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Accident Forms (NMSU WC Instructions)

• Accident Forms (NMSU) - UHC forms link:
  • non-employee  gif   pdf
  • employee - First Report Injury - pdf
  • employee - Notice of Accident (NOA-1) - pdf
  • employee - No Medical Injury  - pdf
  • employee - Supervisor investigation - pdf
  • Worker Comp - benefits explanation - pdf
  • Worker Comp - claims explanation - pdf
  • NM WC Approved Pharmacies list - webpage

Asbestos & Air Quality

• Airborne Pathogens, Viruses, Bacteria and Fungi - Penn State University Database
• Air Duct Cleaning (Environmental Protection Agency Guide)
• Asbestos Information (EPA Guide) (NESHAPS Regulations)
• Asbestos Safety and Health Topics (OSHA Guide)   Hazards  
• Asbestos (OSHA) Fact Sheet for the Workplace  (new-english)  (new -spanish)
• Asbestos Tox FAQ (ATSDR) - English   Spanish
• Asbestos & Health (National Alliance for Hispanic Health) - Spanish   English
• Asbestos & Cancer Facts - National Cancer Institute
• Biological Pollutants in your Home - EPA, CPSS & American Lung Assoc. Guide
• Cancer and the Environment (brochure from Nat. Inst. of Envir. Health)
• Diseases related to air quality (American Lung Association)
• EPA and Air Quality
• Frequent Asked Topics on Air Quality (National Safety Council)
• Health and indoor air quality (Air Quality Sciences Inc - references & products)
• Health effects of formaldehyde (California Air Board)
• Health Effect of Hazardous Air Pollutants (information and index of EPA fact sheets on air contaminants)
• Home Inspection (Resources for home buyers including info on asbestos)
• Indoor Air Quality  (EPA's IAQ home page)
• Indoor Air Quality Resource Center - public awareness of air quality problems due mold, radon, asbestos, lead, bioaerosols, etc
• Mold and indoor air quality (EPA Guide)
• Sources of Air Pollutant in Schools

Agricultural Safety

• Agriculture safety documents - North Dakota State University Safety Publications
• Animal allergens nbsp; - OSHA data
• Animal Care (IACUC) Training - web based training Univ.Arizona at
• http://www.iacuc.arizona.edu/training/
• Asthma Allergic Lung Disease - related to Agricultural operations
• Asthma prevention for animal handlers- OSHA/Niosh data
• Confined space threat to farmers - Niosh info
• Danger in the Dust - National Institute of Health
• Database of Farm Worker Health & Safety & Cal Pesticide Regs
• EPA Worker Protection Standard 40 CFR Parts 156 & 170 - Interpretive Policy
• Farm Worker Regulations - Index  
  • Agriculture Operations Reguations- Summary
  • Agriculture Confined Space Regs 
  • Occupational Asthma
  • Grinder Safety Checklist
  • Machine Guarding Checklist
  • Fact Sheet - Field Sanitation
  • Information on guarding of power takeoff
• FIFRA (Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act) - Summary
• FIFRA Details - Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
• Insecticide and Envir.Pesticide Control
• Farm deaths - manure pits - CDC info
• Farm Health & Safety Checklist - Canadian Agr.Safety Program (CASP)and Dept of Forest Resources and Agrifoods.
• Farm Safety - OSHA Farm Health & Safety facts (pdf)
• Farm Safety Training - Atlantic Canada Farm Safety
• Farm Safety Training - Univ Cal at Davis - NIOSH-funded Agricultural Health & Safety Center 
• Farm Safety & Health Information Clearinghouse - Univ of Minnesota Extension Service:
• Field Sanitation Standard - OSHA 
• Health & Air Quality-Livestock Barns  - California facts
• Manure & Invisible Risks   - Iowa State University Extension 
• Machine Guarding of farm equipment - OSHA data
• National Agricultural Safety Database (NASD) - OSHA & NIOSH *****
• Occupational asthma & farming - Niosh info
• Preventing Injuries & Deaths from Skid Steer Loaders - CDC & Niosh info  
• Toxic Gases (manure pit) - Niosh document 
• Typical noise sources aels on the farm
• Worker Protection Standard for Pesticides  - EPA link

