Oregon & The Workplace

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.

What happens if an earthquake hits in the middle of your workday?

We congratulate Nicole Bowles, Ph.D., on her recent promotion to research assistant professor.

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.

Understanding and Addressing Gender Violence in Medical Training.

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...

OR-FACE  participated in multiple events during last week’s 5th annual National Safety Stand-down. #StandDown4Safety is part of OSHA’s...

Prevention, best practices – these are key ingredients for staying safe on the job. As safety and health professionals we continually...

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

Health and disease surveillance in many low-income countries is poor, such that disease outbreaks are recognized very slowly, sick people...

Falls continue to be the leading cause of death in the construction industry. These deaths are preventable. A newly published fatality...

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...