Resources - Links

Private Organizations and Businesses

AGTS, Inc.
AGTS is a self-supporting, nonprofit authorized provider of Continuing Education and Training. Initially AGTS was an acronym for "Arizona Governmental Training Service."

ABIH American Board of Industrial Hygiene
All you need to know about obtaining and maintaining a Certified Industrial Hygienist credential

EDM Environmental Compliance Software.
Environmental Data Management provides an innovative EH&S management software tool called Comm-Trac™. The line of Comm-Trac products is designed to fit the needs of any sized operation.

ANSI American National Standards Institute .
ANSI Z 490.1-2001 - Document Purchase Options
A private, non-profit organization (501(c)3) that administers and coordinates the U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system. ANSI's mission is to enhance the global competitiveness of U.S. business and U.S. quality of life by promoting and facilitating voluntary consensus standards, conformity assessment systems, and safeguarding integrity.

Asbestos and Mesothelioma News
News and research regarding asbestos exposure and mesothelioma.

Safety OnLine A marketplace for industry professionals
Sourcing site for the safety industry with news links to keep up with the latest information in the safety and health community as well as a storefront for safety purchasing needs.

SIRI University of Vermont Safety Information Resources
A great source for safety information resources -- powerpoint presentations, graphics, MSDS info and so on.

Hazmat for Healthcare
Try this website for some great, free resources. This website has a primary focus on hospitals, but the enormous collection of documents contains many items that could be very useful to anyone dealing with emergency response issues.

ACOEM American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine Content includes consensus opinion statements, evidence-based statements, and guidelines on topics such as allergies in the workplace, diseases in the workplace, costs of arthritis for employers, work-family conflict, and controlling infections.

AMA American Management Association
Look at life through management's eyes. All about management resesarch, strategies, e-learning, books and conferences.

ACC American Chemistry Council
You'll find all you need to know about the Responsible Care Program plus updated info on topics such as chemical plant security, biomonitoring, and the chemical industry's lobbying targets.

ISEA International Safety Equipment Association
You'll find all major PPE vendors here. Good info on construction safety and First Responder products.

Safety Equipment Distributors Association
Home base for national, regional and local suppliers of safety gear.

IHPM Institute for Health and Productivity Management
Learn about cutting-edge research to help you sell your next health promotion and wellness initiative. IHPM is out to prove the business case for health and wellness programs.

Mexican Laws in English
Quality translations of Mexican Laws, Regulations, Decrees, and Standards. Regulations, MSDSs in Spanish Mexican Health and Safety training for English speaking personnel.

NETCSC National Environmental Training Center for Small Communities

Just Good Info!

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Periodic Table
Interested in Chemistry? Check out this page on the Periodic Table, posted courtesy of "Chemical Engineering News" & the American Chemical Society .

Chemistry Related Web Resources compiled at the Ferdinand Postma Library. Tremendous list of links relating to toxicology, chemical hazards and safety.

CCOHS Canadian Center for Occupational Safety and Health
Great for info and advice on a wide range of topics : psychosocial issues, bio-hazards, ergonomics, physical agents, prevention and control of hazards. Site includes Chemimages, RTECS, Cheminfo MSDS databases and fatality reports.

CAMEO Support
A must place to visit for links to supporting hazardous materials electronic planning/response.

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
In the global economy, it's worth knowing what's happening on the other side of the pond. Excellent source for European Union safety and health strategies and policies. You'll also find leading-edge info on job stress and workplace bullying, which get more attention on the continent than in the U.S.

ILO International Labor Organization
OK, it leans a bit to the left. Here you'll find excellent educational materials and ILO's occupational safety and health management system standard - one of a few existing global benchmarks. Check out the SafeWork global safety, health and environment program.

IOSH Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
Europe's leading body for health and safety professionals, representing 26,000 members in over 50 countries. The Instituition regulates and steers the profession, maintaining standards and providing impartial guidance on health and safety issues.

ISO International Organization for Standardization
Everything from the latest growth stats on the use of ISO 9000 and 14001 standards to a recent report on "How to keep a product fit and healthy througout its life." If you want the status of a pending ISO standard, this is where to come .

MSDS Online Resource with over 300,000 downloadable MSDSs

RMRC Risk Management Resource Center

SafetyLink - Electrical Safety Resource site

VPPPA Voluntary Protection Program Participants Association
Get an idea why participation in OSHA's VPP program is booming.

