- April 24, 2013 Save the Date - COSH Hosting the 3rd Annual National Worker Safety and Health Conference The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (COSH) will be hosting a 3rd Annual National Worker Safety and Health Conference December 11-12, 2013 in Baltimore, MD, at the Maritime Training Center.
- April 16, 2013 USW Study Warns Public about Dangers of Hydrofluoric Acid Use in Refinery Alkylation Process to Produce Clean-Burning Gasoline A United Steelworkers (USW) study released today-"A Risk Too Great, Hydrofluoric Acid in U.S. Refineries"-warns that refiners that use hydrofluoric acid (HF) in their alkylation process to make clean-burning gasoline do not have adequate safety systems in place and are not prepared to handle a release.
- March 25, 2013 Announcing the 2013 United Steelworkers' Health, Safety and Environment Conference The 2013 United Steelworkers’ Health, Safety and Environment Conference will be held September 23-27 at the Pittsburgh Convention Center and Westin Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- February 19, 2013 Workers Memorial Day Materials Available Order materials to help your local union remember workers killed on the job.
- January 11, 2013 USW’s Chemical Safety App Receives Award From DOL A digital application developed by the United Steelworkers’ Tony Mazzocchi Center was one of four winning entries in the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Worker Safety and Health App Challenge.
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- June 03, 2009 USW HSE Department Fact Sheets The United Steelworkers Health, Safety and Environment Department has prepared Fact Sheets on ergonomics, workplace hazards and other health related information. More fact sheets specific to the steel industry can be found at the USW Training Guides to Industry.
- June 03, 2009 Fatality & Serious Accident Reports The USW Health, Safety and Environment Department investigates accidents that cause fatal, disabling or life-threatening injuries.
- June 03, 2009 HSE Recommended Reading These outside links are provided for informational purposes. The United Steelworkers neither controls nor endorses the content of these third party websites. If you have suggestions for additions to this site, please contact the Health, Safety & Environment Department at safety@usw.org
- December 06, 2010 Defective Products, Recalls and Alerts This area contains a list of recalled or defective items that are known to be actively used by USW members. This is not meant to be a complete list, but contains those that have been brought to the attention of the Health, Safety and Environment staff.
- June 03, 2009 Safety & Hazard Alerts From Accident Responses The USW Safety Alerts page is designed to share pertinent information with our members after the department responds to an accident. The hazards identified along with the recommended corrections may cover an area broader than the industry identified. Please review to see if the hazards identified exist at your workplace.
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- March 15, 2012 Walking the Talk – DuPont's Untold Safety Failures (2005) This United Steelworkers (USW) released report that reviewed the reputation and history of DuPont on occupational and environmental health and safety. The cases referenced provide an overview of many concerns to be addressed at DuPont workplaces.
- August 16, 2010 The Paper Research Action Project (RAP) To address the serious safety and health problems in paper, the USW created the Paper Research Action Project to survey conditions in USW-represented paper mills. A project team was chosen, with the task of developing and conducting the survey, analyzing the data, and formulating a plan to help build the union’s collective power to stop these recurring tragedies.
- April 22, 2009 Securing Our Children's World "SECURING OUR CHILDREN'S WORLD, our Union and the Environment" is an updated report developed by the USW's International Executive Board Environmental Task Force which was presented to the IEB on Feb. 28, 2006 in Pittsburgh.
- June 04, 2009 Blame the Worker H&S Programs "Management’s blame the worker programs are as dangerous to our members as any other challenge that we face today. The USW must oppose these programs with all our energy. Instead we must work just as hard to implement comprehensive health and safety programs that find and eliminate unsafe workplace conditions that cause injuries and illness to our members."
- June 04, 2009 Our Children's World (1990) "OUR CHILDREN'S WORLD" is the original to what became "SECURING OUR CHILDREN'S WORLD," which you can view here. "OUR CHILDREN'S WORLD, Steelworkers and the Environment" is a report developed by the USW Environmental Task Force which was adopted August 30, 1990 at the 25th Constitutional Convention in Toronto, Ontario.
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