All systems green: how prevention through design helps make green jobs safe for workers and the environment

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• Personal Author:
  Heidel DS ; McGlothlin, James D. ; Weaver J
• Description:
  Some people define green jobs as those whose aim is to reuse, repurpose, and/or recycle. Others insist that, to be considered green, jobs must provide decent wages and job security. Still others maintain that green jobs must be part of carefully designed environments where workers use nontoxic, safe-to-handle materials to create products that are beneficial for consumers and the environment. The NIOSH Prevention through Design (PtD) initiative puts this last definition into practice. Since 2007, PtD has promoted ways to eliminate hazards and minimize risks through the design of safe workplaces. Recently, PtD methods have been adopted to make green jobs safe for workers and the environment. These projects are examples of ways to address occupational health and safety (OHS) challenges in the coming green economy-an economy based on an environmentally stable and socially just marketplace. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environment Environmental Health Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Environmental-factors Environmental-health Environmental-protection Exposure-levels Hazards Risk-factors Safety-education Safety-practices Work-environment Workers
• ISSN:
  1066-7660
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Indiana ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  40-42
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043986
• Citation:
  Synergist 2010 May; 21(5):40-42
• Email:
  jdm3@purdue.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  The Synergist
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2fdebdd577ae432f973ca17865706e1171b6dfa18333fe15ceff0eeb31b435f15db4c4fb9393f0acb1fae74c33ebad69dd235a0d7412a26bb1e010b5709e70f9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199843/cdc_199843_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 17.39 MB ]