Division of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology Newsletter

Each newsletter contains brief articles about topics related to construction worker safety and health. They also contain a factsheet on a particular hazard or safety problem.

Each factsheet is meant to be shared with your fellow workers. Hang them up at your worksite, pass them around at your next toolbox meeting, or give them to your foreman. The factsheets are also online in Spanish.

Mailing address:
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health
School of Public Health and Health Sciences
The George Washington University
2300 K Street, NW
Warwick Building Suite 201
Washington, DC 20037
(202) 994-1734

Note: The newsletter was maintained by Judith Anderson. The last newsletter printed was Volume 1, Issue 5, 1998 (internet version by Garret R. Lum).

• What is Occupational Medicine?
• Facts on Carbon Monoxide (english, en espanol)

Volume 1, Issue 2 (Spring, 1996): Focus on Back Injuries

• Local Injuries in the Trades
• The Scoop on Back Belts
• Shop and Compare. Consider This.
• Straight from the Workers' Mouth
• The Importance of A Good Stretch
• The News on Back Injuries (english, en espanol)

Volume 1, Issue 3. (Summer, 1997) Focus on Eye Injuries

• Some eye-catching statistics.
• The Built-Rite alliance.
• Fact sheet on eye injuries. (english or en espanol)
• How much does an eye injury cost?
• Straight from the workers' mouth.

Volume 1, Issue 4. (Spring, 1998)A Tribute to The Foot

• A tribute to the foot.
• Foot injuries amongst the local trades
• How much does a foot cost?
• Happiness is the right boot.
• Stories from the front line.
• Who shou ld get the bill for your boots?
• Foot Fact Sheet (english or en espanol)
• About On the Job.

Volume 1, Issue 5. (Fall/Winter, 1998)Working with Silica Dust

• Health problems associated with breathing silica dust
• What is silica dust
• List of exposures associated with welding
• Phosgene is a toxic gas
• Contact dermatitis
• Tips to avoid contact dermatitis