Oregon & The Workplace

Oregon OSHA adopted two new emergency rules to protect workers from wildland smoke.

The Oregon Healthy Workforce Center has published a new Medium.com article titled, Learning from different industries to improve safety.

During July we will be working to extract some of the key takeaways, common themes, and observations that were shared by our colleagues.

Oregon OSHA releases a temporary heat rule for workers.

The Oregon Total Worker Health Alliance has been busy providing virtual Total Worker Health courses to people in OHSA Region 10.

NIOSH was created in 1970 as part of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, with a mission to ensure safe and healthful work.

At OccHealthSci we welcome partners and projects to work collaboratively to address risks and needs faced by all workers.

In our latest podcast, we bring our focus to the impacts of COVID-19 and wildfire smoke on wildland firefighters.

On our newest podcast episode we highlight the impacts of COVID-19 on the Latinx farm working community in Oregon.

Throughout our COVID Conversation Series, we have shared of lessons learned and tips within our safety, health and being of workers.

We need to continually study the burden of injury to young workers across demographics, job types and industry to improve injury prevention.

We are pleased with the success of our COVID Conversation series, held twice monthly and continuing through June 2021.

The Oregon Young Employee Safety Coalition (O[yes]) recently posted a blog on Young Workers and COVID-19.

Researchers identified a higher fatality risk among transportation workers over age 65 when compared to their younger counterparts.

Since April 28, 1971, NIOSH has funded research, education and resources in occupational safety and health.

Caregivers in long-term care centers and in private homes are at risk of COVID-19 exposure and infection.

OR-FACE published five new Fatality Investigation Reports in 2020.

Producing a voluntary standard that will assist organizations representing all sizes and industries as they implement a TWH approach.

Gian Lozano is the High Reliability Administrative Director at the Portland VA and has a passion for developing behavioral solutions.

In Part 2 of our Three Decades at the Institute series, we highlight organizations in our community that have been critical to our success.