Hazardous Material Worker Health and Safety Training (U45), Cooperative Agreement

 描述（由申请人提供）：这是一份针对从事危险废物操作和应急响应（HAZWOPER）的工人的东北地区健康和安全（H&S）培训计划的提案。它将有两个组成部分：危险废物工人（HWW）和危险品灾害准备（HDP）培训。这些措施将由新英格兰联盟-公务员雇员协会（TNEC-CSEA）实施，该协会是马萨诸塞州洛厄尔大学（UML）（牵头组织）的一个伙伴关系，马萨诸塞州、罗得岛、康涅狄格州和新罕布什尔州的五个新英格兰职业安全和健康联盟（COSH小组），以及纽约的CSEA Local 1000和AFSCME。HAZWOPER工作本身就是危险的，存在潜在的工作场所暴露于化学，生物，放射性，核和高爆炸性物质，这些物质可能导致职业伤害，疾病和死亡。H&S培训为这些员工提供了增强的能力，以保护自己和周围社区免受危险材料的影响。根据成人教育原则，以参与性方式提供实践和向同龄人学习的机会。自1987年以来，TNEC-CSEA在NIEHS的赠款支持下开发和提供了这种培训，并在2，212个课程中培训了35，202名工人，共计479，541个接触小时。HWW培训方案将每年向六个新英格兰州（1，250人）和纽约州（750人）的2，000多名工人提供危险废物工作人员和/或应急人员的H&S培训; 60%的培训时间将是实践性的多日培训课程。HDP培训计划将每年向至少1000名纽约、县和市的工作人员提供HDP H&S培训; 30%的培训时间将是实践性的多天培训师课程，69%的时间将是单天或部分天课程。主要灾害重点将是极端天气事件和其他自然灾害。合并后的目标工人群体包括新英格兰各州的175 000名私营部门和318 450名公共部门工人以及纽约的93 669名公共部门工人。他们在危险废物补救和/或管理部门工作，建筑，制造，运输和仓储，公共和私人基础设施运营和维护，公共和私人设施维护和环境服务，医疗保健和教育服务以及全方位的应急响应人员。HDP针对公共部门的熟练支助人员。提议在马萨诸塞州和罗得岛开展一个移民工人中心网络能力建设试点项目，为拉丁美洲和巴西移民工人（每年40名工人）提供西班牙语和葡萄牙语的HDP H&S意识培训（洪水后的粪便、肠道和霉菌）。HDP旨在支持这些公共部门和移民工人的雇主以及依赖他们努力的社区更有弹性的危险品灾害响应，补救和恢复。该提案旨在加强TNEC-CSEA成员作为区域H&S运动领导者的能力。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a proposal for a Northeast Region health and safety (H&S) training program for workers engaged in hazardous waste operation and emergency response (HAZWOPER). It will have two components: Hazardous Waste Worker (HWW) and Hazmat Disaster Preparedness (HDP) training. These will be implemented by The New England Consortium-Civil Service Employees Association (TNEC-CSEA), a partnership of the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML) (lead organization), five New England coalitions for occupational safety and health (COSH groups) in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire, and CSEA Local 1000, AFSCME in New York. HAZWOPER work is inherently dangerous, presenting potential workplace exposures to chemical, biological, radioactive, nuclear, and highly explosive agents who can lead to occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. The H&S training provides this workforce with enhanced abilities to protect themselves and surrounding communities from hazardous materials exposures. It is presented in a participatory manner, with opportunities for practice and learning from peers, in accordance with adult education principles. Since 1987, TNEC-CSEA has developed and delivered this training with NIEHS grant support and has trained 35,202 workers in 2,212 courses, for a total of 479,541 contact hours. The HWW Training Program will provide hazardous waste worker and/or emergency responder H&S training to over 2,000 workers annually in the six New England states (1,250) and New York (750); 60% of training hours will be hands-on, multiple-day training courses. The HDP Training Program will provide HDP H&S training annually to at least 1000 New York State, county, and municipal workers annually; 30 % of training hours will be hands-on, multiple day train-the-trainer courses, and 69% of hours will be in single or partial day courses. The primary disaster focus will be extreme weather events and other natural disasters. Combined targeted worker populations include 175,000 private sector and 318,450 public sector workers in New England states and 93,669 public sector workers in New York. They work in the hazardous waste remediation and/or management sectors, construction, manufacturing, transportation and warehousing, public and private infrastructure operation and maintenance, public and private facilities maintenance and environmental servicing, healthcare and education services, and the full range of emergency response personnel. The HDP targets public sector skilled support personnel. An immigrant Worker Center network capacity building pilot project in Massachusetts and Rhode Island is proposed to provide HDP H&S awareness training (muck and gut and mold after flooding) in Spanish and Portuguese for Latino and Brazilian immigrant workers (40 workers annually). The HDP aims to support more resilient hazmat disaster response, remediation, and recovery by employers of these public sector and immigrant workers, as well as the communities who rely on their efforts. This proposal aims to strengthen TNEC-CSEA members' capacity as regional H&S movement leaders.