians aware of the magnitude of the issue and the multitude of situations where injuries can be prevented. |
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Compensation Culture |
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CompensationCulture was formed to offer a unique reference point on claiming and protecting against compensation. Whether it's protecting yourself against invalid lawsuits or making a genuine claim, we discuss the issues of today's compensation culture. Provides a single UK resource for interesting features and practical advice on this subject. |
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Construction Association of Prince Edward Island |
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Promote and advances the interests and efficiency of the construction industry in Prince Edward Island by acting on behalf of and for its members. This association offers a variety of health and safety training courses for members. |
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CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training |
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Formerly known as The Center to Protect Workers’ Rights (CPWR), CPWR has become an international leader in applied research, training, and service to the construction industry. |
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CSA for Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) |
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This site is the Canadian Standards Association link to information and standards as pertain to occupational health and safety. |
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Euopean Safety Federation
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The mission is to create and promote health and safety management in the workplace and enhance health and safety awareness of the workers by emphasizing the important role of using the appropriate PPE to ensure their well-being, health and safety throughout professional life and leisure time. |
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European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology |
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Aapan-European representative body for the emerging field of occupational health psychology, defined as "the application of the principles and practices of applied psychology to occupational health issues: the study of psychological, social and organisational aspects of the dynamic relationship between work and health". |
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European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECOTOC) |
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ECETOC is a scientific, non-profit making, non-commercial trade association with a mission to act as an independent, credible, peer-reviewed technical resource to all concerned with the identification of research needs and provision of scientific rationale for the assessment of health effects and environmental impact, and thereby to justify industry's licence and freedom to operate. |
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European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) |
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ETSC is a Brussels-based independent non-profitmaking organization dedicated to the reduction of the number and severity of transport crash injuries in Europe.
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Federation of European Risk Management Associations |
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FERMA exists to widen and raise the culture of Risk Management throughout Europe to its members and to the risk management and insurance community. It achieves its aims by promotion and raising awareness of risk management through the media, by information sharing, educational and research projects. |
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Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)
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GHS addresses classification of chemicals by types of hazard and proposes harmonized hazard communication elements, including labels and safety data sheets. It aims at ensuring that information on physical hazards and toxicity from chemicals be available in order to enhance the protection of human health and the environment during the handling, transport and use of these chemicals. The GHS also provides a basis for harmonization of rules and regulations on chemicals at national, regional and worldwide level, an important factor also for trade facilitation. |
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Hazardous Substances SIG Forum |
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Forum established by the BOHS. While all users of this website can read the comments posted on this forum, only BOHS members and registered non-members can post. Please ensure you read our Forum Rules before posting. |
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Health and Safety Association Network (HSAN) |
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A non-profit organization made up by industry owner groups, employer groups, labour groups, and industry associations from Alberta. Their mission is to enhance occupational health and safety training of workers. |
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High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (HICAHS) |
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HICAHS is dedicated to the improvement of the occupational health, safety, and well-being of the residents of Colorado, the High Plains, and the Rocky Mountain Region. |
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Highway Safety Roundtable |
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This site is committed to raising the profile of the dangers of fatigue impairment. Fatigue impairment is a cause of about 15% of all road collisions or about 416 fatalities and 2,080 serious injuries each year in Canada .The Highway Safety Roundtable includes the Brewers Association of Canada, Canada Safety Council, Canadian Automobile Association, Insurance Bureau of Canada, Railway Association of Canada and Tourism Industry Association of Canada. |
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HS-Canada |
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HS-Canada is a means of distributing messages to a group of individuals with interests in occupational health and safety in a Canadian context. Although the list is intended primarily for Canadians, anyone with an interest in Canadian occupational health and safety issues is welcome to subscribe. Messages may be sent in English or French |
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Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (Europe Chapter) |
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Organised to serve the needs of the human factors profession in Europe. The purpose is to promote and advance through the interchange of knowledge and methodology in the behavioural, biological, and physical sciences, the understanding of the human factors involved in, and the application of that understanding to the design, acquisition, and use of hardware, software, and personnel aspects of tools, devices, machines, equipment, computers, vehicles, systems, and artificial environments of all kinds. |
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Institute of Risk management |
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The Institute of Risk Management (IRM) is risk management's leading professional education and training body. The Institute provides high quality education, training and professional development in risk management at a range of levels, from introductory to expert. |
