Useful Links

The following links have been quite useful in the initial stages of EHS/RMS research activities. Most of them have their own “useful links” listings that will expand your research opportunities. If you find other good links that should be on this page, please feel free to send your suggestions to ayssg@uaa.alaska.edu. Report bad or changed links to the same address.

The useful links are divided into several bookmarked categories and some sites may appear in multiple categories. You can also search by using CTRL-F and a keyword.

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Medical & Health Recycling & Pollution Prevention Radiation Safety
University EHS Offices Chemical & Laboratory Safety Ergonomics
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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY SITES

 

AK Department of Labor

http://www.labor.state.ak.us/home.htm

Occupational regulations and concerns

Occupational Safety & Health Administration

http://www.osha.gov/

Occupational regulations and concerns

National Institute of Occupational Health & Safety 

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html

Health and safety information

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

http://www.cdc.gov/

Health and safety information

Campus Safety Division of the N.S.C.

http://www.cshema.org/

Health and safety information

National Safety Council (N.S.C.)

http://www.nsc.org/

Health and safety information

Safety Information Resources, Inc. (SIRI)

http://hazard.com/

Material Safety Data Sheets

UAA Mining & Petroleum Training Service

http://www.alaska.net/~mapts

Training opportunities

Eagle Insurance's Safety Meetings On Line http://www.eig.com/smodex.htm  Great safety meeting topics and material and well indexed

UC Davis EHS Homepage

http://www.ehs.ucdavis.edu/

All kinds of EHS stuff here

U of Virginia EHS

http://keats.admin.virginia.edu/

All Kinds of EHS stuff here

American Society of Safety Engineers

http://www.alaska.net/~asseak/

Safety information

Physical Agent Data Sheets (PADS)

http://www.labor.state.ak.us/lss/pads.htm

Besides MSDSs PADs must be made available to employees exposed to those agents.

NIH Health & Safety Site http://www.niehs.nih.gov/odhsb/home.htm  All kinds of laboratory safety stuff here.
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists http://www.acgih.org/home.htm  Excellent source of safety and industrial hygiene references. Material is not always free.
American Board of Industrial Hygiene http://abih.org/  Excellent source of industrial hygiene references
American Society of Safety Engineers http://www.asse.org/  Good start point for safety research
American Industrial Hygiene Association http://aiha.allenpress.com/aihaonline/?request=index-html  AIHA journals on line with search engine
Brookhaven Nat'l Laboratory (Safety & Health Services Division)  http://www.esh.bnl.gov/   
Builders Exchange of Central Ohio  http://www.bx.org/   
Contingency Planning and Management  http://www.contingencyplanning.com/   
EH&S Manual, Incident Analysis Manual   http://www.llnl.gov/es_and_h/hsm/supplement_4.08/sup4-08.html  
Industrial Hygiene Information and Conversion Calculator  http://www.industrialhygiene.com   
National Audiovisual Center (NAC)/NTIS http://www.ntis.gov  
National Hearing Conservation Association  http://www.hearingconservation.org/   
Canadian Center for Occupational Health & Safety  http://www.ccohs.ca/   
Naval Occupational Safety, Health and Environmental Training Center http://safetycenter.navy.mil/training/  
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Occupational Disease and Injury Services  http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/odisweb/   
World Safety Online http://www.worldsafety.com/  
Mining Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) http://www.msha.gov/  Similar to OSHA
Oklahoma Hazard Communications Training Program http://www.pp.okstate.edu/ehs/MODULES/hazcom.htm  Great HazCom training program
Injury Prevention Web http://www.injuryprevention.org/   
EPA Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)   http://www.epa.gov/iris/   Chemical effects on human health database
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

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ENVIRONMENTAL SITES

 

AK Department of Environmental Conservation

http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/ENV.CONSERV/home.htm

Environmental regulations and concerns

Environmental Protection Agency   

http://www.epa.gov/

Environmental regulations and concerns

Alaska Safety Advisory Council

http://www.labor.state.ak.us/lss/asac.htm

Health and safety information

 

 

 
Air & Waste Management Association http://www.awma.org/   
Environmental Assessment Association http://www.iami.org/eaa.html   
State of Alaska, Division of Emergency Services:   http://www.ak-prepared.com/   
Environmental Chemistry http://environmentalchemistry.com/  Hazmats and Chemistry
     
     
 

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MEDICAL & HEALTH SITES

 
AK Division of Environmental Health http://www.state.ak.us/dec/deh/  Environmental health issues and regulations

National Institute of Occupational Health & Safety 

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html

Health and safety information

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

http://www.cdc.gov/

Health and safety information

State of Alaska Health and Human Services

http://www.hss.state.ak.us/

Welfare and medical programs

Department of Health & Human Services  http://www.os.dhhs.gov/   
National Institutes of Health  http://www.nih.gov/   
Medical Reference

http://www.ccspublishing.com/

 

 
National Library of Medicine: Toxicology and Environmental Health Information http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/tehip.cfm   
   National Library of Medicine, Toxicology Data Network http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/  
OSHA's Needlestick (Bloodborne Pathogens) Prevention Program http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/needlestick/index.html   
OSHA's Enforcement Procedures for the Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens. (CPL 2-2.44D) Needlesticks http://www.osha-slc.gov/OshDoc/Directive_data/CPL_2-2_44D.html 

or

www.osha-slc.gov/OshDoc/Directive_pdf/CPL_2-2_44D.pdf 

 
     
 

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UNIVERSITY EHS SITES

 
MIT Biosafety Office http://web.mit.edu/bso/www/index.html  Biosafety resources

UC Davis EHS Homepage

http://www.ehs.ucdavis.edu/

All kinds of EHS stuff here

U of Virginia EHS

http://keats.admin.virginia.edu/

All Kinds of EHS stuff here

Cornell MSDS Search         

http://msds.pdc.cornell.edu/msdssrch.asp

Material Safety Data Sheets

Michigan State University Chemical Hygiene

http://www.orcbs.msu.edu/chemical/chemical.html

Laboratory Safety Standard

University of California, San Diego Radiation Safety Site https://www-ehs.ucsd.edu/rad/rad.htm  Good site for university policies and procedures
Oklahoma State University Radiation Safety Site http://www.pp.okstate.edu/ehs/links/rad.htm  Lots of useful links and information on this site
Southern Illinois University Center for Environmental Health & Safety http://www.cehs.siu.edu/   
University of Washington EHS Department http://www.ehs.washington.edu/  Excellent EHS programs
University of Virginia EHS Site http://keats.admin.virginia.edu/ergo/home.html