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American College of Occupational and
Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)
(signed March 19, 2003; concluded March 19, 2005)
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(L-R) Pat O'Conner, Kent & O'Conner, OSHA's then-Assistant Secretary,
John Henshaw, Edward Bernacki, President, ACOEM, Johns Hopkins University at the OSHA/ACOEM Alliance
Signing.
OSHA's then-Assistant Secretary, John Henshaw shakes hands with Edward
Bernacki, President, ACOEM, Johns Hopkins University after the OSHA/ACOEM Alliance is signed.
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Through the Alliance, OSHA and ACOEM will use their collective expertise to help
advance a culture of prevention while sharing best practices and technical knowledge to promote safe and
healthful working conditions for workers, especially in the area of reducing and preventing exposure to
ergonomic hazards. In addition, OSHA and ACOEM will reach out to the College's members who may benefit
from mentoring or guidance in developing, implementing, and/or improving ergonomic programs. The Alliance's
goals include:
Training and education:
- Develop and deliver training modules and educational programs for health care providers on ergonomic issues.
- Facilitate the training of Occupational Medicine residents in recognizing, diagnosing and treating injuries
that may be ergonomic-related.
Outreach and communication:
- Encourage ACOEM's members to act as mentors to smaller employers to help implement ergonomic programs and
review ergonomic best practices; as jointly defined by OSHA and ACOEM.
- Develop and disseminate information at conferences, events, and/or through print and electronic media,
including links from OSHA's and ACOEM's Web sites.
- Cross-train OSHA personnel and industry safety and health practitioners in ACOEM's ergonomic best practices
and/or programs; as jointly defined by OSHA and ACOEM.
Promoting the national dialogue on workplace safety and health:
- Participate in stakeholder groups and other appropriate forums for providing information during the development
of the medical areas of voluntary ergonomic guidelines and other documents developed by OSHA.
- Encourage ACOEM's members to act as liaisons and resources for OSHA's cooperative programs and Compliance
Assistance Specialists.
- Convene or participate in forums and roundtable discussions on ergonomics to help forge innovative solutions
to ergonomic issues in the workplace. ACOEM will also help to make the business case for sound ergonomic programs.
Related Documents
Alliance Agreements
Alliance Annual Reports
Alliance News Releases
Activities and Events
- April 29-May 6, 2005: 2005 American Occupational Health Conference,
Washington, DC.
- April 30-May 07, 2004: 2004 American Occupational Health Conference, Kansas City, Missouri.
Dan Corcoran, Compliance Assistant Specialist, Missouri Area Office, USDOL-OSHA staffed exhibit booth #339.
- January 28, 2004: National Advisory Committee on Ergonomics meeting in
Washington, D.C., Dr. John Holland, the President of ACOEM, gave a
presentation entitled, "A Microeconomic Model for Estimating Costs of Care for
Acute Low Back Problems: A Useful Paradigm for Estimating Costs and Benefits
of Workplace Ergonomic Interventions."
- May 2-9, 2003: American Occupational Health Conference (AOHC 2003), Georgia
World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia.
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