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October 2006

 

In this edition:

1. 2007 Course Schedule Available On-Line
2. New Courses in 2007
3. NJPHA Annual Meeting
4. 2006 Brownfields Minority Working Training (BMWPT) is Underway
5. New OSHA Safety & Health Specialist Certificate Program
6. Scholarships Available for HAZWOPER & Disaster Site Worker Training
7. Upcoming Courses & Events for October, November & December
8. Safety & Health News
9. How to Add/Remove from the eNews ListServ
10. Contacting Us

 

1. 2007 Schedule Available On-Line

 

calender imageAccess our 2007 Schedule of Classes

Our 2007 schedule of classes is now online and available for viewing and registration through our online registration system. These new dates can be found in addition to the remaining course dates for 2006. Follow the below link to access our online system.

Link to On-Line Course Catalog

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2. New Courses in 2007

 

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We've added Four (4) New courses for you from our already extensive catalog. These new courses cover practical and important information relative to their topics. Both novice and seasoned safety and environmental professionals can gain important knowledge and tools to take back with them into the field. Follow the Links to the right for Course Descriptions, Registration Information, and to Register On-Line

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NEW COURSES in 2007

  • 40hr HAZWOPER for Oil and Other Petroleum Clean-up and Marine Spill Reponse
    2/5-9
  • OSHA 3110 Fall Arrest Systems
    9/26-28
  • OSHA 7005 Public Warehousing & Storage
    4/24
    10/30
  • OSHA 7845 Recordkeeping Rule
    4/24
    10/30

 

3. NJPHA Annual Meeting

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"Public Health in the Next Five Years:
Where are we going?"

Date: October 19, 2006

Time: 4:00 - 7:00 pm

Speakers:

Fred M. Jacobs, M.D., J.D.
Commissioner of Health, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services

John R. Lumpkin, M.D., M.P.H.
Senior Vice President, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

NJPHA Annual Awards Ceremony

FREE ADMISSION

Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy
33 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901

REGISTER HERE

DIRECTIONS

For more information, call Dr. Parvin Ahmadkhanlou (609) 292-5017

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4. 2006 Browfields Minority Worker Training (BMWTP) is Underway

 

Worker Education and Training Program

About

The UMDNJ-Office of Pubic Health Practice, funded by NIEHS, takes part in the annual training and certification of students involved in the Worker Education and Training Program. The program is managed by the New York City District Council of Carpenters utilizing the following Community Based Organizations (CBO) for recruitment: St. James AME Church, Newark, NJ.

This being the OPHP's sixth year, we are excited to help share the knowledge and expertise required to work effectively in the demanding environmental areas of Hazardous Materials, Asbestos and Lead. Our annual program provides both classroom theory and hands-on training, all facilitated by expert instructors, in order to thoroughly prepare students for all aspects of "real-world" demands in these fields.

The Worker Education and Training Program (WETP) supports the training and education of workers engaged in activities related to hazardous materials and waste generation, removal, containment, transportation and emergency response.

WETP is a federally funded program administered by the Division of Extramural Research and Training (DERT) at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), an institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Mission

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) was given major responsibility for initiating a training grants program under the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA). The primary objective of this program is to fund non-profit organizations with a demonstrated track record of providing occupational safety and health education in developing and delivering high quality training to workers who are involved in handling hazardous waste or in responding to emergency releases of hazardous materials. Since the initiation of the Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program in 1987, the NIEHS has developed a strong network of non-profit organizations that are committed to protecting workers and their communities by delivering high-quality, peer-reviewed safety and health curriculum to target populations of hazardous waste workers and emergency responders.

HOMEPAGE

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5. NEW OSHA Safety & Health Specialist Certificate Program

 

Program Overview

The certification program is intended to give the health and safety professional comprehensive knowledge of workplace hazards and an understanding of OSHA regulatory standards.  These practical courses help students immediately apply what they have learned. 

The Certificate will be awarded by The Region II: Atlantic OSHA Training Center (AOTC).  The AOTC is a collaboration of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, University at Buffalo, and the Universidad Metropolitana, San Juan, Puerto, Rico. 

How the Program Works:

  • The certification program allows the student the opportunity to concentrate on construction or general industry. 
  • The student can take these courses at any OSHA Training Institute Education Center and transfer the credits.
  • All courses previously completed will be grandfathered. 
There is a $30 processing fee for the certification.

