Health and Safety
Executive / Commission
Organisations
2700 Prosperity Avenue, Suite 250, Fairfax, Virginia 22031 USA
Status: Non-profit association
Principal functions and activities: recruitment and training; promotion of industrial hygiene; advancement of certification by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene and establishment of guidelines for ethical conduct in the practice of industrial hygiene.
6015 W. St Joseph Street, Ste.102, Lansing, MI 48917, USA
Status: Non-profit corporation
Principal functions and activities: To improve the practice and educational standards of the profession of industrial hygiene.
1330 Kemper Meadow Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45240, USA
Status: Non-governmental organisation.
Principal functions and activities: Founded in 1938, membership is open to all practitioners in industrial hygiene, occupational health, environment health and safety.
Suite 250, 2700 Prosperity Ave., Fairfax, Virginia 22031, USA
Status: Non-profit making body.
Principal functions and activities: Founded in 1939 the AIHA is dedicated to the anticipation, recognition, evaluation and control of environmental factors arising in or from the workplace that may result in injury, illness, impairment or affect the wellbeing of workers and members of the community.
3 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016-5991, USA
Status: Professional institute
Principal functions and activities: A leading organisation for chemical engineers, with more than 40,000 members in 93 countries.
3208 E Colonial Drive - Suite 180, Orlando, FL 32803, USA
Status: Online information and advice resource
Principal functions and activities: Advice and information on asbestos and mesothelioma.
208 Burwash Avenue, Savoy, IL 61874, USA
Status: Not-for-profit certification board for safety professionals.
Principal functions and activities: BCSP sets academic and experience standards for professional safety practice, conducts examinations to evaluate the knowledge of professional safety practitioners and awards the designation Certified Safety Professional (CSP) to those candidates who meet educational and experience requirements and successfully pass the Safety Fundamentals and Comprehensive Practice Examinations and meet recertification requirements every five years.
208 Burwash Avenue, Savoy, IL 61874, USA
Status: Not-for-profit certification board for safety and health technicians and technologists.
Principal functions and activities: To provide certification as an Occupational Health and Safety Technologist (OHST), Certified Loss Control Specialist (CLCS), Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST), or Safety Trained Supervisor (STS) to those who meet experience requirements as well as demonstrate their knowledge and skills through examination.
University of Delaware, Newark DE 19716 USA
Status: University-based social science research center, supported by external foundations, agencies, and organizations.
Principal functions and activities: The center conducts research on the social aspects of disaster and hazard management for natural and technological agents. The center trains graduate students in the social sciences in the conduct of disaster and hazards research. The center also maintains an extensive library of over 35,000 items, many of which are available on a computerised search program.
International Headquarters: 15810 Park Ten Place, PO Box 4287, Houston, Texas, US 77210-4287, USA
Washington: 1901 L Street NW, Suite 702, Washington, DC 20036-3506 USA
UK Office: Wood Craig International Centre, Craigshaw Drive, West Tullos, Aberdeen, Scotland AB12 3AG
European Office: International Service Center, PO Box 249, 6710 BE Ede, The Netherlands, Galvanistraat 88, 6716 AE Ede, The Netherlands
Middle East: PO Box 303, Mina Al-Fahal, Postcode 116, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
Status: Trade and technical association
Principal functions and activities: Educate and train industry personnel and to familiarize them with advancing drilling methods and equipment. Promote safer equipment and working practices. Maintain industry-government relations at all governmental levels. Develop new operating practices and to improve existing techniques. Sponsors and co-sponsors a variety of schools and seminars internationally.
9453 Coppertop Loop NE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110, USA
Status: Non-profit, voluntary safety organization.
Principal functions and activities: Dissemination of information in the field of fall protection and heights safety; publications, conferences and seminars.
1100 Wilson Boulevard, 21st Floor, Arlington, Virginia 22203, USA
Information Contact: Director, Office of Information and Public Affairs Status: The Mine and Safety and Health Administration is a unit of the U.S. Department of Labor, United States Government.
Principal functions and activities: The mission of the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is to administer the provisions of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act) and to enforce compliance with mandatory safety and health standards as a means to eliminate fatal accidents; to reduce the frequency and severity of non-fatal accidents; to minimise health hazards; and to promote improved safety and health conditions in the nation's mines.
4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, USA
Status: US Government. Department of Health and Human Services
Principal functions and activities: NIOSH is the Federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related diseases and injury. The Institute is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
1121 Spring Lake Drive, Itasca, Illinois, 60143-3201, USA
Status: Non-governmental organisation.
Principal functions and activities: Dedicated to the reduction of accidental deaths, injuries and preventable illnesses through safety, health and environmental advocacy. Founded in 1913, the Safety Council is the premier safety and health resource in the United States.
PO Box 4460, Walnut Creek, California 94596-0460 USA
Status: Non-profit professional organization supported by membership.
Principal functions and activities: The Society seeks to promote the advancement of the safety/loss control function through the application of management principles; to provide educational growth in the philosophy and concepts of the Society relating to the integration of all aspects of safety (error-free performance) into all functions and activities of management; to conduct or sponsor educational and research projects designed to identify new techniques and methods for improving management activities relative to error-free performance; and to assure broad dissemination and implementation of the Society's philosophy and concepts for enhancement of the safety management profession.
490 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC 20594, USA
Status: Governmental.
Principal functions and activities: Conducting a continuing review of safety in all modes of transportation. Determining causes of transportation accidents and reporting the facts, conditions and circumstances relating to such accidents, and formulating safety recommendations to improve transportation safety. Conducting special studies and investigations on matters pertaining to safety in transportation and the prevention of accidents, etc.
US Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210, USA
Status: Federal regulatory agency within the US Department of Labor.
Departments or sections: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) operates through ten regional offices and twenty-five state plan states. The regional offices are subdivided into 83 area offices.
Principal functions and activities: To protect American workers against workplace safety and health hazards. Encourages employers and employees to reduce workplace hazards and to implement new safety and health programmes or improve existing programmes.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Washington DC 20012, USA
Status: Federal statistical programme within the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor
Principal functions and activities: The Office of Safety Health and Working Conditions conducts the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses and the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. The annual survey provides injury and illness information by industry and for the more serious injuries and illnesses information about the injured or ill worker and the circumstances of the injury or illness. The annual census provides information about fatally injured workers and the events leading to the fatality.
Suite 3A, 1307 Dolley Madison Boulevard, McLean, Virginia 22101, USA
Status: Independent organisation
Principal functions and activities: SEI is a non-profit making operation that independently certifies safety and protective equipment through annual product testing and quality assurance auditing.
2175 K Street, NW - suite 400, , Washington, DC 20037-1809, USA
Status: Federal Government agency
Principal functions and activities: The US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board CSB) is an independent federal agency with the mission to promote the prevention of major chemical accidents at fixed facilities. The CSB also conducts research, advises industry and labour on actions they should take to improve safety and makes recommendations to local, federal and state agencies.