06/21/2022: SASH Webinar: School Is Out, But The Hazards Are Still In

Recorded on Tuesday, June 21, 2022

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SASH Webinar: School Is Out, But The Hazards Are Still In

About the webinar:

Summertime tasks can come with additional risk due to excessive heat and wildfire smoke. Chemicals used during the summer may also be different due to seasonal maintenance or deep-cleaning tasks. This webinar will explore these risks and strategies to improve workplace safety and prevent the summertime blues.

This webinar is based on the School Action for Safety and Health (SASH) Program administered by the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation in the California Department of Industrial Relations through an interagency agreement with the Labor Occupational Health Program at the University of California, Berkeley.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this activity, the learner will be able to:

  • Identify risk factors and mitigation methods to prevent heat illness

  • Discuss the importance of reviewing chemical hazards with workers, particularly for products used for non-routine or seasonal tasks and maintenance

  • Describe strategies used to assess and mitigate wildfire smoke exposure risk

Speaker: Justine Weinberg, MSEHS, CIH

Justine Weinberg is a Certified Industrial Hygienist with over 35 years of experience in exposure assessment and industrial hygiene. Ms. Weinberg received her BS in Environmental Toxicology from UC Davis, and her MS in Environmental Health Sciences – Industrial Hygiene, from the UCLA School of Public Health. She has been with the Occupational Health Branch at the California Department of Public Health since 2007 where she helped establish the Cleaning for Asthma Safe Schools project in the Work-Related Asthma Prevention Program.

Speaker: Elon Ullman, MS

Elon Ullman is an Industrial Hygienist within the Occupational Health Branch at the California Department of Public Health. He received his M.S. in Industrial Hygiene from the University of Michigan. His prior work was in exposure assessments in above ground strip mines. His current focus is in mitigating exposure to indoor airborne hazards.

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About LOHP:

LOHP promotes safe, healthy, and just workplaces and builds the capacity of workers and worker organizations to take action for improved working conditions. We work with a range of partners including unions, worker centers and community organizations, agencies, employer groups, policy makers, and academics.