Click Here for full details in MS Word Format

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CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS

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(Click Below Courses for full description & offerings at AOTC Centers)

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Certificate: “Construction Safety and Health Specialist Certificate”

Required Courses:

  1. OSHA 510: Occupational Safety and Health for Construction or OSHA 500: Trainer Course in Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction Industry
  2. OSHA 3010: Excavation, Trenching, and Soil Mechanics
  3. OSHA 3110: Fall Arrest Systems
  4. OSHA 7500: Introduction to Safety and Health Management
  5. OSHA 7505: Accident Investigation

Optional (3 electives):

  1. OSHA 7600: Disaster Site Workers
  2. OSHA 2264: Permit-Required Confined Spaces
  3. Asbestos Inspector
  4. Lead Inspector/Risk Assessor
  5. Principles of Scaffold Safety (2 days)

Certificate: “General Industry Safety and Health Specialist Certificate”

Required Courses:

  1. OSHA 511: Occupational Safety and Health for General Industry or OSHA 501: Trainer Course in Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the General Industry
  2. OSHA 521: OSHA Guide to Industrial Hygiene
  3. OSHA 2225: Respiratory Protection
  4. OSHA 7500: Introduction to Safety and Health Management
  5. OSHA 7100: Machine Guarding

Choose two of three electives

  1. OSHA 2250: Principles of Ergonomics Applied to Work-Related Musculoskeletal and Nerve Disorders
  2. OSHA 2264: Permit-Required Confined Spaces
  3. OSHA 3095: Electrical

Choose two of three electives

 

 

6. Scholarships Available for HAZWOPER & Disaster Site Worker Training

 

Click on any of the above links for a description of the courses, and contact K. Koshy at 732-235-9459 or koshyko@umdnj.edu to see if you qualify (scholarships are given on a first-come basis).

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7. Upcoming Courses & Events

 

(Click on a course to be taken to it's description in our registration

October 2006

Events

Courses

Public Health Seminar Series

November 2006

Courses

Public Health Seminar Series

December 2006

Courses

Public Health Seminar Series

 

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View the on-line Calendar CLICK HERE

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CLICK HERE to download our 2006 Catalog in Adobe Acrobat format (~1.6 MB)

 

 

CET Courses at your Facility
   
  CET courses can be presented at your facility. For more information on how to schedule our courses at your facility, please contact K. Koshy at 732-235-9459 or koshyko@umdnj.edu

 

8. Safety & Health News

 

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paper iconFDNY, NYPD Shared Control in Response To Plane Crash

 

 

DAVID SEIFMAN and STEPHANIE GASKELL
Courtesy of The New York Post & Firehouse.com

New York, N.Y.-- Massive, quick and coordinated - with the FDNY and the NYPD equally sharing control at the scene under new rules put into place after Sept. 11, 2001.

That's how Mayor Bloomberg and uniformed-services union leaders described the city's response to the plane crash on the Upper East Side.

"It went perfectly according to plan," Bloomberg declared during a press conference a few hours after the crash.

"Two proud agencies with great traditions and equipment and training working side by side. That's what the public has a right to expect and that's exactly what these agencies do."

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paper iconAP Photo/Jim Cooper

Police and firefighters work the scene where a small plane crashed into a50-story condominium tower on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Oct. 11.

 

OSHA Makes the Business Case for Safety and Health Agency Unveils New Safety and Health Topics Page

 

 

WASHINGTON -- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today launched a new topics page on its Web site aimed at demonstrating that investment in workplace safety and health makes good business sense.

Making the Business Case for Safety and Health, a new Safety and Health Topic, is a product of several Alliances with OSHA, including the American Industrial Hygiene Association, American Society of Safety Engineers, National Federation of Independent Business, among others. Information on the page focuses on how a comprehensive safety program can help an employer save money and improve business.

"OSHA continues to seek ways to offer services and programs that assist and guide employers on the responsible path to occupational safety and health," said OSHA Administrator Ed Foulke. "This new Safety and Health Topics page serves as a ‘one stop shopping’ tool for information on how investing in workplace safety and health can improve a company’s productivity and bottom line."

The Making the Business Case for Safety and Health Topics page contains direct links to resources showing the costs of workplace injuries and illnesses, economic benefits of workplace safety and health, and how accounting for employee safety in the design stage of a project can result in fewer injuries and illnesses and increased productivity.

The Topics page has a number of additional resources, including success stories, case studies and tools for getting started on improving safety and health in the workplace.

