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Plan now to attend the NIOSH-hosted workshop:
"Making Green Jobs Safe: Integrating Occupational Safety and Health into Green and Sustainability"
to be held December 14 - 16, 2009 in Washington, DC.
PURPOSE:
As part of the Prevention through Design (PtD) initiative, NIOSH and its partners are developing a framework to create awareness, provide guidance, and address occupational safety and health issues associated with green jobs and sustainability efforts. The Making Green Jobs Safe Workshop will outline the research priorities and activities to better integrate worker health and safety into the current sustainability and green platforms, including issues associated with the Nation's infrastructure (buildings, roads and bridges); energy ("smart grid," solar and wind power); technology (green chemistry and nanotechnology); products and recycling.
GOAL:
Workshop participants will frame the issues surrounding integrating worker health and safety into sustainable and green designs, including the identification of: the motivators, barriers and enablers; the knowledge, skills, process and tools; and the incentives and recognition systems that are needed to assure that worker health and safety becomes an integral component of the new green economy.
WORKSHOPS:
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Construction/Infrastructure/Re-Purposing of Materials
buildings, bridges, roads, and weatherization projects
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Manufacturing and Emerging Technologies
green chemistry, green nanotechnology, biopharmaceuticals, green products
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Transportation
rail, car, truck, air, battery and solar-powered
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Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing
food and food processing and new hazards, equipment, and chemicals linked to green practices and alternative fuels
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Energy, Mining and Building Operation and Maintenance
smart grid, wind farms, solar power, biofuels, weatherization
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Waste Management and Recycling
You will be able to attend two workshops of your choice.
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