Western States Occupational Network Meeting (WestON)

Western States Occupational Network (WestON) – 14th Annual Meeting 

Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists 

NIOSH Western States Division 

Mountain and Plains Education and Research Center 

Colorado School of Public Health

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus 

September 19-20, 2024

September 19, 2024

• Welcome and Introductions  - Liz Dalsey, meeting moderator - NIOSH/Western States Division (WSD), Lee Newman, Center for Work Health and Environment (CWHE) and MAP ERC, and Ryan Hill, NIOSH/WSD

• Keynote Presentation - Moderator: Kate McCoy, Wisconsin Department of Health 
  • Immigrant workers on Wisconsin dairy farms by Maryam Jammel, ProPublica
• Mooving Around: The Front Lines of Worker Safety - Moderator: Joe McLaughlin, Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
• Is work changing? The California Work & Health Survey by Ed Yelin, UC San Francisco California Labor Lab
• Producing our food: worker health in meatpacking establishment by Kathy Fagan, Case Western Reserve
• Racial and ethnic disparities in injuries at work by Stephanie Colter, Washington Work Equity Research Center
• Quick Takes Session 1: Getting in the MooooooooD - Moderator: Emily Talley, New Mexico Department of Health
  • Employer engagement to promote and add evidence-based diabetes and cardiovascular prevention and management programs as a covered benefit by Sarah Levine, University of Colorado Center for Health, Work & Environment
  • Engaging public school staff in emergency preparedness: influences of work conditions and mental health implications by Natalie Schwatka, University of Colorado Center for Health, Work & Environment
  • Oregon multihousehold pesticide exposure events 2023: Lessons learned and risk prevention strategies by Alan Martinez, Oregon Health Authority 
• Late breaker – H5N1 and workers - Moderator: Rachel Herlihy, Deputy Chief Medical Officer & State Epidemiologist, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
  • A one health investigation into H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus Epizootics on two dairy farms by Gregory Gray, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 
• LegenDAIRY Workers: Fire and Emergency Response - Moderator: Richie Evoy, NIOSH/WSD
  • Keeping us safe from fire: wildland firefighter and health behaviors by Kenneth Scott, NIOSH/WSD
  • Emergency management in tribal communities by Lynda Zambrano, National Tribal Emergency Management Council
• Brain Busters Session: Rebecca Guerin, NIOSH/WSD - Moderator: Carol Brown (CWHE and MAP ERC)
  • We know what works (to protect workers), so why isn’t it working?: The promise of Implementation Science for moving proven occupational safety and health interventions into practice to advance worker safety, health and well-being

September 20, 2024

 

• The year at work in review: research and standards by Bob Harrison, California Department of Public Health 

• The Steaks are High: Methogs in Occupational Health - Moderator: Ketki Patel, Texas Department of State Health Services
  • Keeping tabs on worker health: better data about work by Marie Sweeney, NIOSH/DFSE
  • The importance of occupation as a key social determinant of health by Katherine Chung, Bridges Health Choice Network

• National Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses by Rebecca Jackson, US Department of Labor, OSHA

• Quick Takes Session 2 – Cow-Culating How Work Affects Heath - Moderator Amy Heinzerling, California Department of Public Health
  •  Occupational safety and health of women in mining: current trends and future directions by Tashina Robinson, NIOSH/SMRB
  • Suicide related mortality by industry and occupation in Texas by Fatema Rasul, Texas Department of State Health Service
  • Do injured workers who are off work for 6 months really not return to work? by Paul Ogden, Colorado School of Public Health
•  Open discussion and wrap-up - Bob Harrison, CDPH

 Western States Occupational Network (WestON) – 14th Annual Meeting 

Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists 

NIOSH Western States Division 

Mountain and Plains Education and Research Center 

Colorado School of Public Health

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus 

September 28-29, 2023 

• Welcome and Introductions  - Liz Dalsey, NIOSH/Western States Division (WSD) meeting moderator, John Howard, NIOSH/OD, Ryan Hill, NIOSH/WSD