OSHA's Web site includes approximately 200 Safety and Health Topics pages on various workplace issues—from accident investigation to workplace violence. The subjects of the pages include specific workplace hazards, as well as individual industries, and provide assistance for complying with OSHA standards.

Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing a safe and healthful workplace for their employees. OSHA’s role is to assure the safety and health of America’s working men and women by setting and enforcing standards; providing training, outreach, and education; establishing partnerships; and encouraging continual process improvement in workplace safety and health. For more information, visit www.osha.gov.

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 The Business Case for Plant Safety and Health

Workplace fatalities, injuries and illnesses cost the country billions of dollars every year. In its 2005 Workplace Safety Index, Liberty Mutual estimated that employers pay almost $1 billion per week to injured employees and their medical care providers. Even one serious workplace injury may affect the bottom line of a small business. Employers that implement effective safety and health management systems may expect to significantly reduce injuries and illnesses and reduce the costs associated with these injuries and illnesses, including workers’ compensation payments, medical expenses, and lost productivity. In addition, employers often find that process and other changes made to improve workplace safety and health may result in significant improvements to their organization’s productivity and profitability.

For more information and calculation tools, CLICK HERE

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trip OPHP Director Devises Tour

Their mission was to explore sites with historical significance to environmental and occupational health and safety. To do so, they took a bus across some 1,600 miles and back in time nearly 200 years to visit Love Canal, the asbestos mines in Thetford Mines, Quebec and the Boott Cotton Mill Museum in Lowell, MA.

From June 4-8, 2006, UMDNJ faculty Mitchel Rosen, MS and Iris Udasin, MD, four UMDNJ occupational medicine residents (Julie Caruth, Anthony Grippo, Damir Mazlagic and Michelle Robertson) and 12 other faculty and students associated with the New York/New Jersey Education and Research Center participated in the first “Historical Perspectives” tour. Supported by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the tour was devised and led by Mr. Rosen, director of the UMDNJ-School of Public Health’s Office of Public Health Practice, and Jack Caravanos, DrPH, MS, adjunct assistant professor and course director, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and track coordinator, Hunter College CUNY.

Tour participants included students representing NIOSH ERC’s four areas of concentration: industrial hygiene, occupational safety, ergonomics and occupational medicine. Students selected received stipends through NIOSH for their education, and some earned academic credit for the tour.

“Our goal was to provide students with an opportunity to study historically-relevant industrial sites in an interdisciplinary fashion,” said Rosen. “An occupational medicine resident was able to see how an industrial hygienist student would interpret and respond to the same scenario.”

Students were able to get first-hand experience of the hazards workers faced while working in those dangerous locations. The students also visited McGill University in Montreal to meet with occupational medicine and safety faculty. They described differences between how occupational medicine is practiced in Canada vs. the U.S.

Before the trip, students were asked to prepare presentations focusing on each of the three main tour stops. As such, the students were able to look at the hazards from different perspectives and disciplines. The presentations were conducted on the bus.

“I didn't realize I would get this type of industrial hygiene exposure when I came to New York for biomechanics,” said an NYU ergonomics student and tour participant. “Through the two ERC courses and this trip, I have a stronger background and appreciation for medicine. I cannot begin to tell you how much the advice you all gave me throughout the trip is helping me plan my career path right now.”

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10. Contacting Us

By Phone:

Bonnie Wilson, Registrar

phone: (732) 235-9450
fax: 235-9460

Hours of Operation
8 AM to 5 PM Eastern Standard Time

By e-mail:

ophpregistrar@umdnj.edu

In Person:

683 Hoes Lane West
Suite 110
Piscataway, New Jersey 08854
OPHP Contacts

Bonnie Wilson
Registrar
(732) 235-9450
ophpregistrar@umdnj.edu  
   
Koshy Koshy, PhD
Program Manager  
(732) 235-9459  
koshyko@umdnj.edu
 
Gina DeLeone, BA
Program Coordinator   
(732) 235-9453
deleongm@umdnj.edu

Robyn Shumer, MPH
Health Educator
(732) 235-9451
shumerrb@umdnj.edu

Philip McCabe, CSW, CAS  
Health Educator  
(732) 235-8229  
philip.mccabe@umdnj.edu  
 
Mitchel Rosen, MS
Director
(732) 235-9452   
mrosen@umdnj.edu

Ben Chapman, BS
Webmaster
(732) 235-9457
Benjamin.Chapman@umdnj.edu