Government Resources
Ergonomics
Human Resources
OSHA Resources
Worker Safety
Ergonomics:
NIOSH
Ergonomics Research and
Information
Provides a listing of
NIOSH publications and other resources,
including a searchable bibliographic database
of occupational safety and health publications,
documents, grant reports and journal articles
supported in whole or in part by NIOSH.
Washington
State Department of Labor and Industry:
Ergonomics Ideas Bank
The
Ergonomics Ideas Bank includes a searchable
collection of ideas to reduce exposure to
awkward postures, high hand force, repetitive
motions, lifting, vibration and other risk
factors for work-related musculoskeletal
disorders (WMSDs) in the work place.
Washington
State Department of Labor and Industry:
Ergonomics Evaluation Tools
The
Ergonomic Evaluation Tools page provides three
evaluation tools, including Lifting Calculator,
Hazard Zone Checklist and Caution Zone
Checklist.
Human Resources:
U.S. Citizen
and Immigration Services
Formerly
the Immigration and Naturalization Service
(INS), USCIS is responsible for the
administration of immigration and
naturalization adjudication functions and
establishing immigration services, policies and
priorities.
U.S.
Department of Labor
The DOL
fosters and promotes the welfare of the job
seekers, wage earners and retirees of the
U.S.
OSHA
Resouces:
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
OSHA assures the
safety and health of America's workers by
setting and enforcing standards; providing
training, outreach and education; establishing
partnerships; and encouraging continual
improvement in work place safety and
health.
Alliances
The
Alliance Program enables trade or professional
organizations, employers, labor organizations
and educational institutions that share an
interest in workplace safety and health to
collaborate with OSHA to prevent injuries and
illnesses in the workplace.
Compliance
Assistance and Cooperative
Programs
This page serves as a
portal to all compliance assistance resources,
including links to eTools and safety and health
topics pages, publications, case studies and
success stories, public service announcments
and training resources. In addition, it also
includes frequently asked questions, sample
safety and health programs, a listing of
industry-specific resources and links to
compliance assistance resources from other
federal agencies.
Compliance Assistance: Hispanic
Employers and Workers
This page
provides links to OSHA's Spanish-language
resources, including Web pages, fact sheets,
public service annoucnements, toll-free
hotline, success stories and eTools. It is
intended for English-speaking and bilingual
users and is designed to complement the OSHA en
Espanol site.
Effective
Ergonomics: Strategy for
Success
OSHA's Ergonomics Safety
and Health Topics page outlines OSA's
four-pronged approach to ergonomics and
provides information on ergonomic-related
resources.
Meat Packing
Industry Safety and Health Topics
OSHA's Meat Packing Plant
Information page focuses on issues specific to
the meat and poultry industry. The page
provides information related to the meat
packing industry including OSHA standards,
possible solutions for industry hazards and
additional resources.
On-Site
Consultation
Small businesses,
particularly those in high-hazard industires or
involved in hazardous operations, can use this
free service to help improve their safety
performance. Safety and health consultants work
with employers to identify workplace hazards,
provide advice on compliance with OSHA
standards and assist in establishing safety and
health programs.
Safety and
Health Achievement Recognition Program
(SHARP)
Employers that
participate in the On-Site Consultion Program
may seek recognition under SHARP for their
exemplary safety and health programs. SHARP
profived incentives and support for small
businesses to develop, implement and
continuously improve safety and health
programs.
Strategic
Partnerships
Organizations can
enter into Strategic Partnerships with OSHA to
address specific safety and health issues. In a
partnership, OSHA enters into an extended,
voluntary, cooperative relationshop with groups
of employers, employees and employee
representatives in order to encourage, assist
and reconize their efforts to eliminate serious
hazards and achieve a high level of worker
safety and health.
Voluntary
Protection Program
OSHA's
Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) is designed
to recognize and promote effective safety and
health management. As part of VPP, management,
labor and OSHA work together to pursuit a safe
and health workplace.
Additional safety and health topics pages and eTools that add safety and health issues in the meat packing industry include:
Ammonia Refrigerations
Bloodborne Pathogens and Needlestick Prevention
Confined Spaces
Electrical
Emergency Preparedness and Response
Ergonomics
Hazard Communication
Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)
Machine Guarding
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Poultry Processing
Powered Industrial Trucks
Walking/Working Surfaces
Worker
Safety:
Bureau of
Labor Statistics
The BLS is the
principal fact-finding agency for the federal
government in the broad field of labor
economics and statistics.
National
Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health
NIOSH is the federal
agency responsible for conducting research and
making recommendations for the prevention of
work-related injury and illness. NIOSH is part
of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and the Department of Health and
Human Services.