2019 © OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH CLINICAL CENTER / 6712 BROOKLAWN PARKWAY, SUITE 204 / SYRACUSE / NY / 13211
PHONE: 315-432-8899 / FAX: 315-431-9528 / EMAIL: CNYOHCC@UPSTATE.EDU
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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH

WORKING GROUP

The OSH Working Group was formed in the Spring of 2018 to bring to life an alliance among Workers' Center of Central New York (WCCNY), Greater Syracuse Council on Occupational Safety and Health (GSCOSH), Labor Unions, Legal professionals and any other people interested in advancing workers health in our community. The OSH Working Group is a volunteer group who intend to protect workers’ health by raising awareness, providing education/trainings, and advancing policy. The group meets monthly and is currently active on the topic “Safe Patient Handling.”

GOALS

• to prevent occupational illness and injury for “at work risk” workers • to increase health care access for excluded workers, including occupational health services • to improve personal financial conditions for subset of the US workforce as expressed her in our region • to promote better work statuses, arrangements, and conditions in our region
MISSION We aim to extend and defend every person’s right to a healthy workplace by improving health & safety conditions at work and preventing work related injury, illness and death. These aims will be addressed by advancing both advocacy and education using local, regional and national level strategies. WHY US? WHY NOW? In light of persistent threats to worker health at local, state and federal levels, we seek to empower workers and improve working life. By combining our knowledge and skills and creating partnerships with individuals and organizations that group will • Develop campaigns and events to raise awareness • Advocate for policies to improve workplace health • Engage in worker education focused on prevention PLANS This OSH Working Group plans to develop action on an occupational safety and health agenda in light of current social, economic, and political conditions. Our first project was to discover if the adoption of New York State’s Safe Patient Handling Law was widespread in Syracuse. Our first report details a survey of direct care workers from several Syracuse. New York State’s Safe Patient Handling Law ….a step forward for workers’ safety and health? Hospitals, nursing homes, and home health care are not often the types of workplaces most people associate with ‘dangerous work,’ but they should be. The official statistics, some of which are decades old, show that the injury rates among nurses, nurse aides, home health aides and others who work in direct patient care are among the highest for any type of work. The epidemic of back, neck, shoulder, and arm injuries has been directly affecting these workers for many years. View report Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Occupational-Safety-Health-OSH-Working-Group-642301779618977/ FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE OSH WORKING GROUP CONTACT: Jeanette Zoeckler, PhD, MPH Director of Preventative Services Occupational Health Clinical Center (315) 432-8899 ext. 127 zoecklej@upstate.edu
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2019 © OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH CLINICAL CENTER / 6712 BROOKLAWN PARKWAY, SUITE 204 / SYRACUSE / NY / 13211 PHONE: 315-432-8899 / FAX: 315-431-9528 / EMAIL: CNYOHCC@UPSTATE.EDU

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH

WORKING GROUP

The OSH Working Group was formed in the Spring of 2018 to bring to life an alliance among Workers' Center of Central New York(WCCNY), Greater Syracuse Council on Occupational Safety and Health(GSCOSH), Labor Unions, Legal professionals and any other people interested in advancing workers health in our community. The OSH Working Group is a volunteer group who intend to protect workers’ health by raising awareness, providing education/trainings, and advancing policy. The group meets monthly and is currently active on the topic “Safe Patient Handling.”

GOALS

• to prevent occupational illness and injury for “at work risk” workers • to increase health care access for excluded workers, including occupational health services • to improve personal financial conditions for subset of the US workforce as expressed her in our region • to promote better work statuses, arrangements, and conditions in our region

MISSION

We aim to extend and defend every person’s right to a healthy workplace by improving health & safety conditions at work and preventing work related injury, illness and death. These aims will be addressed by advancing both advocacy and education using local, regional and national level strategies.

WHY US? WHY NOW?

In light of persistent threats to worker health at local, state and federal levels, we seek to empower workers and improve working life. By combining our knowledge and skills and creating partnerships with individuals and organizations that group will • Develop campaigns and events to raise awareness • Advocate for policies to improve workplace health • Engage in worker education focused on prevention

PLANS

This OSH Working Group plans to develop action on an occupational safety and health agenda in light of current social, economic, and political conditions. Our first project was to discover if the adoption of New York State’s Safe Patient Handling Law was widespread in Syracuse. Our first report details a survey of direct care workers from several Syracuse.

New York State’s Safe Patient

Handling Law

….a step forward for workers’ safety and health? Hospitals, nursing homes, and home health care are not often the types of workplaces most people associate with ‘dangerous work,’ but they should be. The official statistics, some of which are decades old, show that the injury rates among nurses, nurse aides, home health aides and others who work in direct patient care are among the highest for any type of work. The epidemic of back, neck, shoulder, and arm injuries has been directly affecting these workers for many years. View report

Like us on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/Occupational- Safety-Health-OSH-Working-Group- 642301779618977/

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE OSH

WORKING GROUP

CONTACT: Jeanette Zoeckler, PhD, MPH Director of Preventative Services Occupational Health Clinical Center (315) 432-8899 ext. 127 zoecklej@upstate.edu