Hazard Recognition / Risk Management

Risk Assessment Resources

American Society of Safety Engineers

Risk Management Manual

University of Ottawa (PDF file)

Risk Assessment and Job Hazard Analysis

Public Services Health and Safety Association Ontario (PDF file)

Risk Assessment Essentials

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (PDF file)

Best Practices for the Assessment and Control of Physical Hazards

WorkSafe Alberta (PDF file)

Risk Assessment

Dr Mike Rejman (ppt)

Risk Assessment

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety

Checklists for inspecting the workplace

WorkSafe Australia (PDF file)

Conducting Effective Risk Assessments

University of Western Sydney (PDF file)

Guide to Evaluating Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Work Injuries

CDC (PDF file)

Good Practice Guidance on Occupational Health Risk Assessment

ICMM United Kingdom (PDF file)

Hazard Management Tool

WSIB Ontario (PDF file)

Developing Effective Standard Operating Procedures

David Grusenmeyer - Cornell University (PDF file)

Risk Management - Risk Assessment

Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (PDF file)

Staying Safe While Providing Community Based Care and Support In Nova Scotia: A Workplace Manual

NOVA SCOTIA HEALTH + COMMUNITY SERVICES SAFETY ASSOCIATION (PDF file)

Healthcare Risk Assessment Made Easy

The National Patient Safety Agency U.K. (PDF file)

Guidance on Risk Assessment at Work

European Commission - Health and Safety (PDF file)

Five Steps to Risk Assessment

Health and Safety Executive U.K. (PDF file)

System Safety Handbook

U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration

Operational Risk Management

FAA System Safety Handbook (PDF file)

OSH Works

OSH Works is a web-based service to help you develop, manage and improve your workplace health and safety program.
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety

POLICY ON OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK MANAGEMENT

The Northcott Society (PDF file)

Risk Assessment Training

National University of Singapore (ppt)

Competence and Risk Assessment

Occup. Med. Vol. 48, No. 1, p. 1, 1998 (PDF file)

Occupational Health & Safety Risk Assessment and Management Guideline

University of Queensland (PDF file)

Prevention through Design

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Root Cause Analysis

James J. Rooney and Lee N. Vanden Heuvel, ABSG Consulting Inc. (PDF file)

Five Steps to Risk Assessment

U.K. Health and Safety Executive

Identifying and managing adverse environmental health effects:
Taking an exposure history

Lynn Marshall, Erica Weir, Alan Abelsohn and Margaret D. Sanborn
CMAJ • April 16, 2002; 166 (8)

Workers at Risk - OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS IN THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY (Photos)

PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS - Photographer Earl Dotter (PDF file)

Guidelines for Protecting the Safety and Health of Health Care Workers

CDC / NIOSH

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Human Factors Awareness Course

http://www.hf.faa.gov/webtraining/Intro/Intro1.htm

Human Error: Models and Management

James Reason, Professor of Psychology - BMJ 2000;320:768-770 (18 March)

International Hazard Datasheets on Occupation — Nurse

International Labour Organization (ILO)

International Hazard Datasheets on Occupation — Surgeon

International Labour Organization (ILO)

International Hazard Datasheets on Occupation - Orderly, Medical Services

International Labour Organization (ILO)

HealthCare Wide Hazards Module

U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration

Other HealthCare Wide Hazards

U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration

HOSPITAL INVESTIGATIONS: HEALTH HAZARDS

U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration

OSHA Health & Safety Regulations and Guidance Manuals

http://www.ehso.com/oshaguidance.php

The Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Toolkit and eLearning Programme (RCA Toolkit)

National Patient Safety Agency

Job Safety Analysis

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety

Job Hazard Analysis

Occupational Safety and Health Administration U.S.A. (PDF file)

Hazard Analysis Methodologies

U.S. OSHA

Job Safety Analysis

(ppt)

JOB HAZARD ANALYSIS - (a guide for voluntary compliance and beyond)

James Roughton

Conducting a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)

Oregon OHSA (ppt)

How to Identify Job Hazards

Government of Saskatchewan Publications

Standard Operating Procedures (American Chemical Society)

When an SOP has been properly written, the result is satisfactory completion of the work with regard to efficiency, risk, and safety.

CATCHING THE HAZARDS THAT ESCAPE CONTROLS

Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations

Failure Modes and Effects Analysis

A systematic, proactive method for evaluating a process to identify where and how it might fail, and to assess the relative impact of different failures in order to identify the parts of the process that are most in need of change. (Institute for Healthcare Improvement)

Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis

(ppt)

Safety Audit and Inspection Manual

American Chemical Society (PDF file)

Effective Workplace Inspections

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety

Reproductive Hazards - Hazard Recognition

OSHA

CDC WONDER

WONDER online databases utilize a rich ad-hoc query system for the analysis of public health data. Reports and other query systems are also available.

