The University at Buffalo, SUNY Occupational Safety and Health Training Project (7/1/2015-6/30/2020)

Details

• Personal Author:
  Cavuoto L ; Kostyniak P ; Paquet V
• Description:
  The University at Buffalo (UB), SUNY Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Training Program prepares MS degree graduates who go on to affect OSH practice in New York State and the surrounding region. Specific objectives of the program include: 1) to provide a high-quality, comprehensive OSH education to our graduates, and 2) to prepare graduates for the challenges faced by safety professionals through practical field experience and professional development activities. The training program has provided Master's level students from Industrial and Systems Engineering with the opportunity to complete a concentration in OSH while obtaining their degree. Trainees have completed core coursework on OSH topics including safety, industrial hygiene, epidemiology, and ergonomics, along with complementary courses in statistics, research methods, and human factors engineering. In addition, trainees have received applied practice through an internship experience and practical safety and regulatory information through OSHA certificate training. Required research experiences allowed trainees to work independently, and specialize within OSH, to integrate knowledge from the coursework to solve significant OSH problems. These experiences have prepared trainees to enter the OSH workplace upon graduation. Throughout the program, trainees have participated in professional development activities and engaged with safety professionals at local and regional meetings. The program has benefited from a strong collaboration between the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, the Toxicology Research Center, and the Atlantic OSHA Training Center. Faculty members from each of these groups have worked closely with trainees in the courses, during the internship, and for their research experiences. Since its inception in 2007, the program has trained 45 graduate students, including 21 during the current project period (2015-2020). Key accomplishments include: 1) graduation of 18 trainees, 2) placement of 13 of these trainees in OSH professions or continued training, with OSH-related responsibilities as engineers and practitioners, 3) trainee completion of internships that supported OSH in the Western NY community, and 4) involvement of trainees in research that resulted in 9 MS theses, journal publications, and national conference presentations. Strengths of the UB program that support the impact on safety practice include: 1) the training of engineers in hazard recognition and injury prevention, supporting prevention through design initiatives; 2) program faculty with a breadth of experience to mentor industrial and applied research experiences in a variety of OSH areas; 3) a strong connection with local industry to provide internship and employment opportunities; and 4) a complement of coursework training, OSHA training, and field experience to provide the background necessary to provide the background necessary to address today's OSH challenges. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Hazard Recognition Industrial Hygiene Programs Injury Prevention Occupational Safety And Health Prevention Through Design PTD Training
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063920
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2022-100445
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, T03-OH-008849, 2020 Sep; :1-12
• Contact Point Address:
  Lora Cavuoto, PhD, CPE, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University at Buffalo, 324 Bell Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260
• Email:
  loracavu@buffalo.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Performing Organization:
  State University of New York at Buffalo
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20060701
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:230f5160d0af13aa00466e12fca23a6131d73f1431b6dff06a7e3b711c835d5e55c5fccf0c3ae7600a9c519e05ccba2e51a5ffc69e4bf92127113f360f461c2f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219084/cdc_219084_DS1.pdf
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