24-Hour ER Training
December 7,8,9, 2015

40-Hour Training
December 7 - 11, 2015

8-Hour SW Refresher and ER Refresher
December 16, 2015

The University will be closed December 24, 2015 - January 1, 2016

This work is partially supported under NIEHS grant number:
2U45ES006172-24

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OSHA Pilots 'Transitioning to Safer Chemicals' Course at TNEC

Bob Kerr of Pure Strategies taught the class

OSHA recently conducted a pilot session for its 1-day training course, Transitioning to Safer Chemicals, which aims to explain and provide hands-on experience with a seven-step process for transitioning to safer alternatives that can be applied in any workplace. This is intended to build on OSHA's Toolkit for Transitioning to Safer Chemicals (http://www.osha.gov/dsg/safer_chemicals/ by providing instruction and experience with the process and resources highlighted in the toolkit.

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UMass Lowell Environmental Worker Health and Safety Project Receives NIEHS Grant to Address Hazardous Materials and Climate Change Concerns

Prinicipal Investigator Craig Slatin

UMass Lowell's longstanding hazardous waste worker/emergency responder health and safety training program submitted a successful competitive proposal for 5 years of funding. The National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) has awarded The New England Consortium-Civil Service Employees Association (TNEC-CSEA) a total of $7,635,459 through July 31, 2020. TNEC-CSEA is based in UMass Lowell's College of Health Sciences new Public Health Division, Department of Community Health and Sustainability and is a working project within UML's Climate Change Initiative.

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TNEC Training Highlights

Bob Zalewski_ TNEC trainer works with students

TNEC holds OSHA 40-Hour health and safety course's every month at its training facility at UMass Lowell. One student commented on his evaluation," I like how you're adding emergency response as related to Homeland Security." "It's Smart to continue that as it is a growing industry as well." I also, appreciate having seen the mobile phone application." I like how you change things up in all your courses. Both Bob and Patricia are very good instructors.

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Students work together to solve workplace incidents.

TNEC held an OSHA-10 Hour Construction Safety course in Dedham, MA. On an evaluation of the course one student wrote, "I enjoyed the class very much. It could have been dry but the instructors did a nice job at keeping it interesting and engaging."

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Manager's Perceptions of the Value and Impact of HAZWOPER Worker Health and Safety Training

A new journal article in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine looks at the factors that motivate managers to provide HAZWOPER training to employees, and what they value in providing that training. Findings show that compliance with regulatory requirements is an important factor shaping managers' training delivery decisions. Positive impacts could be enhanced by further leveraging employee health and safety knowledge and skills. NIEHS Worker Training Program (WTP) awardees co-authored this article. One of the authors is The New England Consortium's (TNEC) Principal Investigator Craig Slatin.

We also would like to thank the Manager's in the New England region who participated in the study.

You can read the entire article by following this link:

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2015/16 OSHA Courses at UMass Lowell/The New England Consortium

   UMass Lowell/The New England Consortium (TNEC) will be hosting OSHA courses at their training center in Lowell, MA. OSHA Standards for Construction (510), Trainer Course in OSHA Standards (500) and Disaster Site Worker Train-the-Trainer (5600) courses will be taught.

   To register for the courses preregister through the OSHA Training Institute Education Center at Keene State College. OSHA Standards for Construction will be held on November 30 through December 3, 2015. Trainer Course on OSHA Standards for Construction begins on January 19 through January 22, 2016 and Disaster Site Worker Train-the-Trainer will be begin on May 2 through May 5, 2016.

TNEC's training center is located at 600 Suffolk Street, Wannalancit Business and Technology Center fifth floor. Parking and Directions.

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NH COSH Holds Annual Members Meeting

L to R Mark MacKenzie, Brian Mitchell and Dennis Martino.

New Hampshire Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (NH COSH) honored and acknowledged the service to the working people and the citizens of New Hampshire by two outstanding labor leaders. The honorees are Dennis Martino, Associate Professor, Springfield College and Mark MacKenzie, President Emeritus of AFL CIO and current NH COSH President. They were honored for their tireless work to bring about social justice and safe working conditions for the people of New Hampshire. Without their personal support and assistance NH COSH would not exist.

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ConnectiCOSH Holds Annual Convention

The Connecticut Council on Occupational Safety and Health (ConnectiCOSH) is an organization of labor, community health and legal people working together to improve health, safety and environmental conditions at work sites and in our communities.

ConnectiCOSH recently held it's annual convention. The day long event included workshops and the Keynote Speaker was Stephen Embry, Attorney at Embry and Neusner who discussed 'The Workers' Compensation Bargain.' The workshops included: Workplace Assault and Violence, Workers' Rights and Indoor Air Quality. The event was well attended.

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TNEC Partners

Civil Service Employee Association

CSEA Local 1000, AFSCME

Occupational Safety and Health

New York's Leading Union

143 Washington Avenue

Albany, NY 12210

Phone: 516.257.1465

CSEA

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MassCOSH

Standing Together for Safe and Healthy Work

1532B Dorchester Avenue

Dorchester, MA 02122

Phone: 617.825.7233

Fax: 617.822.3718
MassCOSH

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NH COSH

26 Years of working to keep NH workers safe!

NH Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health

161 Londonderry Turnpike

Hooksett, NH 03106

Phone: 603.232.4406

Fax: 603.232.4461

NH COSH

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ConnectiCOSH

An injury to one is an injury to all

683 North Mountain Road

Newington, CT 06111

Phone: 860.953.2674

Fax: 860.953.1038

ConnectiCOSH

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RI COSH

741 Westminster Street

Providence, RI 02903

Phone: 401.751.2015

Fax: 401.751.7520

RICOSH

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Western Mass COSH

640 Page Blvd, Suite 104

Springfield, MA 01104

Phone: 413.731.0760

Fax: 413.731.6688
Western MassCOSH