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Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Washington, DC. – 1985
This booklet contains Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) training requirements, excerpted from OSHA standards. The booklet is designed to help employers, safety and health professionals, training directors, and others who need to know training requirements. (Requirements for posting information, warning signs, labels, and the…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Labor Standards, Occupational Safety and Health, On the Job Training
Sneed, Don – 1985
Almost from the introduction of the new technology into newsrooms, the video display terminal (VDT) has raised health concerns. Ironically, the newspaper industry--which ordinarily would be at the forefront, acting as a watchdog over worker health and safety concerns--has initiated little news coverage of the VDT radiation issue. The Newspaper…
Descriptors: Computers, Employer Attitudes, Employers, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1986
This hearing addressed the issue of whether the delays in producing a proposed National Institute for Occupational and Safety Health (NIOSH) study on the possible health hazards associated with video display terminals (VDTs) are due to concerns about scientific methodology or unwarranted interference by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).…
Descriptors: Display Systems, Federal Regulation, Health Conditions, Hearings
Education Development Center, Inc., Newton, MA. – 1982
The Teenage Health Teaching Modules (THTM) program is a health education curriculum for adolescents. Each THTM module frames an adolescent health task emphasizing development of self-assessment, communication, decision making, health advocacy, and self-management. The goals of this module are to acquaint secondary students with the problems of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Health Education, Learning Modules, Occupational Diseases

Edstrom, Malin – Online Review, 1987
Discusses the characteristics of different computer screen technologies including the possible harmful effects on health of cathode ray tube (CRT) terminals. CRT's are compared to other technologies including liquid crystal displays, plasma displays, electroluminiscence displays, and light emitting diodes. A chart comparing the different…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Display Systems, Futures (of Society), Input Output Devices
Disability Management: A Comprehensive Framework for Prevention and Rehabilitation in the Workplace.
Tate, Denise G.; And Others – Rehabilitation Literature, 1986
The prevention and management of work injuries and disabilities has become a primary concern as employers realize that healthy employees represent organizational investments and a resource to the organization. This article defines and describes disability management programs, health promotion programs, employee assistance programs, and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Health Conditions, Health Education, Injuries
Feuer, Dale – Training, 1985
Discusses job training and safety training in the nuclear power and chemical manufacturing industries. Examines the toxic gas leak at Bhopal (India), the Three Mile Island incident, training requirements, government regulation versus self-regulation, and the concern for the public's safety and health. (CT)
Descriptors: Chemical Industry, Government Role, Job Training, Nuclear Power Plants

Ashford, Nicholas A. – Science, Technology, and Human Values, 1984
Discusses scientific and technical information as related to the regulatory process. Examines information uses, role of the courts, current values issues in regulatory policymaking (considering funding sources, choice of projects, reporting of results, access to results and confidentiality, and separating technical and regulatory decisions), and…
Descriptors: Court Role, Decision Making, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation
Illinois State Environmental Protection Agency, Springfield. – 1997
This report presents the status of programs designed to manage hazardous educational waste collections in secondary schools in the state of Illinois. Laboratory wastes, expired chemicals, unstable compounds, and toxic or flammable materials are accounted for in this document. The report contains an executive summary, a review of Illinois statutes…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Environmental Standards, Hazardous Materials, Laboratory Safety
Bush, Diane; Gonzalez-Arroyo, Michele; Stock, Laura; Delp, Linda; Miara, Christine; Dewey, Robin; Sinclair, Raymond C.; Ortega, Maria J. – 1999
This guide presents the lessons learned from three health education projects that focused on young worker issues and were funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. In these projects, occupational health educators worked for 3 years, in three different communities, to raise the awareness of young worker issues, including…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Employers, Health Education, Occupational Safety and Health

Bayer, Richard – Journal of Chemical Education, 1982
A significant amount of scientific work is done in laboratories with limited ventilation capabilities. To operate at "acceptable risk", an understanding is needed of what ventilation systems can/cannot do. A simple experiment is described which assesses conditions under which specific experiments should be performed and serves to introduce…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education, Laboratory Safety

Somerville, Margaret; Abrahamsson, Lena – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2003
Interviews and observations involving 20 coal miners and 7 trainers found the group constructed a community of practice that reinforced the culture of masculinity. Miners learned safety measures through experience and from coworkers. Trainers viewed their work as simulated environments and codified practices, which implicitly devalue experiential…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Incidental Learning, Masculinity

Scalera, Nicholas R. – Child Welfare, 1995
Examines the nature and extent of threat of physical violence to child welfare workers in the course of carrying out their responsibilities. Discusses nine measures devised by the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services to enhance the health and safety of their field staff. Strives to stimulate further thinking and discussion among social…
Descriptors: Occupational Safety and Health, Risk Management, Safety Education, Social Services

Sowa, Claudia J., And Others – Counselor Education and Supervision, 1994
Describes investigation examining relationship between perceived levels of occupational stress and personal strain and coping resources among counselors. Results indicate counselors with higher levels of perceived occupational stress report significantly greater personal strain and fewer coping resources than do counselors perceiving lower levels…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Coping, Counselor Training, Counselors
Daltroy, Lawren H.; And Others – Health Education Quarterly, 1993
A survey of 120 postal worker participants in a back safety course and 89 controls found (1) there was increased knowledge among experimentals but no significant behavior change; and (2) experimentals were less likely to report reinforcement for healthy behaviors. The complexities of worker social support show that it cannot be relied upon to…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Industry, Injuries, Occupational Safety and Health