Library Guides: Occupational Health Research Guide: Websites

Occupational Health Agencies & Professional Support

Board for Global EHS Credentialing (BGC) -
credentialing body for professionals who protect and enhance the health, safety, and environment of people at work and in their communities.
ACOEM: American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
PUblications on occupational medicine and its major subdisciplines. Board Certification in OEM satisfies many of the requirements to achieve the status of FELLOW in the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) An international associations serving the needs of occupational and environmental health professionals practicing industrial hygiene in industry, government, labor, academic institutions, and independent organizations.
CDC - Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
NIOSH Safety and Health Topic
National Clearinghouse for Worker Safety and Health Training (NIEHS WETP) National resource for hazardous waste worker curricula, technical reports, and weekly news on hazardous materials, waste operations and emergency response.
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resource for hazardous waste worker curricula, technical reports, and weekly news on hazardous materials, waste operations and emergency response. Funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences' Worker Education and Training Program (NIEHS WETP)
NIOSH - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Statisticsm NIOSH Dockets and other information organized by industry, exposure, injuries, diseases and prevention.
NIOSH - Data and Statistics Gateway
Browse NIOSH Data and Statistics A-Z
NIOSH - Derivation of Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health (IDLH) Values
Chemical-specific IDLH values and the methodology for deriving IDLH values. Current Intelligence Bulletin 66: Derivation of Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health (IDLH) Values
Occupational Safety and Health (ILO)
From the International Labour Organization
OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Occupational safety and health information.
The Electronic Library of Construction Occupational Safety and Health (eLCOSH.org)
CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training
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Information about safety and health for construction workers, employers, researchers and others interested in construction safety and health from a wide range of sources worldwide.
PELs - Permissible exposure limits - Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limits – Annotated Tables
TLVs-Threshold limit value - American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) TLV is threshold limit value and is used by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) to express the maximum airborne concentration of a material to which most workers can be exposed during a normal daily and weekly work schedule without adverse effects. ON RESERVE @ Matas Library: WA 465 D6372 Distance students request and interlibrary loan for the specific information or citing a specific substance.
Manual handling assessment chart (MAC tools) - UK (HSE)
Tool to assess the risks posed by lifting, carrying and team manual handling activities. To prevent death, injury and ill health in Great Britain’s workplaces.
Society of Occupational Medicine. UK

International Labor Office. Geneva.

Workplace Health and Safety Information
International Labour Office, c1998-

ILO Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety This link opens in a new window
4th Edition
CISILO Database This link opens in a new window
CISDOC database

About SDS /MSDS - Hazard Communication Standard

Hazard classification: Provides specific criteria for classification of health and physical hazards, as well as classification of mixtures.
Labels: Chemical manufacturers and importers will be required to provide a label that includes a harmonized signal word, pictogram, and hazard statement for each hazard class and category. Precautionary statements must also be provided.
Safety Data Sheets: Employers must ensure that the SDSs are readily accessible to employees for all hazardous chemicals in their workplace.

OSHA - Hazard Communication
U.S. Department of Labor | Occupational Safety & Health Administration
www.OSHA.gov
Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)
Fourth revised edition, © United Nations, 2011. Safety Data Sheets: Will now have a specified 16-section format.
Safety Data Sheet Search
Chemical Safety is the developer of Environmental Management Systems (EMS)

Tulane

Occupational Health and Safety Management
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine