Seventh Annual Western States Occupational Network (WestON) Meeting, September 11–12, 2014, Golden, Colorado

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
• Description:
  The Seventh Annual Western States Occupational Network (WestON) Meeting was held September 11-12, 2014, in Golden, Colorado.The Western States Occupational Network, or WestON, is a network of state-based occupational health epidemiologists and administrators from 19 western states, NIOSH and OSHA federal partners, NIOSH Education and Research Center (ERC) professionals, and NIOSH agricultural center professionals. This network was established to build state-based occupational safety and health (OSH) capacity in the Western states and bring together more experienced states with those that are just beginning to consider developing an occupational epidemiology program. The annual WestON meeting provides a unique opportunity for this group to meet and address common workplace safety and health issues and to further develop collaborations and partnerships to enhance state-based epidemiology, surveillance, and prevention of work-related injuries and illnesses. The minutes for the seventh annual meeting note: WestON is the only meeting that brings together OSH professionals from the Western States. All 19 states have had representatives at the meeting. The CSTE website also provides information on WestON and links to this meeting's agenda (https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.cste.org/resource/resmgr/OccupationalHealth/WestON_2014_Final_Agenda.pdf) and meeting minutes (https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.cste.org/resource/resmgr/OccupationalHealth/WestON2014_Notes_final.pdf). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Occupational Health Public Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Education And Research Centers ERCs Injury Prevention Partnership Public Health Safety Education Safety Programs Surveillance Programs Worker Health
• Publisher:
  Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Georgia ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053023
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, 2014 Sep; :webpage
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Atlanta, Georgia
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20100801
• Source Full Name:
  Seventh Annual Western States Occupational Network (WestON) Meeting, September 11-12, 2014, Golden, Colorado
• End Date:
  20160731
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:10d8bf977b8cedd4e49dfc2bb06d4ce37e258fe3a7f598960120075b60987afe04bfe3cbee3f56257cc360d6134ec482ef5e9abd1abc61ab5682c8de89a1ad95
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/215885/cdc_215885_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 714.40 KB ]