Disaster Site Worker Course Workshop: Ensuring Skilled and Other Support Personnel are Prepared for Disasters
May 21 - 22, 2008 Beaver, West Virginia
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Worker Education and Training Program (WETP) and the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration's, OSHA Training Institute
Purpose and Scope
Pre-incident training is critical for workers who may find themselves responding to a disaster. Skilled and other support personnel (such as construction, utility and transportation workers) along with federal, state and local government workers and others may find themselves working on a disaster site, be it during the response, cleanup or recovery stage. These populations need to understand the unique hazards that are present on a disaster site before they are deployed there.
The Disaster Site Worker courses (OSHA 7600 and OSHA 5600) arose from a clearly identified need at Ground Zero and can save lives during disaster responses by providing workers who respond to disasters the critical knowledge they need to protect themselves. To date, limited use of this course has been reported, raising concerns about the lack of pre-incident training being provided to disaster site workers.
The meeting was held May 21-22, 2008 at the National Mine Health and Safety Academy, 1301 Airport Road, Beaver, West Virginia 25813-9426.
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Click on the links below to view presentations and breakout session reports from May 21-22, 2008 at the Disaster Site Worker Course Workshop: Ensuring Skilled and Other Support Personnel are Prepared for Disasters.
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