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Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences Featured Resources provide the latest information on workplace safety, health and well-being. Additional information can be filtered by topic in the supporting navigation to the left of the article content.
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Health and Safety for Craft Breweries and Distilleries
This guide, created by WorkSafe BC, contains health and safety information for the craft brewing and distilling industry. It contains information to help identify and eliminate hazards faced by workers.
Source: WorkSafe BC
OSHA Assistance for General Industry
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/generalindustry/index.html
General Industries are all industries not included in Maritime or Construction. General Industry is regulated by General Industry Standards, Directives, and Interpretation and Compliance Letters.
Source: OSHA
NIOSH Safety and Health Topics
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/
Each page listed at this site provides information on a specific occupational safety and health topic.
Source: NIOSH
OSHA Safety and Health Topics: Hazardous and Toxic Substances.
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/hazardoustoxicsubstances/index.html
OSHA currently regulates exposure to approximately 400 substances - learn more about what they are and workplace requirements on this page.
Source: OSHA
OSHA General Industry Digest 2015
https://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha_2201.pdf
This publication provides a general overview of standards-related topics applicable to manufacturing and general industry.
Source: OSHA
OSHA Fact Sheet: Final Rule General Industry Walking-Working Surfaces
https://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3903.pdf
OSHA’s Final Rule to Update, Align, and Provide Greater Flexibility in its General Industry Walking-Working Surfaces and Fall Protection Standards.
Source: OSHA
E-Facts: Safe Maintenance: Working with contractors and subcontractors
Depending on the work environment and activity performed, maintenance workers are exposed to a variety of hazards and risk factors. Some of these risk factors affect the health of workers mainly in the long term, while others are the cause of work accidents.
Oregon OSHA Fact Sheet Plus: Compressed Gas Safety
http://osha.oregon.gov/OSHAPubs/factsheets/fs09.pdf
The fact sheet provided by Oregon OSHA has been updated, and includes information on safe handling and use, general industrial requirements and more.
Source: Oregon OSHA
WorkSafe BC: Supervising for Safety - Online course for supervisors
http://www.supervisingforsafety.com/
This free online course offers you 24-7 access to high quality safety materials to help you meet your workplace safety obligations and more effectively supervise.
Source: WorkSafe BC
Maintenance and OSH - A statistical picture
http://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/factsheets/90
The Factsheetreports that EUROSTAT data from five EU countries indicate that at least 15-20% of all accidents and 10-15% of all fatal accidents are related to maintenance operations (in 2006).