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Occupational Health and Safety Links
House of Commons Transportation Committee, Rail Safety Study
Gord
Rhodes' testimony
UTU
testimony (John Holliday & Don Anderson)
CN Testimony
(unedited "blues" copy)
FRA
Remote Control Report
CCOHS
Workplace Health Promotion Database
A rich bibliographical resource from the Canadian Centre for
Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) A virtual treasure
trove of workplace health resources.
CCOHS
Fatality Reports Database
Fatality Reports contains information about the circumstances
surrounding occupationally related fatalities. Information
is extracted from reports on inquests and inquiries into occupationally
related fatalities across Canada.
HazMap
Search this database by Types of Agents, Adverse Effects,
Occupational Diseases, Types of Diseases, Jobs and Symptoms,
High Risk Jobs and Types of Jobs. Provided by the National
Institutes of Health.
HEALTH
ASSESSMENT DOCUMENT FOR DIESEL EXHAUST
This assessment examined information regarding the possible
health hazards associated with exposure to diesel engine exhaust
(DE), which is a mixture of gases and particles. The assessment
concludes that long-term (i.e., chronic) inhalation exposure
is likely to pose a lung cancer hazard to humans, as well
as damage the lung in other ways depending on exposure.
Trucker Hours
Truckers need more respect, not more hours. A site sponsored
by a coalition of Candaian unions and organizations.
Health
and Safety Executive
From the UK. This organization "Ensures that risks to
people's health and safety from work activities are properly
controlled" Includes the The
Southall Rail Accident Inquiry Report
Hatfield Rail Crash Report
On the 17th October the London to Leeds express travelling
at over 115 mph derailed, killing four people and injuring
a further seventy. The train had been approaching a fast bend
when a defective section of track shattered into 300 pieces.
From NDT (Non Destructive Testing) Cabin web site
SafetyNews
Worldwide safety news archive, based in the UK.
AFL-CIO
Safety Page
Transport
Canada Transportation of Dangerous Goods
DG information, regulations, and links
Toxnet
This free-of-charge search interface provides access to the
TOXNET system of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals,
and related areas
OHSA
US Government Occupation Health and Safety Administration.
New releases, regulations, library, and links.
UBC's
Health and Safety Program
Comprehensive safety program information, minutes, links etc.
from the University of BC
EMF
Link Subscription-based service with some public access
to information on Electric and Magnetic Fields Research.
Canada
Safety Council
Publications, traffic safety, occupational health and safety,
child safety.
Center
to Protect Worker's Rights
The Center to Protect Workers' Rights, the nonprofit research
arm of the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO
. CPWR focuses on construction worker safety and health as
a means to assess and encourage improvement in working conditions
and industry productivity.
NIOSH
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Great resource, good links, including Transportation
links
Canadian
Centre For Occupational Health and Safety
Another good safety resource
Vermont
SIRI Website / Hazard.com
Great links and a searchable database of Safety
and Occupational & Environmental Medicine mailgroups
and Archives
Trevor
Ustalo's OHS Web
Assistant professor at the Institute of Occupational Safety
Engineering, Tampere, Finland.
He also runs a safety discussion bulletin
board
Worker's
Health and Safety Center
The Workers Health & Safety Centre was established by
the Ontario Federation of Labour in 1979. At the beginning,
they received most of their funding through a $400,000 annual
grant from the Ontario Lottery Corporation. After a few years
of steady growth, their funding began coming from the Worker's
Compensation Board.
Their purpose is to promote workplace prevention measures
that reduce occupational disease, disability and death. Their
aim is to equip and encourage workers to promote the well-being
of other workers and improve the health and safety environment
within their workplaces.
British
Columbia Workmen's Compensation Board
The WCB Act of BC does not apply to BC Rail, all our health
an safey legislation comes under the BC Railway Act and is
administered by the Ministry of Municpal Affairs.
This is something we would like to see changed.
This site is a very rich occupational health and safety resource.
University
of Toronto, Office of Enviromental Health and Safety - Links
April 27, 2007
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