• Keynote Presentation - Moderator: Robert Harrison, California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
  • Alex Hall, KQED News
  • COVID in the workplace: the story of Foster Farms

• Work as a social determinant of health - Moderator: Ken Scott, NIOSH/WSD
  • NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation: Blastomycosis outbreak at a papermill by Emily Ahonen, University of Utah
  • Wearable technologies, AI and worker safety: science and ethics by Carisa Harris-Adamson (UC Berkeley)
  • Sleep, shiftwork, and health by Ryan Olson, OHSU Total Worker Health Center

• Quick Takes Session 1: The OSH Kitchen Sink - Moderator: Carol Brown, University of Colorado
  • Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions from atmospheric plasma applications by Daniel Hardt, NIOSH/WSD
  • A New Framework for Improving Miners’ Health: Update and Next Steps by Tashina Robinson and Aaron Sussell, NIOSH/Spokane Mining Research Division
  • Novel data linkages using retirement system data by Naomi Anderson, Washington Department of Labor and Industry

• Cases and outbreaks: hear all about it - Moderator: Lee Newman, Mountain and Plains ERC
  • NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation: Blastomycosis outbreak at a paper mill by Marcia Stanton, NIOSH, Respiratory Health Division
  • Silicosis among immigrant engineered stone (quartz) countertop fabrication workers by Jane Fazio, UCLA
  • Respiratory disease in cannabis workers by Karin Pacheco, National Jewish Hospital
  
  

• Quick Takes Session 2: Hot, Hot, Hot - Moderator: Emily Talley, New Mexico Department of Health
  • Day-of-illness and prior day ambient temperatures among occupational heat-related illness cases and clusters in Washington State, 2006-2021 by June Spector, Washington State Department of Labor & Industries/Safety & Health Assessment & Research for Prevention (SHARP)
  • Assessment of Data Sources for Vulnerability to Occupational Heat-Related Illness (HRI) in California by Allie Smith, California Department of Public Health
  • Climate change is an increasing global concern. Rural pops, community partners by Kathy James, Colorado School of Public Health

• This year in occupational public health by Bob Harrison, CDPH
  

• Epidemiological methods in occupational health - Moderator: Chris Austin, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
  • Measuring Sexual/Gender Minority Worker Wellness Using the NIOSH WellBQ by Gialana Dang, NIOSH/WSD
  • Occupational health surveillance using OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application (ITA) by Stella Beckman, CDPH
  • Insider tips about workers compensation claims data by Alysha Meyers, NIOSH/Division of Field Studies and Engineering

• OSHA Data Collection Update: Improving Tracking of Workplaces Injuries and Illnesses by Beki Jackson, US DOL, OSHA

• Quick Takes Session 3: Novel Forever Lung - Moderator: Kyla Hagan-Hayes, NIOSH/WS
  • A multi-pronged occupational health approach to assess the magnitude of COVID-19 impacts to workers in California by Ximena Vergara, CDPH
  • Occupational Risk of COVID-19 in Wyoming, 2020-2022 by Brittney Waranius, Wyoming
  • La pandemia hizo más trabajo para nosotras/The pandemic made more work for us: COVID-19-related changes to work conditions and the health and safety of Latina immigrant women workers by Ivy Torres, University of California, Irvine
  • An attack on the lungs: changes in lung function following military deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan by Laruen Zell Baran, National Jewish

• Future directions, open discussion, and wrap-up - Moderator: Bob Harrison, CDPH

Western States Occupational Network (WestON) – 13th Annual Meeting

Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists

NIOSH Western States Division

Mountain & Plains Education and Research Center

September 15-16, 2022

Embassy Suites Hotel, 1420 Stout Street, Denver, Colorado 80202

 

