Workplace Violence Can Happen Anytime Anywhere
There is a sustained, and increasing, occurrence of violence in all aspects of life in America in the 21st Century. Unfortunately this is not a new trend but one that … [Read more…]
Communication
Welcome To Toolbox Talks!
Welcome to the relaunching and repurposing of WisCOSH’s blog. It is our intention to facilitate communication between Wisconsin’s workers, employers, communities and State and Federal agencies about workplace safety & health issues affecting them. WisCOSH hopes to post information here on a timely basis so that you have the ability to have greater input and influence over the workplace health and safety issues you face.
To that end the WisCOSH Website has been undergoing some remodeling and updating. WisCOSH is working to ensure that it’s website is …
WisCOSH 2012 Resource Directory
When workers need help with workplace safety or health issues they can rely on WisCOSH‘s Resource Directory to help them find out who and where to go to for that … [Read more…]
Cecil Roberts [UMWA President] at National Worker Health and Safety Summit and Conference
During the National Worker Safety & Health Conference and Summit lunch hour break UMWA President Cecil Roberts spoke to the workers, union leadership and OHS professionals and actvists assembled about the recently released report, it’s findings concerning the Big Branch Mine explosion, and worker safety and health on the job. Mr. Roberts doesn’t mince words and laid the blame directly at Don Blankenship’s feet and the feet of the other Executive Officers and the members of the Board of Directors for Massey Energy.
WisCOSH Teams Up With ATU Local 998 To Protect Bus Drivers
WisCOSH is working with leadership of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 998 in Milwaukee to try to reduce the number and severity of attacks on bus drivers and passengers that have … [Read more…]
Who & What Is WisCOSH?
Officially WisCOSH began in 1978 but it’s founding members began advocating on behalf of Wisconsin’s workers years before that as they advocated getting an OSHA presence in the state of … [Read more…]
Workplace Bullying No Laughing Matter
In response to the increase in random violent assaults (i.e. the knock out game) WisCOSH has designed a workshop to educate workers to recognize and neutralize an imminent assault. The … [Read more…]
Hazard Identification At Work
Next in WisCOSH‘s foundational workshop series is hazard identification. While your workplace health and safety rights and responsibilities are extremely important they won’t do you much good if you cannot … [Read more…]
Basic Workplace Health & Safety Rights and Responsibilities
This workshop is one of WisCOSH‘s foundational trainings. All other workshops and programs WisCOSH provides assume you have already taken this class. WisCOSH also offers a version of this workshop … [Read more…]
Workplace Violence, Sexual Harassment and Violence Prevention
There is a sustained, and increasing, occurrence of violence in all aspects of life in America in the 21st Century. Unfortunately this is not a new trend but one that … [Read more…]