OccHealthSci May 2025 Newsletter
- Shaun McGillis
- May 2
- 3 min read
The latest news, updates, and events from OccHealthSci
Working Well webinar series
OccHealthSci 2024 Annual Report
At the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, we are dedicated to addressing the challenges to workplace health and well-being. This year’s OccHealthSci Annual Report provides a snapshot of the many significant activities the Institue engaged in throughout 2024.
Professional development
Oregon Total Worker Health® Alliance
Total Worker Health® Solutions for Management
Thursday, May 15 2:35 – 3:55 p.m. At the 2025 Northwest Safety & Health Summit – Region X VPPPA Portland, Oregon
Effective health and safety management systems require an integrated, multifaceted and collaborative approach such as the Total Worker Health (TWH) approach developed by NIOSH. This approach has now been widely recognized and successfully implemented in workplaces across industries. This interactive presentation examines the basic TWH principles, the business and value proposition, and showcases practical examples of where and how this approach has been implemented. Course participants are invited to share their successes and challenges related to the topic. Specific employee engagement and supportive leadership solutions for different applications are shared and discussed for practical utilization.
Course learning objectives include:
Describe basic principles and value of the TWH approach
Explore evidence-informed TWH solutions, leadership tools and their application in different work settings
Developing “next steps” related to these solutions, as applicable to participant’s organization
Other Professional Development Opportunities
Total Worker Health® Awareness for Safety Committees
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
2:45 – 4:15 p.m.
Safety Committees play a crucial role in the identification and management of different workplace hazards. This workshop helps you to broaden your understanding of all types of hazards, including psychosocial and organizational hazards, which are not always easy to recognize. Participants have an opportunity to learn this from the perspective of a Total Worker Health® (TWH) approach, a concept coined and supported by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Attendees can relate how current workplace programs and policies might fit (or not) into the TWH approach and how this comprehensive approach can be used by safety committees to advance health, safety and well-being at work more effectively.
OccHealthSci Sponsored Programs
Occupational Public Health & OR-FACE Programs
The Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OR-FACE) Program, in collaboration with Jeff Wimer (Logging Safety Consultant, OSU Retired), has developed a free, self-guided, online Oregon Yarding and Loading Safety Training. This training was adapted from the Oregon OSHA Yarding and Loading Handbook and is intended to supplement the essential training offered by employers. Designed for those working in the logging industry, this online training covers essential topics such as types of yarding systems, recommendations for rigging, procedures for rigging crews, and more! A Spanish version of the training is currently being developed and will be available soon for free.
Learn more about OR-FACE (Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program), including our fatality investigations and toolbox talks, by visiting our website. To download and receive new publications including investigative reports and other OR-FACE publications, please join our mailing list.
OccHealthSci Research, Blog and Events
Stay up to date on the latest basic, clinical, and applied research at OccHealthSci, and learn about our partnerships and community engagement at the Oregon and the Workplace blog.
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