Safety Links

OSHA
This is the web-site for the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). This site contains the OSHA regulations, Letters of Interpretation and Compliance Directives. Additionally this site contains interactive compliance software, an extensive list of on-line safety publications, safety training aids, links to state OSHA web-sites, and much, much more.
http://www.osha.gov

NIOSH
This is the web-site for the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). This site contains an extensive list of on-line safety publications (including many dealing with chemical hazards) as well as several very extensive databases of safety-related information. One of these databases the electronic Library of Construction Occupational Safety and Health (eLCOSH) provides a wide range of materials on construction safety and health issues. Another is the National Ag Safety Database (NASD) which is a database of materials devoted to increased safety, health and injury prevention in agriculture.
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh

OSHNET
This web-site is an Internet gateway site for occupational safety and health information and resources. The site has over 1,300 annotated links to interesting Internet sites containing a vast amount of information on health and safety. The goal of this site is to help safety professionals increase their efficiency by providing quick to the resources that will make safety professionals more effective and productive.
http://www.osh.net

SAFETYPAGES
This web-site serves as a fantastic source of safety links. The following divisions are included on this web-site: Behavioral Safety, Safety Legislation, Safety at Home, Safety Newsgroups, Safety Cartoons, Process Safety, Fire Safety, Systems Safety, Safety Training, Safety Software, Safety Associations, Safety Products, Chemical Safety, Safety Articles, MSDS, Safety Promotions, Learn From Incidents, and more.
http://www.safetypages.com

SAFETYINFO
This site contains a wealth of written programs, training materials, references, analysis, audit guides and much, much more. All of the material has been developed from OSHA requirements and best practice standards. Although this web-site offers over 200 pages of free safety literature, paying a membership fee equivalent to 54 cents a day you get our complete library of over 3100 quality information pages
http://www.safetyinfo.com

VERMONT SAFETY INFORMATION RESOURCES, INC. (SIRI)
This web-site has three different databases of material safety data sheets (MSDS), an on-line safety library that has more information than any person could possibly read, and over 200 Power Point presentations relative to safety. Additionally, from this web-site, you can join several different occupational safety and health mail groups (list-serves). These mailgroups and discussion boards are not on-line chat rooms, but they put you in the middle of conversations between thousands of safety professionals and enable you to ask questions, provide your insight, etc.
http://www.hazard.com

CANADIAN CENTER FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (CCOHS)
Don't let the fact that this is a Canadian-based web-site keep you from visiting it. This is not a web-site dedicated to Canadian occupational safety and health regulations. It is simply a quite extensive source of occupational safety and health information and advise. In fact, if you are looking for a narrow topic relating to safety, such as the safe operation of routers or how to identify eye hazards for contact lens wearers, this web-site is the first place to look.
http://www.ccohs.ca


ERGONEXT
The ERGOnext web-site is a comprehensive source of information concerning the discipline of occupational safety known as ergonomics. Within this web-site, you will find the latest ergonomics news and developments, a free newsletter, and an information source that includes sample programs, training aids, clipart, solutions to ergonomic challenges, links to further Internet-based ergonomic information and much more.
http://www.ergonext.com


OSH FOR EVERYONE
The OSH for Everyone web-site is designed to help workers and employer prevent injuries and illnesses in their workplace by providing useful safety and health information on a wide variety of topics. It has been produced in partnership with the organizations making up the Ontario's health and safety system and the Canadian Centre for Occupational health and Safety. This site is very easy to maneuver.
http://www.oshforeveryone.com


WORKCOVER
This is the web-site for the Australian-based WorkCover Corporation, which is constituted under the WorkCover Corporation Act, 1994. WorkCover is charged with delivering an occupational health, safety, rehabilitation and compensation system in South Australia. Although there is much more to the WorkCover web-site than industry guides, the "Safer Industries" is an intriguing element of this web-site, as it provides on-line products and programs to assist high risk industries reduce the number and cost of workplace injuries and illness. Its worth your time to see if there is industry specific information relative to the work your company performs. Even if there is not, you are likely to find some other useful safety and health information. Keep in mind that some of the information, such as how to report claims and how to pay WorkCover are not applicable to those who are simply using the web-site as an information source.
http://www.workcover.com