Oregon & The Workplace

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

SafeBuild Alliance has completed an Oregon OSHA training grant designed to educate construction workers on mental health and suicide prevent

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

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

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...

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

We congratulate Dr. Kelsey Parker on the awarding of a small grant from the Professional Training Opportunities Program (PTOP) in Occupation

Maintaining an injury prevention culture requires many components, and safety communication is fundamental to that goal.

Research shows as many as 80% of young workers don’t receive safety training.

SERVe aims to improve the health and well-being of veterans and their families, and to increase retention of veterans in the workplace.

Steven A. Shea, Ph.D., Director, OccHealthSci and colleagues were awarded $2.5M from the NIH.

It is important to remember that the best way to prevent heat-related illness is to keep workers cool and hydrated throughout the day.