• Welcome and Introductions - Liz Dalsey, NIOSH, Western States Division (WSD) meeting moderator. Ryan Hill, NIOSH, WSD
• “Toxic dust – the continuing story of lead poisoned workers,” Rebecca Woolington - Moderator: Robert Harrison, California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
• The changing climate and our communities - Moderator: Ketki Patel, Texas Department of State Health Services (Texas DSHS)
• National action plan for respiratory protection - Jonathan Samet, University of Colorado
  
• On the front lines – protecting wildland firefighters - Kat Navarro, NIOSH, WSD
• Temperature, workplace safety, and labor market inequality - A. Patrick Behrer, World Bank
• Quick Takes Session: I Me Mine - Working All Through the Day - Moderator: Ken Scott, NIOSH, WSD
• A new framework for improving miners’ health: Update - Aaron Sussell, NIOSH, Spokane Mining Research Division (SMRD)
• Mineral dust analyses in coal miners with severe lung disease - Jeremy Hua, University of Colorado
• Silicosis related to engineered stone in California - Kristin Cummings, CDPH
• Health conditions among male workers in mining and other industries that rely on manual labor occupations - Tashina Robinson – NIOSH/SMRD
• Making connections in Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance - Hitendrasinh Thakor, Texas DSHA
• Back to the Future: COVID-19 and the Workplace - Moderator: Rebecca Jackson, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
• The school as a workplace - Joel Solomon, National Education Association
• Why does work matter – making the case for protecting workers - Letitia Davis, Massachusetts DPH (retired)
• Tracking the pandemic at work: did it work? - Marie Sweeney, NIOSH, Division of Field Studies and Engineering
• Brain Busters Session: Networking Through Storytelling - Madison Crepeau, Center for Work, Health, and Environment
• The Other Morning Joe: public health and nature - Joe McLaughlin, Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
• Workers on the edge: young, old, and precarious - Moderator: Derry Stover, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
• Teenager dies in a tire shop – permits and possibilities - Bob Harrison, CDPH
• We are all getting older – risk factors and recommendations for productive aging in the workplace - Jim Grosch, NIOSH, Division of Science Integration (DSI) / Gigi Gretchen Petery, NIOSH, DSI
• Towards Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Worker Health Equity Research at NIOSH - Gialana Dang, NIOSH, WSD
• OSHA Update and Collective Ideas - David Valiante, US DOL, OSHA
• Quick Takes Session 2: If A Dog Bites a Wildland Firefighter in the Forest, Does It Show Up in Our Data and Research Agendas? - Moderator: Carol Brown, University of Colorado
• Comparing employer characteristics among employers with versus without legal migrant farm workers - Luke Sampson, Washington Department of Labor and Industries
• Full-Time Equivalent estimates calculation by industry and occupation using the American Community Survey (ACS) for workers compensation claims analyses - Komi K.S. Modji, Wisconsin Department of Health Service
• Partnering to Develop an American Indian and Alaska Native Worker Safety and Health Strategic Plan  - Elizabeth Dalsey, NIOSH/WSD
• Coccidioidomycosis Outbreak in Wildland Firefighters — California, 2021 - Dorothy Maffei, CDPH
• Dog Bite-Related Injuries in Occupational Settings - Megan Cahill, EIS, Idaho
• Future directions, open discussion, and wrap-up - Moderator: Bob Harrison, CDPH

Dr. Georges Benjamin, MD (Executive Director, APHA) will be speaking on “Health equity and the COVID-19 pandemic” to be followed by Celeste Monforton (George Washington University) and Aquilino Soriana (Filipino Workers Center) who will discuss the workplace impacts of this historic pandemic. 