Biosafety

• Airborne Pathogens, Viruses, Bacteria and Fungi - Penn State University Database
• American Biological Safety Association
• Biological Safety Cabinets - Primary Containment for Biohazards: Selection, Installation and use of - CDC & NIH Guide
• Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Labs 3rd edition - (ON LINE VERSION) CDC & NIH Guide
• Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL) 4th Edition (ON LINE VERSION) CDC & NIH Guide
• Biosafety Handbook, Colorado State University
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) main
  • CDC Handbook - Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories
  • CDC Guide to Packaging and Shipping of Biomedical Material
  • CDC MMWR - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports
  • CDC Public Emergency Response - Anthrax info
  • CDC Interim* Recommendations -  Protecting Workers from Exposure to Bacillus Anthracis in Work Sites Where Mail Is Handled or Processed
• Disinfectant Tutorial (Purdue University)
• Emerging Infectous Diseases - Yale University
• EPA Registered Disinfectants (National Antimicrobial Information Network)
• Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms  U.S.Food and Drug Adminstration

• Hantavirus - All About Hantavirus - from the CDC
• Hantavirus Safety (slide show from CDC)
• Health Canada - Office of Biosafety (Infectious substances MSDSs)
• Medical Microbiology - on-line Textbook

• Microbes  Info - microboiology information portal 
• National Institute of Health (NIH)
  • NIH OBA Guidelines for Research on Recombinant DNA Molecules, 2001
  • NIH Office of Biotechnology Activitie (OBA)
  • NIH Health Information
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
  • News release on workplace anthrax exposure guide
  • Anthrax Risk Matrix
• Packaging and Shipping of Biomedical Material CDC Guide
• Plant Viruses On-line  University of Idaho
• Recombinant DNA Technology Course
• Requirements for .. Transferring or Receiving ..Infectious Agents - Regulations 42 CFR Part 72
• Shipping Handbook For Infectious Agents - Harvard, EH&S
• Tuberculosis - NIH Fact Sheet
• USDA - Agricultural Biotechnology APHIS
  • APHIS Regs on ‘Introduction of Genetically Engineered Organisms' 7CFR340
  • APHIS documents
• US Postal Service
  • Mail & Anthrax at http://www.usps.com/news/2001/press/pr01_1010tips.htm  
  • USPS Poster on Suspicous Mail (pdf format)
• Virology on the Web
• Viruses - Big Picture Book of - Garry Labs
• World Health Organization   WHO Guidelines

Bloodborne Pathogens

• AIDS - Frequently Asked Questions (relation to workplace) - Canadian Center for Occupational Health
• Bloodborne Pathogen Standard (local copy) - OSHA 29 CFR 1910.1030 Regulation
• Handwashing & Environmental control - CDC Guidelines - (ON LINE ARTICLE)

• Handwashing resources - NEHA -(National Environmental Health Association)
• Hepatitis B (HBV),  Hepatitis A (HAV),  Hepatitis C (HCV),  Facts, Frequently Asked question,
  Recommendations - Information provided by the Center for Disease Control
• Hepatitis C:  An Epidemic for Anyone
• Hepatitis Place
• Hepatitis Resource Center
• HIV and AIDS Prevention
• HIV Infection (an overview of the infection)
• Laundry: Washing Infected Material
• Malaria - a bloodborne pathogen - Howard Hughes Medical Institute 2003 Summary
• Needlestick Injuries  (Information sources provided by OSHA)
• NMSU Model Infection/Exposure Control Plan
• Selecting, Evaluating, and Using Sharps Disposal Containers - (ON LINE PUB) DHHS - NIOSH
• Disinfectants Guidelines (from APIC search) 
• Picture of HIV Viruses - University of Utah Medical (also see Viruses - Big Picture Book of - Garry Labs)
• Picture of HBV (Hepatitis B Virus) - Dept of Medical Microbiology,University of Cape Town
• Workplace HIV/AIDS Education Program - American Red Cross

Car and Driver Safety

• Air Bag and Seat Belt Safety Campaign - National Safety Council
• Auto Crash Investigations - NHTSA
• Auto Rollover Rating Legislation - Consumer Union
• Car Crashes: What to Do At the Scene - National Safety Council
• Cell phones and driving
  • Using a car phone safely - National Safety Council
  • Are hands-frre cell phones safer - Safety Online 1/26/01 article
• Firestone Tire Recall - Firestone
• National Safety Council - defensive driving and vehicle safety
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) US DOT
• NMSU Parking Permits
• NMSU Parking and Traffic Regulations
• NMSU Traffic Citations
• NM Vehicle Driving Permit & Defensive Driving Class
• NHTSA report on the tire recall
• SUV Rollovers - Consumer Union Info

