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Accident Forms (NMSU HR forms page)

• Accident Forms (NMSU):
  • non-employee  gif   pdf
  • employee - First Report Injury - pdf
  • employee - Notice of Accid (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)
• Asbestos and the workplace (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
• 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)

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

• Best Gloves (Resource for correct glove for specific applications)
• Chemical Resistance and Barrier Guide - Safe Skin Corporation
• EZ Glove Guide - (Lab Supply Inc)
• 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
  • Worker Protection Standard 40 CFR Parts 156 & 170 - Interpretive Policy (more)
  • FIFRA (Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act) Summary
• 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 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 Department of Environmental
  • 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 Labor
• NM Department of Public Safety
• NM State Department of Health

• NM State Govt.
• NM Worker Compensation

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)

Internet Resources listing  I to Z

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