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

 介绍(申请人提供)：为从事危险废物操作和应急工作人员的东北地区健康与安全(H&S)培训计划(HAZWOPER)提供建议。它将包括两个部分：危险废物工人(HWW)和灾害准备(HDP)培训。这些措施将由新英格兰公务员联合会(TNEC-CSEA)、马萨诸塞大学洛厄尔大学(UML)(牵头组织)的伙伴关系、马萨诸塞州、罗德岛、康涅狄格州和新罕布夏州的五个新英格兰职业安全和健康联盟(COSH GROUPS)以及纽约CSEA Local 1000、AFSCME实施。HAZWOPER工作本质上是危险的，可能导致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物质暴露。它以参与式的方式提供，并根据成人教育原则，提供实践和向同行学习的机会。自1987年以来，TNEC-CSEA在NIEHS赠款的支持下开发和提供了这项培训，并已培训了2212门课程的35,202名工人，总接触时数为479,541小时。HWW培训计划每年将为新英格兰六个州(1,250个)和纽约州(750个)的2,000多名工人提供危险废物工人和/或应急人员H&S培训；60%的培训时间将是多天的实践培训课程。HDP培训计划每年将为至少1,000名纽约州、县和市的员工提供HDP H&S培训；30%的培训时间将是实践性的、多天的培训员课程，69%的时间将是单日或部分日课程。主要的灾害焦点将是极端天气事件和其他自然灾害。综合目标工人人口包括新英格兰各州的175,000名私营部门和318,450名公共部门工作人员，以及纽约州的93,669名公共部门工作人员。他们在危险废物补救和/或管理部门、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各种应急响应人员中工作。HDP的目标是公共部门的技术支持人员。建议在马萨诸塞州和罗德岛州开展移民工人中心网络能力建设试点项目，以西班牙语和葡萄牙语为拉美裔和巴西移民工人(每年40名工人)提供HDP H&S认识培训(洪水后的淤泥、内脏和霉菌)。HDP旨在支持这些公共部门的雇主和移民工人以及依赖他们的努力的社区更具弹性地应对、补救和恢复危险物质灾难。这项提议旨在加强东非经济共同体-CSEA成员作为地区H&S运动领导人的能力。

 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.