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Klinic Community Health Centre : Man to Man Project |
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Klinic Community Health Centre is located in Winnipeg, Manitoba provides a full range of health related services from medical care to counseling to education. The Man to Man project deals with male mental health issues in the work environment. |
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Mesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness Center |
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Another web site that provides a wide variety of information on this specific topic. This website is devoted to the needs of people diagnosed with mesothelioma. The content contained herein was not prepared by medical professionals nor should it be taken as a substitute for medical advice. Additionally, this information is not intended to create an attorney-client relationship simply by its viewing. |
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Mesothelioma Cancer Center |
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Asbestos.com is committed to providing the latest, up-to-date information to our visitors in the hopes of spreading awareness about the dangers of asbestos cancer. This website offers a one-stop resource on all asbestos issues ranging from occupational exposure to mesothelioma treatment options. |
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Mesothelioma Web |
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One of the most established and comprehensive sites on mesothelioma. This site provides facts about palliative care, nutrition, and chemotherapy, as well as information on clinical trials. The site constantly adds new information and articles, including international news. |
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National Association of Chemical Distributors |
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National Association of Chemical Distributors is an international association of chemical distributor companies that purchase and take title of chemical products from manufacturers. |
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National Code Documents |
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This site provides information on the access and purchase of various Canadian national code documents including the National Building Code of Canada 2005 (NBC), the National Fire Code of Canada 2005 (NFC) and the National Plumbing Code of Canada 2005 (NPC). |
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National School Safety Center |
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The National School Safety Center serves as an advocate for safe, secure and peaceful schools worldwide and as a catalyst for the prevention of school crime and violence. NSSC provides school communities and their school safety partners with quality information, resources, consultation, and training services. The National School Safety Center identifies and promotes strategies, promising practices and programs that support safe schools for all students as part of the total academic mission. |
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Naval Safety Center: Photo of the Week |
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This site provides a weekly safety photo, plus archive of previous photos. The Naval Safety Center is a comprehensive source of health and safety information applicable to any work environment. |
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New Brunswick Forest Industries Safety Association |
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The New Brunswick Forest Industries Safety Association endeavors to create a positive, proactive safety culture within the forest industry of New Brunswick. |
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New York State Zero Lift Task Force |
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The mission is to create a safe environment for patients and healthcare workers by eliminating strenuous manual lifting tasks involved in transferring and repositioning patients, thus improving the physical well-being of health care workers, significantly reducing negative patient outcomes, improving the financial strength of the health care industry by significantly reducing workers compensation costs, and retaining and recruiting qualified staff. |
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New Zealand Ergonomics Society
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This site also includes a list of ergonomics books and resource materials, and information about the New Zealand Ergonomics Society (NZES). |
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New Zealand Occupational Health Nurses Association |
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Professional body for occupational health nurses in New Zealand. The purpose is to promote and assist professional development and to encourage occupational health nurses to meet competency-based goals as required by the Nursing Council of New Zealand. |
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Nordic Ergonomics Society
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Addresses the needs of academics, practitioners, students and individuals interested in Ergonomics. NES, founded in 1969, represents the professional interest of over one thousand five hundred members from the Nordic countries. |
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Occ-Health Mail List |
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A United Kingdom discussion list open to everyone with an interest in teaching, learning and research in occupational health and safety. |
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Occenvmed UK |
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A discussion forum for practitioners of occupational and environmental medicine and occupational health. This forum has a United Kingdom Perspective. |
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Occup-Env-Med Mail-list |
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The Occup-Env-Med Mail-list provides a forum for announcements, dissemination of text files and academic discussion. The forum is designed to allow presentation of clinical vignettes, synopses of new regulatory issues and reports of interesting items from publications elsewhere (both the medical and the non-medical journals). |
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Occupational Stress Injury Clinic |
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A specialized outpatient program that exclusively serves veterans of the Canadian Forces, current Forces members, and eligible members of the RCMP. The goal is to help people improve their quality of life through a better understanding of the impact of severe stress. |
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Operation Lifesafer |
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Operation Lifesaver is a national public education program sponsored by the Railway Association of Canada and Transport Canada and works in co-operation with the Canada Safety Council, provincial safety councils/leagues, railway companies, unions, police, public and community groups. The goal is to reduce the needless loss of life, injuries and damages caused by highway/railway crossing collisions and train/pedestrian incidents. |
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Our Youth at Work |
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Our Youth at Work is a charitable foundation to try to prevent any other young workers from dying or getting hurt at work. Its unique approach of linking up students, parents, educators and corporate executives and workers face-to-face to talk about workplace safety has impacted more than five million people across North America.
