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First report covers period July-Dec. 1972. ; Mode of access: Internet.

"The Challenge: To protect the safety and health of emergency workers during responses to large-scale disasters, incident commanders and emergency managers must have access to sufficient information, assessment and decision making assets, safety resources, and implementation capability. Most major disaster responses involve multiple, diverse responders and response agencies; include unusual and intense hazard exposures; and occur over large areas and extended time periods. These characteristics complicate the gathering and assessment of information, decision making, safety resource management, and implementation and enforcement of safety and health programs. As a result, an incident manager's ability to manage the safety of responders may be seriously compromised. Approach: Researchers gathered input from workers and managers who responded to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City and Arlington, VA; the Anthrax incidents in Boca Raton, FL and New York City; the Northridge, CA earthquake; and Hurricane Andrew in Central FL. Additional information was obtained from the literature on disaster response, which included the safety and health implications of response to floods, transportation accidents, wildfires, civil disturbances, and chemical-biological threats/attacks. The information obtained enabled the study team to develop preliminary recommendations that could be used to spark discussion and prompt additional comments and feedback from the emergency response community. A workshop was conducted in Arlington, VA on February 7, 2003 to obtain expert comment and opinion on integrating safety management into incident command and incident management, preparing for disaster response through training and multi-organizational planning, assessing and monitoring hazards, providing responder health care, conducting surveillance, and related issues. Results: The principal finding of this research is that in preparation for, and during response to major disasters, the safety resources of the multiple participating organizations must be better integrated and coordinated than in the past. The report recommends that safety be viewed as a multi-agency function within the Incident Command System and makes five recommendations for implementing this approach. These recommendations include developing a group of highly trained safety managers who can lead coordination between agencies, incorporating responder safety and health issues more realistically in joint disaster exercises and training, and preparing in advance the types of expertise and other assets needed to protect responder safety so that safety-related reinforcements will be able to be used quickly and efficiently. Additionally, the study makes 26 specific recommendations regarding 1) gathering hazard information and the status of the workforce, 2) assessing hazards and choosing protective options, and 3) effectively implementing safety decisions. Impact: Study findings have informed the development of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the National Response Plan (NRP), and the development of the Worker Safety and Health Annex of the NRP. The NIOSH-RAND report has been widely distributed to managers and policymakers at all levels of government with emergency management, disaster response, and worker safety responsibilities. The recommendations have also been disseminated to academic institutions with emergency and disaster management degree programs, and associations and unions that represent emergency managers and responders. The report has received an overwhelmingly positive response, based on the return of approximately 200 reader response cards. Ninety-two percent plus of those responding indicated that they are using the information and recommendations to inform planning, change programs and curricula, and implement specific recommendations. Most of those who have returned the reader response cards are emergency management directors/administrators at local (county or municipal) levels." - NIOSHTIC-2 ; "Lead researchers: Brian A. Jackson, Ph.D., RAND Corporation; John C. Baker, M.S., RAND Corporation; Herb Linn, M.S., NIOSH." ; At head of title: "A Project from the first 10 years of NORA." ; "The findings and conclusions in this report have not been formally disseminated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health should not be construed to represent any agency determination or policy." ; "Created: 9/8/06/Modified: 11/2/10" - file properties ; Also available via the World Wide Web as an Acrobat .pdf file (123.47 KB, 2 p.).

Occupational safety and health is one of the most important areas of interest in contemporary society, a concept that has undergone an impressive evolution at national level, especially as accidents at work and occupational diseases are increasingly present in modern society, generating real human and economic problems. Creating more jobs, improving the conditions in which employees work, but, especially, maintaining their health are the main objectives of social policy today. A safe and healthy work environment is an essential element of the quality of work. In this article we aimed to highlight some common aspects of occupational safety and health and the national legal framework in the civilian and military environment, but also the specifics due to the military organization. As the level of education of the population increases, so do the requirements related to ensuring the quality of work, life, safety and health at work. In this respect, one can see the impressive progress that occupational protection has made, starting from the interest of preventing and minimizing work-related accidents and reaching the development of national strategies in the field of occupational safety and health.

The article describes the activities and achievements in preserving the biological safety of food in Bulgaria and in particular in the field of food microbiology over a long period of time. The changes in the health policy in this field of public health after the accession of our country to the EU are evaluated based on concrete examples from the practice of control. The negatives from the transfer of the specific medical supervision over the safety to the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency are indicated. The end result is the loss of the positions of the Ministry of Health in the field of control of the biological value and safety of food, the diagnosis and prevention of food diseases, and the prevention of longtime side effect such as chronic non communicable diseases as a result of food staff and nutrition habit.

"This book covers system safety methods related to occupational health and safety, for anticipating hazards, risk-reduction strategies for hazards processes, and making sure workers' tasks correspond to human capabilities. The second edition includes more content on methods for reducing risks, citations of recent research, and deeper coverage of OSH-relevant concepts, theories, and models. Suitable for worldwide applications, the text explains several analysis methods from the field of system safety, discusses management systems and common programs, and demonstrates how the thousands of rules, codes, and practices may be explained as instances of nine risk-reduction strategies"--

Risk management -- Protecting the protectors -- On the emergency scene -- Vehicle, highway and traffic operations -- Saving our own : rapid intervention -- Fire prevention, public education and FF safety -- Risk of cancer is higher -- Safety leadership -- Why you should follow these NFPA standards -- A hazardous occupation -- Why is OSHA important?.