• SUVs and Rollovers Accidents
• Safety City - car, bike and bus Safety for Kids (part of NHTSA)
• Tire recall, Update- Consumer Union
• Tire Care and Safety
• Tire Safety - Rubber Manufacture Assoc.
• Worst Car of the Millennium - The motoring public has spoken! Car Talk

Carcinogens

• National Toxicology Program (NTP)
• NTP search engine for abstracts of carcinogenicity, teratogenicy, mutagenicity from National Institutes of Health
• Questions and Answers on the NTP Report on Carcinogens
• NTP 9th Report on Carcinogens
• NTP Nominations for 10th Report on Carcinogens
• International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
• Cancer & the Environment from National Institute of Environmental Health

Environment

• Earth911
• EcoNet - Site provides a helpful search index and selected list of recent environmental news
• EcoWeb - Environmental links throughout the WWW.
• Environmental Rating (water, air, land, waste) for Las Cruces/Dona Ana area (EPA)
• Environmental Virtual Campus - www.c2e2.org/evc 
• Las Cruces Recyling - City of Las Cruces- Utility Dept
• Las Cruces/El Paso Watershed (EPA review/analysis)
• New Mexico Hazardous Air Pollutants

Ergonomics

• Ergonomic in your workplace (facts sheets from Univ. of North Carolina)
• National Coalition on Ergonomics 
• Computer Workstation Solutions(3M)
• ErgoBuyer
• Ergonomics Society of the United Kingdom
• Ergo Web, Inc.
• Institute for Environment Safety & Occupational Health Risk Analysis (IERA) - Lots of Ergonomics Links!
• Office Ergonomics (F-One Ergonomics)
• OSHA's Ergonomic Site
• University of Virginia EHS/Ergonomics Training and Resources
• ZDnet Anchor Desk

Fire and Life Safety

• American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
• First Alert (lots of home safety information)
• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
• National Safety Council
• Firenet

Gloves

• Ansell 8th Edition Chemical Resistance Guide
• AllSafety Products Glove Guide
• Best Gloves (Link2) Resource for correct glove for specific applications)
• Chemical Resistance and Barrier Guide - Safe Skin Corporation
• EZ Glove Guide - (Lab Supply Inc)
• Glove MapaGlove
• Resource for chemical glove selection

Gov't - Federal Agencies & Regulations

• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
• American National Standards Institute
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety
• Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

• Department of Health and Human Services
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • EPA Compliance Newsletter
  • Compliance Enforcement on Universities
  • National Environmental Public Health Tracking
  • FIFRA (Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act) Summary
  • WPS standard 40 CFR Parts 156 & 170 - Interpretive Policy (more)
• Department of Transportation (USDOT)
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

• International Labour Office
• National Cancer Institute
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 
• National Institute of Standards and Technology
• National Institutes of Health

• National Environmental Public Health Tracking
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• National Safety Council
• National Safety Council's Crossroads web site
• National Toxicology Program
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
  • 10 CFR regulations       

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)  Regulations - partial listing

General Industry (applies to NMSU)

• 29 CFR 1910.38 Emergency Action Plan  
• 29 CFR 1910.132 Personal Protective Equipment   also
•              1910.133 Eye & Face Protection
•              1910.134 Respiratory Protection
•              1910.135 Head Protection
•              1910.136 Occupational Foot Protection
• 29 CFR 1910.157 Portable Fire Extinguishers
• 29 CFR 1910.1200 Hazard Communication Standard
• 29 CFR 1910.1030 Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
• 29 CFR 1910.1450 Laboratory Standard
• DOL Legal restrictions on youth employment
• Agricultural Operations & Farm Safety
  • Summary - Agriculture Operations Regulations
  • Index - Farm Worker Regulations   

• OSHA standards that apply to agricultural operations:

  • 29CFR1910.142, Temporary labor camps
  • 29CFR1910.111(a) and (b), Storage and handling of anhydrous ammonia
  • 29CFR1910.145, Slow-moving vehicles
  • 29CFR1910.1200, Hazard Communication.
  • 29CFR1910.1201, Retention of DOT markings, placards, and labels.  
  • 29CRF1928.51, Roll-over protective structures (ROPS) for tractors used in agricultural operations.
  • 29CFR1928.57, Guarding of farm field equipment, farmstead equipment, and cotton gins.
  • 29CFR1928.110, Field Sanitation.
  • 29CFR1910.1027, Cadmium. See 1910.1027

• OSHA standards & guidance that apply to workplace violence

  • OSHA standards and support on Workplace Violence
  • Prevention guide for Health Care & Social Service Workers 
    Training materials  Workplace Violence: Health & Social Workers  PPT 

