172573 Hazard Communication Training Program

Wednesday, October 29, 2008: 12:50 PM

Vicky O'Leary , Labor Safety and Health, National Labor College, Bethesda, MD
This paper explores and evaluates a Hazard Communication Training Program of the Chicago Ironworkers, illustrating how quality training saves lives.

Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the research that rank-and-file trade unionists are doing to promote safety and health in their unions 2. Challenge the new ideas that the student/trade unionists on this panel are testing through their research 3. Learn innovative methods for health and safety training through unions 4. Learn about challenges and successes in legally proving that a disease is occupationally.

Keywords: Occupational Safety, Occupational Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have no conflct of interest
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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