WHO World Health Organization
Gives you a detailed global prespective on health issues and initiatives, everything from asthma to zoonoses (diseases such as rabies or malaria that can be transmitted from animals to humans).

Trade Associations

NSC National Safety Council
Good source for family safety info - get safety alerts for hayrides, baby-proofing your home, CPR, horseback riding, poisonings, skateboarding, etc. Workplace section targets ergonomics, falls, and more.

AIHA American Industrial Hygiene Association
T his is where you find meeting minutes for the ANSI Z10 Committee drafting a voluntary occupational safety and health management system. A good source for Washington updates, also info on mold, IAQ, and risk assessment.

AAOHN American Association of Occupational Health Nursing
Alerts, position papers, how to assess your company's health, how to contain healthcare costs, and much more.

ASSE American Society of Safety Engineers
Daily safety and health news updates from media across the country, plus ASSE position papers and news releases .

BCSP Board of Certified Safety Professionals
All you need to know about obtaining and maintaining a Certified Safety Professional credential.

Yale University Office of Health and Safety
Terrific Information and many links.

NASTTPO National Association of SARA Title III Program
mandated to protect and promote US Citizens health, welfare and safety; to protect the environment; to assure effective and efficient use of resources of the states; to respond to and plan for incidents involving hazardous and toxic chemicals; provides opportunities to utilize ideas for improving EPCRA programs; provides an effective and efficient vehicle for education and decision-making; is a national forum for advancing recommendations of its members to national agencies .

NRDC Natural Resources Defense Council

Federal Agencies

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Treasure trove of data on workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. By industry, by occupation, by year, by employment size, by lost workday rate, by total incidence rate, sliced and diced as only statisticians can.

DOE Department of Energy

DOJ Department of Justice

DOL Department of Labor

DOT Department of Transportation and Office of HazMat Safety and Guidebook

DHS Department of Homeland Security

EPA Environmental Protection Agency and Publication List
All things enviro..."Where you live" lets you enter your zip code to retrieve envrionmental information about your community.

FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
Excellent photo library of disasters and recovery operations for your next PowerPoint presentation. Good info on homeland security, preparation and prevention, disasters and emergencies, responses and recovery. For Weather Channel buffs, check out the Storm Watch and Current Weather section.

HHS Department of Health & Human Services

IAFF International Association of Fire Fighters
Includes a safety and health section presenting warnings and fact sheets, a database of line of duty deaths, health and wellness info including the Candidate Physical Ability Test, and features on topics such as SARS and smallpox.

MSHA Mine Safety and Health Administration
All about helping you work more safely in the mining industry. Hazard alerts, recall links, special initiatives on accident and illness prevention, plus a running tally of fatalities year to date.

NFPA National Fire Protection Association
Learn the latest about NFPA standards that set cutting-edge performance criteria for First Responder protective gear. Excellent source for fire safety info both on and off the job.

NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Researchers can spend days digging this site. Great for deep background info on chemical safety, respirators, emergency response resources, traumatic injuries, ergo-related injuries, mining, construction, agriculture and much more.

NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
This Agency of the Commerce Department's Technology Administration was founded in 1901 as the nation's first federal physical science research laboratory. Over the years, the scientists and technical staff at NIST have made solid contributions to image processing, DNA diagnostic "chips," smoke detectors, and automated error-correcting software for machine tools. NIST has had major impact in areas including atomic clocks, X-ray standards for mammography, scanning tunneling microscopy, pollution-control technology, and high-speed dental drills.

NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NTSB National Transportation Safety Board

OSHA Occupational Safety& Health
Safety and health pros' number one bookmark. Find the most frequently cited OSHA standards, scroll through decades of interpretation letters, download 28 "e-tools" and 20 PowerPoint presentations. No wonder this site attracts more visitors than the Magic Kingdom -- about 50 million visits in the past year.

OSHA Resource Center Loan Program
The Resource Center is a collection of over 550 video titles covering more than 125 occupational safety and health subjects. Videos are available in English and Spanish. Books are also available upon request.

U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
Get the latest investigative reports on some of the nation's most publicized accidents, plus an archive of completed investigations and recommendations made to regulators such as OSHA and EPA.