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Professional Organisations in Occupational safety and Health |
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POOSH exists to promote the continuous improvement of the practice of occupational safety and health through education, communication and the encouragement of cooperation between all persons and agencies involved in the provision of a healthy and safe working environment. |
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Psychologically Healthy Workplace Collaborative |
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Their aim is to enhance and ensure the health, productivity and sustainability of Canadian workers and workplaces. The Collaborative is a Standing Committee of the British Columbia Psychological Association. |
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Radiation Answers |
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This Web site was prepared by appointed Health Physics Society members, and technical accuracy was assured with a separate review by a technical panel appointed by the Society Board of Directors. This site aims to further the understanding, evaluating, and the controlling of the potential risks from radiation relative to the benefits. |
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Return to Work Matters |
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Return To Work Matters is an Australian professional networking and resource site serving Return To Work Professionals. The people whose responsibility it is to facilitate injured or ill employees to recover their health and get back to their jobs. The focus begins with Return To Work Coordinators, but it includes employees, their co-workers, HR & OH&S staff, managers & supervisors, medical and rehabilitation practitioners and claims managers. |
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Safe-In-Sound Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention Award |
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Safe-in-Sound is a new award for excellence in hearing loss prevention being offered by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA). |
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Safety and Reliability Society |
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SaRS is an internationally recognised society whose purpose is to represent engineers and scientists working in the important fields of Safety and Reliability. Our objective is to enhance the professionalism and reputation of all those involved in safety and reliability technology. |
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Safety List |
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General discussion of occupational health and safety management issues and the the oldest and one of the best email lists in environmental occupational health and safety. |
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safetyphoto |
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The purpose of this web site is to provide free practical information and resources that might be helpful to qualified safety practitioners, not just in the UK but worldwide. It brings together in one place, photographs of hazards, poor working procedures and near misses in the workplace. |
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Scottish Centre for Healthy Working Lives |
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Whatever people want to do for a living, and wherever they are in Scotland, the vision is to give them the opportunity to work in ways that allow them not only to sustain, but also to improve, their health and well-being. |
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Sound Advice |
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Sound Advice contains practical guidelines on the control of noise at work in music and entertainment. Representatives of music and entertainment industries together with Environmental Health Officers and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prepared the guidance. |
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The John Petropoulos Memorial Fund |
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The John Petropoulos Memorial Fund (JPMF) creates partnerships which strive to eliminate preventable workplace fatalities and injuries to emergency services personnel. In the spirit of John’s dedication to helping make his community a safer place, the JPMF promotes the message to the public that workplace safety for emergency services workers is a shared responsibility. When communities work together, many risks to these workers can be minimized. |
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Towards a Respectful Workplace |
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Created by the Research Team on Workplace Violence and Abuse (Workplace Bullying) at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. Workplace bullying and harassment are major impediments to a respectful workplace and this user friendly website provides tips for employees and employers on tackling workplace bullying. |
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UK Occupational Hygiene Discussion List |
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The British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) provides a public access e-mail discussion list called UKOH which is for general discussion of occupational hygiene matters in a UK context. To join the UKOH list please visit http://www.mailtalk.ac.uk/ukoh you can then choose to have all messages e-mailed to you as they arrive or in a daily digest or even to read them only at the website. |
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University of Western Ontario: Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Management
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The Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Management offered by Continuing Studies at The University of Western Ontario is designed to enable university graduates to add practical and applied skills required to work in the field of occupational health and safety. Students in this exciting program will also obtain valuable work experience through a supervised practicum placement. For more information on the program and the application process please contact either 519 661 3658 or cstudies@uwo.ca. |
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WHMIS News (Health Canada) |
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WHMIS News, an electronic newsletter targeted to suppliers, employers, workers, government partners and other interested parties involved in the distribution and/or use of hazardous workplace materials.
This newsletter is produced by the National Office of the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS). WHMIS News will be published on an ad hoc basis with the objective of keeping you
abreast of developments on issues as they emerge. This will include, for example, updates
on the transition to the Globally Harmonized System, substance-specific directives, compliance
deficiencies and other issues. |
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WorkingRights |
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WorkingRights was formed to offer a unique reference point on understand employee rights as an employee or employer. This site will tell you all about your rights at work, from discrimination through to what action you can take when faced with losing your job. |
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Workplace Health, Safety & Compensation Review Division: Newfoundland and Labrador |
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The Decision Search System (DSS) contains over 2000 decisions of the Workplace Health, Safety & Compensation Review Division. It is intended for use by the general public to assist with issues surrounding workers' compensation appeals. |
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Workscape |
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Workscape is a vehicle for the discussion of workplace health and safety. Although the Workscape is intended primarily for Canadians, anyone with an interest in Canadian occupational health and safety issues is welcome to subscribe. Messages may be sent in English or French |
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Australasian University Safety Association |
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AUSA is the network of OHS professionals servicing the tertiary education and research sector of Australasia. |
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Le Mois national de la santé au travail |
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Bienvenue sur la ressource canadienne en ligne consacrée à la Santé au travail et sur le site de la Semaine nationale de la santé au travail – une célébration annuelle de la santé au travail dans les entreprises canadiennes. |
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Mountain and Plains Education and Research Center (MAP ERC) |
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One of 17 Education and Research Centers funded by the Centers for Disease Control/National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (CDC/NIOSH). Spanning from the borders of Canada to Mexico, the MAP ERC will help to meet the occupational health education needs of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota. |
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