Western States Occupational Network (WestON) - Eleventh Annual Meeting

Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists

NIOSH Western States Division

Mountain & Plains Education and Research Center

September 26-27, 2019

The Magnolia Hotel - Denver, Colorado

 

• Welcome and Introductions - Ryan Hill, NIOSH, Western States Division (WSD); Elizabeth Dalsey, NIOSH, Western States WSD
  
• Keynote Presentation - Moderator: Bob Harrison, California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
• Death in the oilfields - Jim Morris, Center for Public Integrity - https://apps.publicintegrity.org/blowout/us-oil-worker-safety/ 
  
• Psittacosis in Poultry Plants in Virginia and Georgia - Marie de Perio, NIOSH, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies (DSHEFS) https://archive.cdc.gov/#/details?url=https://www.cdc.gov/pneumonia/atypical/psittacosis/surveillance-reporting/outbreaks/2018-poultry-multistate-investigation.html
• Cure in Place Pipe – Worker and Community Exposures - Ryan LeBouf, NIOSH, Respiratory Health Division, Andrew Whelton, Purdue https://engineering.purdue.edu/CIPPSafety
• Accelerated Silicosis in Stone Fabrication Workers – Washington and California - Amy Heinzerling, CDPH
• Wildland Fire Fighters and Heat Stress - Joe Domitrovich, US Forest Service
  
• Brain Busters – Impacting policy: “Making the elevator pitch” - Presenter and moderator: Linda Forst, UIC ERC
• Non-standard Work Arrangements in Construction - Rebecca Jackson, CPWR
• Estimating Gender and Ethnicity in Occupational Research - Caroline Smith, Washington State SHARP, Jennifer Marcum, Washington State SHARP, Stephanie Holm, UC Berkeley COEH
  
• OSHA Update – David Valiante, OSHA
• Sexual violence training – lessons learned from the janitorial workers - Alejandra Domenzain, UCB LOHP
• Gender inequality in the workplace - Stefanie Johnson, UC Boulder
  
• The NIOSH “Yellow Book” Redux: What’s New in Ergonomics and Prevention? - Moderator: Carisa Harris-Adamson, UC Berkeley
  
• Future directions, open discussion and wrap-up - Moderator: Bob Harrison, CDPH
  

2018 Agenda

• Welcome and Introductions - Elizabeth Dalsey, NIOSH WSD 
• Syndromic Surveillance: Filling Gaps in Agriculture Injury Data - Zach Stein, Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment
• Fatalities in Frontier State - Julia M. Brennan, Montana Dept. of Labor and Industry
• Occupational Injuries at Residential Worksites in California - Kevin Riley, UCLA
• Investigating Trucker Safety in Wyoming - Meredith Towle, Wyoming Dept. of Workforce Services
• Roadway Safety Integrated Project in New Mexico - Sandy Lam, New Mexico Dept. of Health 
• New Approaches to Assessing Driving Performance and Workplace Impairment in Cannabis Users - Michael Kosnett, Colorado School of Public Health 
• Outbreak of Severe Histoplasmosis Among Tunnel Workers - Dominican Republic, 2015 - John Beard, Brigham Young University 
• Evaluating the Risk of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Among Occupational Cavers — Austin, Texas, 2017 - Stefanie Campbell, CDC
• Are Military Occupational Specialty Codes (MOS) Useful Epidemiologic Tools to Predict Inhalational Exposures During Deployment? - Lauren Zell-Baran, National Jewish Health 
• Planning for the changing burden of occupational exposures in the Pacific Northwest - Marissa Baker, University of Washington
• Pesticide Exposure Surveillance in Texas: Enhancing surveillance data quality through automated real-time quality assurance and quality control - Kindle Pierce, Texas Dept. of State Health Service
• OSHA Update - David Valiante
• Evaluation of the Foundations for Safety Leadership Training Module - Natalie Schwatka, Center for Health, Work & Environment
• r2p in Construction: Resources & Tools to Advance Safety and Health - Eileen Betit, Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR)
• Keep on Partnering: OR-FACE meets Oregon Trucking Associations - Barb Epstien, Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OR-FACE)
• The Role of Medical Providers in Prevention of Gun Violence - Jenna Wolff, National Jewish Health
• The Oil and Gas Occupational Health Working Group: a creation of WestON! - Roberta Smith, CDPHE; Kyla Retzer, NIOSH WSD
• Back to the Basics: Principles of Injury Prevention; Washington FACE Investigation - Carri Casteel, University of Iowa; Todd Schoonover, Washington State Dept. of Labor and Industries
• Keynote Presentation: Methylene Chloride – Paint Stripping Chemical ​- Anna Werner, CBS Morning News; Wendy Hartley, mother of Kevin

