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Oregon Healthy Workforce Center Toolkits
Research studies that began in 2011 at the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center (OHWC) have resulted in four toolkits that we are eager to...
Shaun McGillis
Jul 30, 20172 min read


OR-FACE posts workplace fatality reenactments
OR-FACE (Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation program) was excited to participate in the 2017 Oregon Governor’s Occupational...
OccHealthSci
Mar 22, 20172 min read


It’s official: Alliance on Total Worker Health®
Partners come together to launch the Oregon Total Worker Health Alliance.
Shaun McGillis
Feb 24, 20171 min read


Lead: the metal that just keeps giving
Lead is not particularly difficult to measure and detect, it requires knowledge, discipline, and usually resources to effectively remedy.
Shaun McGillis
Dec 7, 20162 min read


New OR-FACE toolbox talk guides published
Safety communication is an integral part of maintaining an injury prevention culture.
OccHealthSci
Sep 6, 20161 min read


New OR-FACE toolbox talk guides published
Maintaining an injury prevention culture requires many components, and safety communication is fundamental to that goal.
Shaun McGillis
Jun 5, 20162 min read


Trading notes across the ocean
Being part of OHSU Global Health SE Asia has given us a terrific opportunity to collaboratively learn with our Thai partners.
Shaun McGillis
May 25, 20161 min read


New OR-FACE hazard alert
OR-FACE published a new hazard alert, “Follow manufacturer’s instructions.”
Shaun McGillis
Mar 3, 20161 min read


Study serves veterans and service members
SERVe aims to improve the health and well-being of veterans and their families, and to increase retention of veterans in the workplace.
Shaun McGillis
Feb 18, 20162 min read


Arsenic and cadmium air pollution found in SE and North PDX
Potentially unsafe levels of arsenic and cadmium have been detected in the air of Southeast Portland.
Shaun McGillis
Feb 11, 20161 min read


OR-FACE publishes Spanish toolbox talk guides
The first set of construction toolbox talk guides based on Oregon fatalities was published and made available on the OR-FACE website.
Shaun McGillis
Sep 27, 20151 min read


Do you work too much?
I often overhear conversations on my daily tram commute that relate in some way to the mission of our Institute and the Oregon Healthy...
Shaun McGillis
Feb 20, 20152 min read


Hearts at work
February is heart health month. I’ve been thinking a lot about the heart-health-and-work connection while noticing how many of the...
Shaun McGillis
Feb 15, 20152 min read
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