Resources

LaborSafe is committed to worker safety and empowerment. For more information about Occupational Safety and Health, here is a selection of resources.

COSH Network (http://coshnetwork.org)

The National COSH network has many useful factsheets for people to access for basic information in H&S in both English and Spanish and some other languages.

USMWF (http://www.usmwf.org)

USMWF is the only US organization solely dedicated to families who have had a loss in the workplace. Their website is very important for all health AND SAFETY activists.

Center to Protect Workers Rights (CPWR) (http://www.cpwr.com)

The Center for Construction Research and Training is a good resource for Construction Health and Safety.

http://www.safetyphoto.co.uk/

Photos of safety hazards in the workplace.

Unions:

AFL-CIO (http://www.aflcio.org/yourjobeconomy/safety)
Canadian Labor Congress (CLC) (http://www.clc-ctc.ca/web/menu/english/top.htm)
USW (http://legacy.usw.org/usw/program/content/HSE-FactSheets.php)
UAW (http://www.uaw.org/hs/at/index.html)

Unions have many good websites that link to legal and technical tools for Health and Safety.

United States Government:

OSHA (http://www.osha.gov)
MSHA (http://www.msha.gov)
NIOSH (http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html)
EPA (http://www.epa.gov)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov)
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) (http://www.bls.gov/iif)

Canada:

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (http://www.ccohs.ca)
Canada’s National Occupational Health and Safety Site (http://www.canoshweb.org)

Government websites are valuable resources for the latest information on hazards, standards and current policies.

International Health and Safety:

ILO (http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/index.htm)
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (http://europe.osha.eu.int)
Hazards Magazine http://www.hazards.org

International standards and requirements are often more protective that current US standards and can be very informative

Spanish Language Resources:

National COSH Network http://www.coshnetwork.org/paginaespanol.htm
NIOSH http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/niosh
OSHA http://www.osha.gov/as/opa/spanish/index.html

There is increasingly more H&S publications available in Spanish and other languages

Occupational Medicine Clinics and Doctors:

Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics http://www.aoec.org

These medical clinics specialize in Occupational and Environmental health.

Chemical Hazard Factsheets:

New Jersey Dept. of Health (http:///www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/rtkweb/rtkhsfs.htm)
Material Safety Data Sheets Online (http://www.ilpi.com/msds/index.html)

These chemical factsheets provide useful information on chemical hazards that often pick up where MSDS’s leave off.