Publications & Videos

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Health & Safety Publications

• A–Z Index of OHB Health & Safety Publications
• Search for OHB Publications by Key Word, Language, Health Condition, Industry
• State-based Occupational Health Surveillance Clearinghouse website | Promotional Flyer (PDF) – online library of state health and safety publications sponsored by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Program Publications

• California Safe Cosmetics Program (CSCP)
• California Fatality Assessment and Evaluation Program (FACE)
• Hazard Evaluation System and Information Service (HESIS)
• Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (OLPPP)
• Occupational Pesticide Illness Prevention Program (OPIPP)
• Work-Related Asthma Prevention Program (WRAPP)

Current Topics & Activities

• California Occupational Health Indicators 
• Construction Safety
• COVID-19 and the Workplace
• Ergonomics
• Falls
• Pesticide Drift Prevention
• Pool Chemical Safety
• Respirator Use in Health Care Workplaces
• Safer Alternatives
• Silicosis in Stone Fabricators
  
• Valley Fever (Coccidioidomycosis)

Videos

• Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation (FACE) Program Digital Stories
• Lead's Revenge! ¡La Venganza del Plomo! - training video about​ lead paint and ladder safety
• Video Series on Dental Hygiene & Ergonomics: Pain is NOT in the Job Description - YouTube

Collaborations

• Risk factors for occupational heat-related illness among California workers, 2000-2017 – journal abstract (2020)
• Severe Silicosis in Engineered Stone Fabrication Workers — California, Colorado, Texas, and Washington, 2017–2019 - MMWR article (2019)
• Young worker health and safety - Your CTE Safety Program: Safe Students, Safe Workers (PDF) | Materials for Teachers
• Rates of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in a State Workers’ Compensation Information System, by Industry and Occupation — California, 2007–2014 - MMWR article (2018)
• Coccidioidomycosis Outbreak Among Workers Constructing a Solar Power Farm — Monterey County, California, 2016–2017 - MMWR article (2018)
• Occupational HIV transmission among male adult film performers—multiple​ states, 2014 - MMWR article (2016)
• Coccidioidomycosis Among Workers Constructing Solar Power Farms – Journal article (2015)
• Notes from the Field: Silicosis in a Countertop Fabricator — Texas, 2014 – MMWR article (2015)
• Occupational HIV Transmission in the Adult Entertainment Film Industry (PDF) (2014)
• Work-Related Hantavirus Exposures at Yosemite National Park - Investigation report (PDF)  |  Worker fact sheet (PDF, 2013) | Assessing prevention measures and Sin Nombre hantavirus seroprevalence among workers at Yosemite National Park – American Journal of Industrial Medicine article abstract
• Examining Maternal Occupational Exposures and Autism– Journal abstract (2013)
• Preventing Worker Deaths from Methylene Chloride– Safer alternatives web page (2012)
• Chlorine Gas Exposure at a Metal Recycling Facility– MMWR article (2011)
• Chlorine Gas Release at Two Scrap Recycling Facilities (PDF, English) | Spanish - Chemical Release Alert (2010)
• Strategies to Prevent Trenching-Related Injuries and Deaths (PDF) – report on a collaboration between OHB and University of California researchers, published by the Center to Protect Workers' Rights (19 pages, 2006)
• Transforming Medical Waste Disposal Practices to Protect Public Health (PDF, 1.6 MB) – Worker Health and Safety and the Implementation of Large Scale, Off-Site Steam Autoclaves (104 pages, 2006)
• Worker Health During Emergency Response (PDF) – Opinions of Health and Safety Experts and California Workers  (33 pages, 2005)