September is OSH Month in Illinois
From NIOSH –
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn recently proclaimed September 2011 as Occupational Health and Safety Month to recognize the importance of the first national conference on Eliminating Health and Safety Disparities at Work, September 14–15 in Chicago, co-sponsored by NIOSH. The conference will bring together representatives from multiple disciplines and perspectives to understand the causes of occupational health and safety disparities and to identify and share promising practices for eliminating disparities through innovative intervention programs. The second day of the conference will include an interagency town hall meeting on environmental justice in the work environment, convened by the Working Group on Environmental Justice (http://www.epa.gov/compliance/ej/interagency/index.html) , to explore interagency solutions for alleviating health disparities in the workplace setting. For more information or to register, go to http://www.aoecdata.org/conferences/healthdisparities/index.html .