On August 9, 2019, Oregon became the eighth state in the country to pass a paid family leave bill.

Have you ever thought about how safe, prepared or how your organization would respond to workplace violence?

Occupational health nurses truly get Total Worker Health.

The Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) is designed to recognize and promote effective safety and health management.

oin in the National Safety Stand-Down to prevent falls in construction during the week of May 6-10, 2019.

ORFACE program publishes a new fatality investigation report that examines lessons learned from a hot work explosion.

The Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences warmly welcomes our newest faculty member, Dr. Emily (Yueng-hsiang) Huang.

Total Worker Health® is a holistic approach to worker well-being. The foundation of Total Worker Health is to keep workers safe and healthy.

We wanted to send a warm welcome and feature one of our new faculty members, Dr. Caren Weinhouse, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Understanding and Addressing Gender Violence in Medical Training.

Each year more than 200,000 post 9/11 veterans join the workforce, after having returned from Iraq or Afghanistan. The government offers...

Excavating is one of the most hazardous construction operations. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports excavation and trench-related...

The question “So what do you plan to do with your summer?” always leads to a discussion of my previous summer jobs, many of which haven’t...

I was recently asked by the NIOSH  (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) Science Blog Administrator if something new...

Written by William Hersh (This entry is re-posted from the Informatics Professor Blog of our department chair, William Hersh, MD .)...

Research studies that began in 2011 at the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center (OHWC) have resulted in four toolkits that we are eager to...

How often do we learn about an accident or near miss, only to recognize that the same incident occurred recently during the same or...

Cannabis (marijuana) use is on the rise. Twenty-nine US States have legalized medical cannabis and 7 (including Oregon) have approved...

The Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society has selected an article written by investigators in the  laboratory of R. Stephen...

OR-FACE (Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation program) was excited to participate in the 2017 Oregon Governor’s Occupational...