Celebrating 40 Years of Safety and Health Data
Attention all occupational safety and health professionals and analysts. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational
Safety and Health Statistics (OSHS) Program will hold a special conference May 15-16, 2013, in Washington D.C. to celebrate
40 years of collecting and publishing data on work-related injuries, illnesses, and fatalities from the Survey of Occupational
Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) and Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI). We look forward to having many of our colleagues
in the health and safety community within government, private industry, labor, and academia join us for this celebratory occasion.
Conference Details
The conference will include keynote speeches from key data users, researchers, and stakeholders. There will also be presentations
of papers by safety and health professionals and a poster session focused on unique and interesting uses of OSHS data. Exceptional
papers will be considered for inclusion in a special issue of the BLS Monthly Labor Review following the conference.
Call for Abstracts
We are currently accepting abstracts for presentation at the conference. If you would like to submit an abstract for consideration,
please complete the Call for Abstracts form (ZIP) and send to OSHS40Abstracts@bls.gov.
Please include “OSHS 40th Anniversary Conference abstracts” in the subject line. The deadline for submission of abstracts is February
1, 2013. Authors of abstracts accepted for presentation at the conference will be notified via email by March 1, 2013.
Conference Registration
The conference is free to attend but space will be limited to the first 150 people to register and confirm attendance. For those
who wish to attend, please complete the Conference attendee registration form (ZIP) and submit
it via email to OSHS40@bls.gov by May 8, 2013.
Please include “OSHS 40th Anniversary Conference registration” in the subject line. Attendees submitting abstracts for presentation at
the conference are automatically registered and do not need to complete this form.
Location and Directions
The conference will take place at the Postal Square Building, which is home to the BLS National Office in Washington D.C. The Postal
Square Building is conveniently located a few blocks north of the U.S. Capitol at 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, across from Union Station.
For additional information on public transportation, driving directions, and public parking see
http://www.bls.gov/bls/directions.htm.
Additional Information
If you would like additional information about the conference or have any questions, please contact us at
OSHS40@bls.gov.
Last Modified Date: January 9, 2013