2017 Agenda

• Welcome and Introductions - Yvonne Boudreau and Ryan Hill, NIOSH
• The Dismantling of Workers' Comp - Michael Grabell, ProPublica
• Work-related Injuries Among California's Inmate Laborers - Rebecca Jackson, California Dept. of Public Health
• Inpatient Hospitalizations in Crop & Animal Production Agriculture Workers in Washington State - Naomi Anderson, Washington L&I SHARP Program
• Leveraging Dollars in Addition to Incidence - Matthew Roach, Arizona Dept. of Health Services
• Resurgence of Black Lung in the US & Australia: Lessons Learned from Surveillance - Cecile Rose, National Jewish Health
• Social Justice and Worker Health - Charlotte Chang, UC Berkeley Labor Occupational Health Program
• How Occupational Surveillance could benefit from Electronic Health Records - Emily McMormick, Denver Public Health
• How Occupational Surveillance could benefit from Electronic Health Records - Kevin Riley, UCLA Labor Occupational Safety & Health Program
• How Occupational Surveillance could benefit from Electronic Health Records - Ketki Patel, Texas Dept. of State Health Services
• Understanding Occupational Health Indicators (OHIs) in Tribal Communities - Liz Dalsey, NIOSH WSD
• Words, Words, Words...Natural Language Processing for 21st Century Surveillance - Philip Harber, University of Arizona
• Safety and Industrial Hygiene in the Marijuana Industry - Roberta Smith, CDPHE
• A Review of Current Occupational Safety and Health in the Washington Cannabis Industry - Sally Buckingham, Washington State Dept. of Labor and Industries
• NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluationatan Organic Cannabis Farm - Bradley King, NIOSH WSD
• Partnering to Prevent Agricultural Fatalities in Oregon - Barb Epstien, Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences
• Occupational Health and Safety Risk and Effects on Economic Outcomes of US Farmworkers - Anita Alves Pena, University of Colorado
• University of Colorado Center for Health, Work & Environment​ (CHWE) - Lee Newman, CHWE 
• Evaluation of an Online Continuing Ed Module for Management of Chronic Pain - Carol Brown, CHWE
• From Wrangling Hogs to Loading the Planter: A Survey of Back Pain in Midwestern Farmers - Ellen Duysen, Central States Center for Ag S&H, U Nebraska Medical Center
• Development and Evaluation of a Logging Safety Training Program - Elise Lagerstrom, Colorado State University