RIMS Risk and Insurance Management Society
Excellent info on workers' compensation, enterprise risk, risk management, risk financing, corporate governance. RIMS serves 8,400 risk managment pros world-wide. Some experts contend risk managment is the future of occupational safety and health--or at least a parallel universe worth checking out.

EPCRA Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Also known as SARA Title III, but commonly referred to as the Community Right-To-Know law or simply as EPCRA, was passed in 1986 by the United States Congress. It is designed to inform communities about chemicals and chemical hazards present and transported in the community to involve the community in developing emergency planning and response, and help identify facilities that might be subject to the law, and assuring implementation of the EPCRA law. SARA Title III is part of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, which makes it part of the CERCLA laws which p ovide an infrastructure at the state and local levels to plan for chemical emergencies.

State Agencies

State of Arizona

ADEQ Arizona Department of Environmental Quality

ADEM Arizona Division of Emergency Management

ADOSH Arizona Occupational Safety and Health

ADOT Arizona Department of Transportation

ADHS Arizona Department of Health Services

DPS Arizona Department of Public Safety

Emergency, Citizen Corps and Preparedness Links

See FEMA description above under Government links

Arizona Division of Emergency Management

US Fire Administration
An entity of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, ( FEMA ) the mission of the United States Fire Administration is to reduce life and economic losses due to fire and related emergencies, through leadership, advocacy, coordination and support, in coordination with other Federal agencies, and in partnership with fire protection and emergency service communities and provide public education, training, technology and data initiatives

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
This web site is intended for emergency personnel and for building operators. It contains current advice for dealing with a biological or chemical release in a building. The advice on this site is appropriate for small and medium-sized releases such as those that would be expected from a terrorist attack, not for industrial-scale releases such as those at Bhopal, India or Chernobyl, Ukraine .

Institute for Business and Home Safety
The Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) is a nonprofit association that engages in communication, education, engineering and research. The institute's goal is reduce deaths, injuries, property damage, economic losses and human suffering caused by natural disasters

Risk Management Resource Center
The goal of the Risk Management Resource Center is to provide information that helps local governments, nonprofit organizations, and small businesses manage risks effectively. By making risk management knowledge and practical information available online, we hope to help you protect your organization. Our intent is to support anyone whose job involves protecting the people, property, assets, reputation, financial health, and services of his or her organization. RMRC is a collaborative effort of the Public Risk Management Association (PRIMA), the Nonprofit Risk Management Center (NRMC), and the Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI).

BICEPP The Business & Industry Council for Emergency Planning and Preparedness was established as a private sector, self-help association funded by annual sponsorship donations. BICEPP evolved into a non-profit corporation, lead by an Executive Committee and a Board of Directors. B ICEEP provides a forum for information exchange to enhance emergency preparedness and contingency planning within the business community.

Disaster Central
Provides timely, quality resources in the fields of crisis, emergency, and risk management, and homeland security.

The American Red Cross
functions independently of the government but works closely with government agencies, such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), during times of major crises. It is responsible for giving aid to members of the U.S. Armed Forces and to disaster victims at home and abroad. It does this through services that are consistent with its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement which allows the Red Cross to stay neutral and impartial.

National Homeland Security Knowledgebase
Two Tigers Radiological (TTR) is a supplier of the specialized tools and sensors used in the event of a nuclear or radiation emergency. In addition, a subsidiary, TTR Information Services, maintains a powerful series of information resources for covering all aspects of homeland security and emergency preparedness. Visitors are encouraged to explore these resources and educate themselves. Many Links!

CDC Center for Disease Control
Government site with many many links and information.

NCEMI National Center for Emergency Medicine Informatics
This is a terrific informational source on emergency medicine, and included is a sub-site entitled Common Simple Emergencies which began as as a series of lectures for fourth-year medical students at Georgetown University in 1977, turned into a manual used by resident physicians, urgent care nurses, paramedics, physician assistants and medical officers at sea which was originally published in 1985 and is now in an internet incarnation.

Prepare Now
The mission of Prepare Now is to ensure that the needs and concerns of vulnerable people are addressed in emergency preparedness and response. Prepare Now provides the tools, expertise and access to resources to assist anyone engaged in disaster planning for individuals with special needs. Vulnerable people are those who cannot comfortably or safely access and use the standard resources offered in disaster preparedness, relief and recovery