Puget Sound Occupational and Environmental
Medicine Grand Rounds: Use of Ergonomics Interventions
in the Treatment of Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders—March
20, 2003, Seattle.
Speaker: Bradley Evanoff, MD, MPH, Associate Professor
of Medicine and Chief, Division of General Medicine
Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine.
Schedule: 6:00-8:30 pm. Registration: $40 (includes
dinner and lecture).
Clear
Writing for Safety and Health Professionals, March 25-26,
2003, Seattle - class almost full!
Working in small groups, participants will gain experience
in writing and editing polished e-mails, memos, and
reports, for a variety of audiences. Cost: $295 on or
before March 4, 2003; $345 after.
Risk
Communication: Going Beyond "Right to Know"
to "Right to Understand"—April 3, 2003,
Seattle.
Effective and accurate risk communication is vital to
health care, occupational health, public health, and
the media. This course will discuss appropriate use
of risk information and how to overcome the challenges
with communicating various types of risk information
to diverse audiences. Cost: $175 on or before March
13, 2003; $205 after.
Assessing Ergonomic Hazards in the
Workplace—April 23, 2003.
Experts will address Washington State’s ergonomics
standard and the methods used to identify and prevent
work-related musculoskeletal disorders in a variety
of work environments, including offices, construction,
lifting, material handling, and manufacturing. Participants
will have the opportunity to apply these tools in hands-on
sessions. Cost: $175 on or before April 7, 2003; $205
after.
OSHA
University at Sea—Alaska Cruise: OSHA 500 (Trainer
Course for the Construction Industry), May 31-June 7,
2003.
Become an OSHA-authorized outreach trainer, while cruising
the Inside Passage aboard the Princess Cruise Line's
beautiful Star Princess.
Upcoming conferences: Oregon Governor's
Occupational Safety & Health (GOSH) Conference and
Alaska Governor's Safety & Health Conference.
We will be exhibiting at the following conference. Please
visit us.
* GOSH, March 3-6, 2003, Portland (Booth # 325). Conference
info: http://www.orosha.org/
*Alaska Governor's Safety & Health Conference, March
17-19, 2003, Anchorage. Conference info: www.labor.state.ak.us/lss/agsc/
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