2020 Webinar Recordings

What does soil health have to do with your health? This webinar will explore the relationship between soil and health, and the specific steps you can take to become a Soil Ambassador.Read more about Our Soil, Ourselves: How Your Health Connects to Soil

This presentation will discuss current research findings about the exposures of healthcare workers to viruses during patient care, with a focus on viruses causing respiratory disease. Learners will also identify...Read more about Exposures to Viruses Among Healthcare Workers

This presentation will cover how anthropometric, biomechanical, and subjective methods can be used to inform product design and/or compare competing product designs.Read more about Using Anthropometry, Biomechanics, and Usability to Inform Product Design

Commercial cultivation and processing of cannabis is a new and rapidly growing industry in many US states. Workers in this industry are exposed to a variety of occupational health hazards, however, the nature and intensity of many of these exposures has not...Read more about Respiratory Exposures and Outcomes Among Cannabis Workers

Endoscopists have a high incidence and severity of musculoskeletal pain and injury relative to other medical specialists. This lecture will review recent research regarding the quantification of physical exposures while performing colonoscopies and present an evaluation of a...Read more about The Impact of a Scope Stand on Biomechanical Exposures During Simulated Colonoscopies

Service workers are essential to the response to COVID-19. Restaurant, grocery, retail, janitorial, delivery, childcare workers and others may be exposed as they interact with many people and spaces. They may also be using stronger chemicals to disinfect...Read more about Protecting Workers in the Service Industry During the Coronavirus Pandemic

In October 2011, California passed the Hospital Patient and Health Care Worker Injury Protection Act (AB1136) to ensure safe patient handling and prevent musculoskeletal injuries among health care workers. Pursuant to...Read more about The Impact of Safe Patient Handling Legislation in California

Los trabajadores de servicios públicos son esenciales en la respuesta al COVID 19. Los trabajadores en restaurantes, supermercados y otras tiendas, servicios de entrega,...Read more about Cómo Proteger a los Trabajadores Durante la Pandemia del Coronavirus

During this webinar, Dr. Peters will present on the use of direct reading instruments to assess workplace exposures. He will discuss various methods to handle data, such as hazard mapping and analysis of time-series data. The presentation will blend education...Read more about Creative Use of Direct Reading Instruments

With schools and offices closed, people of all ages are at home using online technology for meet-ings, to socialize and play with friends, and to work on projects. This increase in screen time and laptop work combined with a decrease in active, communal events is...Read more about Ergonomic Tips for Working and Schooling at Home During COVID-19

An indoor air quality study conducted on a ‘net-zero energy’ school found average indoor temperature, relative humidity, and carbon dioxide levels in several areas were not within IAQ guidelines. Three rooms on the school’s grounds also had radon levels...Read more about Indoor Air Quality in Net-Zero Energy Schools

California has experienced deadly and destructive fire seasons that are predicted to become more frequent. As a result, many workers are impacted by unhealthy air quality, including farm workers and school employees. Cal/OSHA developed an emergency standard on wildfire...Read more about Protecting California Workers from Wildfire Smoke

This presentation will discuss methods for using routine industrial monitoring data in epidemiology research. We will present how job exposure matrices are designed and used, and how changes to occupational controls affect long term average exposures....Read more about Exposure Assessment for Epidemiology Research: Use of Routine Industrial Monitoring Data

Exoskeletons are a class of wearable technology that have potential to provide significant benefits to users, including increased strength or endurance, improved motor performance, and enhanced capability. Exoskeletons may be passive and provide structural support for...Read more about Considerations in Exoskeleton Human Factors

Adverse work schedules can compromise sleep, leading to fatigue that results in decreased capabilities and increased risk of injury, errors, and vehicle crashes. In this webinar we will explore the factors that constitute an adverse work schedule, what jobs...Read more about Fatigue, Sleep, and the Consequences of Adverse Work Schedules

Although heat hazards are common in both indoor and outdoor work environments, heat-related illness and fatalities are preventable. This webinar will explore heat stress, heat strain, and heat-related illness. Learners will review components of a heat stress and strain...Read more about Heat Stress: Exposure Hazards, Health Effects, and Measurement Protocol

Nail salons are an important business and employment sector for recent immigrants offering popular services to a diverse range of customers across the United States. However, due to the nature of nail products and services, salon air can be burdened with a...Read more about Occupational Exposure and Ventilation Assessment in New York City Nail Salons

There is high prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders and fall injuries among employees in work vehicle environments, yet little attention is given to understanding why. Effective ergonomic interventions can lower the physical demands of work tasks, thereby lowering the...Read more about Work Vehicle Safety: Eliminating Hazardous Activities While Safely Improving Productivity

During this webinar, Dr. Oh will present a couple of recent IH pilot studies performed by her IH research group. Cooking emissions can contain harmful contaminants and food truck industry has rapidly expanded in the U. S. in the past years. In the first pilot study, the...Read more about IH Pilot Studies: Current Research in Food Truck Exposure and Customized PPE

This webinar will examine discomfort related to the design of seat bolsters in agricultural machinery and the scope of an upcoming research study on this topic. This is an under served segment, with little research quantifying the impact of seat bolsters....Read more about Seat Bolster Design and Discomfort in Agricultural Equipment

Dermatotoxicology, a toxicology sub specialty, addresses problems associated with skin exposure to chemicals. This webinar with Dr. Howard Maibach will review the most common occupational skin conditions faced by industrial hygienists, occupational...Read more about Dermatotoxicology: Addressing Common Occupational Skin Conditions

The management of heat stress uses a wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT) trigger that was established almost 50 years ago. While this exposure assessment tool remains valid, the surrounding actions to manage a heat stress exposure have evolved, especially over the last 10...Read more about Heat Stress Management in 2020

This session presented by the University of Minnesota and Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry will provide a history of the Minnesota Safe Patient Handling Act, a law designed to protect health care workers from injuries caused by lifting and...Read more about Minnesota's Safe Patient Handling Act: Policy, Practice, and Research

Biological monitoring (biomonitoring) is a method for capturing information on cumulative exposures and health-related effects of chemical and nonchemical stressors. This presentation will examine the rapidly evolving state of biomarker research and application in risk...Read more about Biomonitoring and Risk Assessment: Essential concepts & Emerging Technology

The field of ergonomics is rapidly changing. Emerging technologies such as exoskeletons, wearable sensors, computer-vision, artificial intelligence, and virtual and augmented reality are being integrated into how companies & ergonomists provide services...Read more about Emerging Technologies: The Future of Ergonomics

Suicide and fatal overdose rates have increased in the U.S. over the past few decades. These trends are particularly striking for midlife adults without college degrees. This trend may be due, in part, to a decline in manufacturing which has limited stable...Read more about Job Loss, Suicide, and Overdose: A Case Study On Michigan Autoworkers

Exposure underestimates are a professional and ethical issue for Industrial Hygienists. This presentation will discuss the lack of adequate monitoring data for decision-making in industrial hygiene (IH), the over-reliance on professional judgment, and the...Read more about Data, Professional Judgment, and Modeling in Occupational Exposure Assessment

A leading cause of non-fatal work injuries is overexertion and bodily reaction. What is less understood is the role fatigue plays as a contributing factor. Fatigue in the workplace is a multidimensional process that results in diminished worker performance...Read more about Fatigue in the Workplace: Effects on Health and Performance and Measurement Considerations

The Risk & Safety Training Center of Excellence (CoE) develops systemwide training for the University of California regarding risk, environmental health, and safety issues. This presentation will provide an overview of microlearning and explore how this format can be...Read more about Risk & Safety Training: Leveraging Microlearning