OSHA fact sheets - local copies below, more at OSHA website

• OSHA Amputation-factsheet (pdf)
• OSHA Asbestos-factsheet (pdf) 
• OSHA Bloodborne Overview-factsheet (pdf)
• OSHA Bloodborne PPE-factsheet (pdf) 
• OSHA Bloodborne sharps-factsheet (pdf) 
• OSHA Carbonmonoxide-factsheet (pdf) 
• OSHA Death on the job-factsheet (pdf) 
• OSHA Emergency action plan & Fire Safety-factsheet (pdf) 
• OSHA Emergency in the workplace-factsheet (pdf)  
• OSHA Emergency exit routes-factsheet (pdf) 
• OSHA-Ethylene oxide-factsheet (pdf)
• OSHA-Farm health and safety -factsheet (pdf) 
• OSHA-Farm field sanitation-factsheet (pdf)
• OSHA-Formaldehyde safety-factsheet (pdf)
• OSHA-Hazardous Chemicals & Chemical Hygiene Plan-factsheet (pdf)
• OSHA-Imminent danger reporting-factsheet (pdf) 
• OSHA-Inspections by OSHA-factsheet (pdf)
• OSHA-Job related injuries-factsheet (pdf)
• OSHA-Job safety & health-factsheet (pdf)
• OSHA-Lockout/Tagout-factsheet (pdf)
• OSHA-Personal Protective Equipment-factsheet (pdf)
• OSHA-Violence in the workplace-factsheet (pdf)
• OSHA-Whistleblower protection -factsheet (pdf)  
  U.S. Air Force Industrial Hygiene
• DOL FLSA- Youth job restrictions (Fair labor standards act)

Other US Agencies

• U.S. Army Industrial Hygiene Program
• U.S. Coast Guard: Prevention Through People
• U.S. Department of Defense
• U.S. Department of Energy
• U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
• U.S. Department of Labor
• U.S. Department of Transportation
• United States House of Representatives
• United States Senate

Gov't - NM State Agencies

• NM Employer Mandatory Posters << click here for list & links
  • NM OSHA: Health & Safety Poster - Local Copy#1   #2
  • US Dept Labor: Health & Safety Poster - local copy
• NM ED (Environmental Div. Regulations & forms) 
  • Air Quality Regs
  • NMED Food Program Office, 1170 N.Solano, Las Cruces, 524-6300
    • Temporary food permit (form)
    • 1) Frequent questions 2) Foodborne illnesses 3) Gloves
    • Food alerts & recalls
  • Food Service Regs 7NMac6.1
  • Food Service & Processing Regs 7NMac6.2 ng Regs 7NMac6.2
  • Drinking Water Regs 20NMac7.1
  • Drinking Water Regs 20NMac7.3
  • Ground & Surface Water Protection 20NMac6.1
  • Hazardous Waste Management Regs 20NMac4.1
  • Radiation Licensing 20NMac3.1
  • Public Swimming Pools Regs 7NMac18.1

• NM Department of Public Safety
• NM Environmental Public Health Tracking
• NM State Department of Health

• NM Worker Compensation Safety Facts from NM Worker Comp Website
  This information is not legal advice or opinion. It is generally accepted as reliable information assembled from industry documents and operations.
  Back Injury Prevention
  Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  Compressed Air for Cleaning
  Falls
  Fire Extinguisher Maintenance
  Good Workplace Housekeeping
  Kitchens
  Motor Vehicle Accident Prevention
  Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  Safety and Health Add Value
  Safety Guidelines for Ladders
  Saw Kickbacks
  Security at Work
  Trenching
  Working Outdoors
  Young Workers/New Workers

Health & Wellness Links

• American Red Cross
• Dean A. McGee Eye Institute
• Developmental toxicants Listing (Environmental Defense Fund)
• Dr. Koop.com - Basic health information, prescription information, and an explanation of health terms.
• Evaluation of risks to human reproduction (National Institute of Health
• Female reproductive health, the effects of workplace hazards (NIOSH)
• Male reproductive health, the effects of workplace hazards (NIOSH)
• Reproductive health
• Lead Poisoning Information Campaign - National Safety Council
• NM State Department of Health
• Reproductive and developmental health hazards (American College of Occupation and Environmental Medicine)

• Reproductive toxicants Listing (Environmental Defense Fund)
• Sun Safety - National Safety Council
• University Health Partners (Children's, Presbyterian and University Hospitals)

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