Crop Improvement and Protection Research : Safety Links

Safety, Health and Environmental Management

This webpage offers Salinas employees the opportunity to electronically access Safety, Health, and Environmental Management (SHEM) information as it pertains to the Salinas location and other regions within the Agricultural Research Service (ARS). This includes information regarding SHEM personnel, safety & health resources, environmental management resources, training programs, current events, and specific questions and answers.

Contact Information

Salinas Safety Contacts:

● Don Wade, Safety and Occupational Health Specialist, Safety Committee

Chairman,831-755-2860 (Parlier, CA)

dwade@pw.ars.usda.gov

● Sharon Benzen, Agronomist, Safety Committee Member, 831-755-2828

sbenzen@pw.ars.usda.gov

● Julia Schrandt, Safety Committee Member, 831-755-2856

jschrandt@pw.ars.usda.gov

● Linda Pakish, Chemical Hygiene Officer, 831-755-2846

lpakish@pw.ars.usda.gov

● David Lara, Safety Committee Member, 831-755-2817

dlara@pw.ars.usda.gov

● Stella Lee, Safety Committee Member, 831-755-2857

lee@vegmail.ucdavis.edu

● Buck Silveira, Safety Committee Member, 831-755-2816

bsilveira@pw.ars.usda.gov

● Krishna Subbarao, Safety Committee Member, 831-755-2890

kvsubbarao@ucdavis.edu

● JoAnn Tanaka, Safety Committee Member, 831-755-2852

jtanaka@pw.ars.usda.gov

Safety, Health, & Environmental Management personnel in the Pacific West:

● Alvin Humphrey, Area Safety & Health Manager, 510-559-6124

ahumphrey@pw.ars.usda.gov

Safety Links

● Code of Federal Regulations

http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html

● National Fire Protection Association

http://www.nfpa.org/index.asp?cookie%5Ftest=1

● NIOSH - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html

● OSHA

http://www.osha.gov/

● CDC - Centers for Disease Control

http://www.cdc.gov/

● National Agriculture Safety Database (NIOSH)

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nasd.html

● California Department of Occupational Health and Safety

http://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/dosh1.html

● OSHA Part 1910 Occupational Safety and Health Standards

http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owastand.display_standard_group?p_toc_level=1&p_part_number=1910

Occupational Health Links

● EPA Envirofacts Chemical References

http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/emci/chemref/index.html

● Internet Safety Links and Portals

http://www.siri.org/links.html

● National Pesticide Information Center

http://npic.orst.edu/

● California Department of Toxic Substances

http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/index.cfm

● Monterey County Hazardous Materials Program

http://www.co.monterey.ca.us/health/EnvironmentalHealth/HazMat/contactInfo.htm

● Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety

http://agcenter.ucdavis.edu/home.php

● Center for Occupational and Environmental Health

http://coeh.berkeley.edu/

● California Young Workers Health and Safety Website

http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~safejobs/

● Workplace Safety and Health Resources

http://www.croetweb.com/

● HazMatters

http://www.mpcfaculty.net/ron_rinehart/hazmatrs.htm

Industrial Hygiene Links

● American Industrial Hygiene Association

http://www.aiha.org/Content

● American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists

http://www.acgih.org/home.htm

● US DOE Industrial Hygiene Standards

http://www.hss.energy.gov/NuclearSafety/techstds/standard/std6005/std60052001.pdf

Environmental Management Links

● Executive Order 13148 – Environmental Management

http://www.epa.gov/EMS/position/eo13148.htm

● United States Environmental Protection Agency

http://www.epa.gov/

● California Integrated Waste Management Board

http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/

● Clean Air Act

http://www.epa.gov/air/caa/peg/

● Clean Water Act

http://www.epa.gov/region5/water/cwa.htm

● Fedcenter – Environmental Stewardship and Compliance

http://www.fedcenter.gov/index.cfm?

● California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Asssessment

http://www.oehha.ca.gov/index.html

● Proposition 65

http://www.oehha.ca.gov/prop65.html

● US EPA Hazardous Waste Data

http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/data/

● US EPA Extremely Hazardous Substances

http://yosemite.epa.gov/oswer/ceppoweb.nsf/content/ehs_2003.htm?openDocument

● US EPA WASTES

http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/index.htm

● US EPA Waste Generator Training Modules

http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hotline/modules.htm

● UC Davis Office of Environmental Health and Safety

http://ehs.ucdavis.edu/

● Stanford Environmental Health and Safety

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/EHS/prod/

● UC Berkeley Office of Environmental Health and Safety

http://www.ehs.berkeley.edu/

● UC Santa Cruz Environmental Health and Safety

http://ehs.ucsc.edu/

Greening the Government

● Executive Order 13101 – Greening the Government

http://www.ofee.gov/eo/13101.asp

● Executive Order 13123 – Efficient Energy

https://www.denix.osd.mil/denix/Public/ES-Programs/Pollution/Green/eo13123pres.html

● Executive Order 13148 – Environmental Management

http://www.epa.gov/EMS/position/eo13148.htm

Other ARS Safety Pages

● North Atlantic Region

http://www.arserrc.gov/NAASafety/

● Midwest Region

http://www.mwa.ars.usda.gov/mwa/shem/shem.shtml

● Northern Plains Region

http://www.ars.usda.gov/Aboutus/docs.htm?docid=10126

Ergonomics

● NIH Health and Safety Guide to Laboratory Ergonomics

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/odhsb/ergoguid/home.htm

● CDC Laboratory Ergonomics

http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/Ergonomics/labergo.htm