An Integrated Comprehensive Occupational Surveillance System for Health care Workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine - Volume 45 Issue 6, 20 May 2004, Pages 528 - 538

The Center for Risk Communication
Research and experience clearly prove that one of the most important keys to communication success is an organization's ability to establish, maintain, and increase trust and credibility with key stakeholders, including employees, regulatory agencies, citizen groups, the public and the media.

http://www.centerforriskcommunication.com/

The Dr. Peter Sandman Risk Communication Website - Safety

http://www.psandman.com/index.htm

OSHA Hazard Awareness Advisor, Version 1.0

http://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/oshasoft/hazexp.html

Factors Associated with Work-Related Injury Among Hospital Employees:
A Case-Control Study

AAOHN Journal Vol. 54 No. 1 January 2006

MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AUDIT - (Guidelines)

Government of Western Australia (PDF file)

Occupational Health and Safety Management Audit Instruments: A Literature Review

Institute for Work and Health (PDF file)

U.S. Department of Labor / Bureau of Labor Statistics - Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities

http://www.bls.gov/iif/home.htm

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Database Search Link

http://www.cdc.gov/search.do

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Database Search Link

ww.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwrsrch.htm

Prevention & Control of Hazards

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (html)

NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nmam/

OSHA Technical Manual

http://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/otm/otm_toc.html

HOSPITAL INVESTIGATIONS: HEALTH HAZARDS

U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration

Safety and Health Topics - Accident Investigation

http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/accidentinvestigation/index.html

OSH Links: Accident investigation

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (html)

Ontario Service Safety Alliance - Develop Accident Prevention Strategies

http://www.ossa.com/content/resources/accident.cfm#Workplace

OSHA - HOSPITAL INVESTIGATIONS: HEALTH HAZARDS

http://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/otm/otm_vi/otm_vi_1.html

OSHA - Sampling and Analytical Methods

http://www.osha.gov/dts/sltc/methods/index.html

OSHA Health & Safety Regulations and Guidance Manuals

http://www.ehso.com/oshaguidance.php#U

Podium Session 125: Health Care Industries

American Industrial Hygiene Association (PDF file)

Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario - Prevention Practices Databases

http://www.preventionbestpractices.org/index.html

Office of Occupational Safety and Health (links)

United States Department of Veterans Affairs

HAZARD COMMUNICATION PROGRAM MANUAL FOR NURSES and MEDICAL CARE STAFF

EH&S UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (PDF file)

Environmental Hazards for the Nurse as a Worker - The National Academies Press

Nursing is a uniquely hazardous occupation. This appendix summarizes some of the major hazards nurses may face on-the-job, and provides statistics for illnesses and injuries among nurses associated with working conditions.

International Hazard Datasheets on Occupation

International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre (ILO)

U.S. OSHA Safety and Health Topics
Provide access to selected occupational safety and health information. The subjects of these pages include specific workplace hazards, as well as individual industries.

http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/index.html

NIOSH - Guide to Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Work Injuries

This publication provides students, researchers and practitioners with the tools and concepts required to conduct systematic evaluations of injury prevention initiatives and safety programs. Successful evaluations will advance the discipline of occupational safety by building a body of knowledge, based on scientific evidence, that can be applied confidently in the workplace.
(PDF file)

NIOSH Publications

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/pubs/all_date_desc_nopubnumbers.html

Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/injury-bles/chirpp/index-eng.php

Occupational Health for Healthcare Providers

MedlinePlus

Introduction: Back to the Future—Revisiting Haddon’s Conceptualization of Injury Epidemiology and Prevention

Carol W. Runyan - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (PDF file)

Health & Safety - Free Downloads

IAPA

U.K. Health and Safety Executive - Information Leaflets

http

Haz-Map — A Relational Database of Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases

http://www.haz-map.com/

OSHA Index

http://www.osha.gov/html/a-z-index.html

Johns Hopkins Hospital Centre for Injury Research and Policy

"Dedicated to conducting high quality research to inform programs and policies to control the incidence, severity, and consequences of injuries; Applying this research through professional practice; and Integrating research and practice with the education of future research scientists and practitioners in injury control."

http://www.jhsph.edu/InjuryCenter/

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work - Search Database of Publications

http

Duke University Medical Center Library - Databases

http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/databases

Hazard Communication Program Manual
For Strong Memorial Hospital Nurses and Medical Care Staff

University of Rochester Environmental Health and Safety

Gender and technological hazards: women at risk in hospital settings

Organization & Environment, Vol. 6, No. 2, 137-152 (1992)

Risk Matrix

(PDF file)

Healthcare Risk Assessment

(PDF file)

Risk Assessment Tool for Medical Facilities

Center for Excellence in Emergency Preparedness (PDF file)

Workplace Safety Toolkit

http://nonprofitrisk.org/tools/workplace-safety/public-sector/wsp-ps.htm#index

KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL INCIDENT INQUIRY

Dr. Anita M. Rothblum, U.S. Coast Guard Research & Development Center (PDF file)

Risk Assessment Essentials

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (PDF file)

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