Safety and Health

The IAM's Safety & Health Department has a number of responsibilities in addition to its assisting the leadership and members with safety and health issues. The department also administrates information on the IAM's Scholarship program, provides assistance in developing and setting up Apprenticeship programs and the IAM Corporation for Re-employment and Safety Training,  IAM C.R.E.S.T. provides education and training and return to work services.

H1N1 - Swine Flu Information: (Updated May 15, 2009)
The following links are provided to help our members answer questions concerning Swine Flu. We will continue to monitor available information and update this site to assure current information is available. The National Library of Medicine has several new web pages on swine flu:

AFL-CIO
The AFL-CIO and affiliated unions released a new report in April 2009 urging immediate steps be taken to protect worker health and safety during pandemic influenza. 

Fact Sheets from the AFL-CIO:
Basic facts about pandemic flu.
Worker protection and infection control.
Respirators: One way of protecting workers.
Infection control for health care workers.
How unions can prepare the workplace for pandemic flu.

To view the page for more information posted on the AFL-CIO web site:
http://www.aflcio.org/issues/safety/pandemic_influenza.cfm

Swine Flu
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/swineflu.html
Comprehensive resource for health professionals on Federal Response, International Resources, Genetic Sequence Information, PubMed Searches, Veterinary Resources and Información en Español
MedlinePlus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/swineflu.html
Information for the general public, patients, family members and caregivers. From MedlinePlus.
Gripe porcina
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/swineflu.html
Spanish-language version for the general public. From MedlinePlus
PandemicFlu.gov
http://www.pandemicflu.gov/
One-stop access to U.S. Government avian and pandemic flu information managed by the Department of Health and Human Services.
NIOSH
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/h1n1flu/
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is coordinating with other parts of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to address national health needs associated with preventing the spread of H1N1 Influenza Virus and providing information to workers and employers. 
OSHA
http://www.osha.gov/dsg/topics/pandemicflu/index.html
During a pandemic, transmission can be anticipated in the workplace, not only from patient to workers in health care settings, but also among co-workers in general work settings.
NSC
http://alerts.nsc.org/Pages/default.aspx
The National Safety Council Emergency Alert Network.
Information for Airlines
www.iata.org/flu
Information for travellers
www.iatatravelcentre.com

The following are links to additional information available on this site:

Safety and health related articles below are intended to inform, educate and assist members on important issues that affect them, their families and our union as well as all workers. 

Past Articles are available at:2004 Archive | 2005 Archive | 2006 Archive |2007 Archive |2008 Archive | 2009 Archive