2016 Agenda

• Welcome and Introductions - Yvonne Boudreau, NIOSH WSD
• Disaster Science Responder Research Program - Angie Weber, NIOSH 
• Heat-Related Illness and Rhabdomyolysis in Firefighters and National Park Employees - Judi Eisenberg, NIOSH 
• Heat Exposure and Injury Risk in Agriculture Workers in Washington - June Spector, University of Washington
• A Geographer's Perspective of Climate Change and Occupational Hazards in the West - Teri Jacobs, NIOSH
• Tribal Bison Workers - Imminent Dangers, Just-in-Time Training - Ellen Duysen, University of Nebraska Medical Center
• One of Us: Developing Credible Messages Using Occupational Culture - Ted Teske, NIOSH
• Research to Practice (r2p) Roadmap for General Industry - Kelsie Scruggs, University of California, Berkeley
• How Meaning Matters at Work: Implications for Occupational Health - Adelyn Shimizu, Colorado State University 
• Training Needs for Occupational Safety and Health Professionals - Josh Scott, Center for Health, Work & Environment
• Dioramas and Other Notions - Bob Harrison, California Dept. of Public Health
• Still a Newbie - Derry Stover, Nebraska Dept. of Health and Human Services
• Nanotechnology at NIOSH - Chuck Geraci, NIOSH
• Training Workers on Nanotechnology Risks - Bruce Lippy, Center for Construction Research and Training
• Sports Injuries - Dawn Comstock, Colorado School of Public Health
• Major League Baseball's Health and Injury Tracking System - Keshia Pollack, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Exploring Occupational Traumatic Brain Injury Surveillance in Oregon - Curtis Cude, Oregon Health Authority Public Health Division
• Riskiest Military Jobs for Developing Deployment Lung Disease - Gabriel Pepper, University of Colorado
• If a Slab Falls, Does Anyone Hear It? - Bob Harrison, California Dept. of Public Health
• Navigating the FOG: A Year of Insights from the NIOSH Fatalities in Oil and Gas (FOG) Database - Sophia Ridl, NIOSH WSD
• Using Surveillance to Identify High-Risk Industries and Occupations in Alaska​ - Krystal Mason, NIOSH WSD ​

2015 Agenda

• Public health strategies to prevent work-related injuries and illnesses in oil and gas extraction - Meredith Towle, WY Dept. of Workforce Services
• Is the 'Grass' Greener? Work and Well-Being in the Cannabis Industry - Kevin Walters, MAP ERC
• Occupational Zoonoses in Colorado: Improving Surveillance - Alice White, Colorado Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence
• Preventing Zoonotic Disease in National Park Service Employees - Danielle Buttke, National Park Service
• Countering an Old Hazard Made New - Bob Harrison, CA Dept. of Public Health
• Collaborating to Reduce Lead Poisoning in Vietnam - Catherine Karr, University of Washington
• Nebraska's Transportation and Warehousing Industry - Derry Stover, Nebraska Epidemiology Surveillance Coordinator
• Construction Activities at NIOSH - Christine Branche, NIOSH Office of Construction Safety and Health
• Construction Safety Leadership Training - Natalie Schwatka, Center for Health, Work & Environment
• Using Workers Compensation Systems to Improve Safety - Steve Wurzelbacher, NIOSH
• What does the future hold? Can we predict losses from employing a quantitative approach to employer safety procedure evaluation? - Len Welsh and Lauren Mayfield, State Compensation Insurance Fraud, California
• Making Oregon the Safest and Healthiest State - Chuck Easterly, State Accident Insurance Fund, Oregon
• Pinnacol Prevention Strategies - Jim McMillen, Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado 
• Practicing Public Health in a Non-Public Health Agency - Rebecca Jackson, California Department of Industrial Relations
• Wyoming's Safety Fund: Does a little money go a long way in safety? - Meredith Towle, WY Dept. of Workforce Services
• Surveillance of Work-Related Acute Injury Hospitalizations in California using the Workers' Compensation Information System - Christine Dobson, CA Dept. of Public Health 
• Evaluation of Drycleaning Shops Using Solvon K4 (Part I)(Part II) - Steve Whittaker, Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County, and Steve Ahrenholz, NIOSH
• Arizona Occupational Health Indicators Lessons Learned and Bumps in the Road - Matthew Roach, Arizona Dept. of Health 
• Successful Strides with Dairy Producers & Workers: A Report of Engagement, Partnerships, and Trust - Dave Douphrate, University of Texas, and Steve Reynolds, High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health and Safety
• O[yes]: Oregon Young Employee Safety - Dan Cain, Oregon State Health Dept. 
• Work and Adolescents: Results from the Washington Healthy Youth Survey - Janessa Graves, College of Nursing, Washington State University Spokane
• In Physical (In)Activity an Occupational Exposure? - Ken Scott, Colorado School of Public Health
• Improving Worker Safety and Health Among American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN): A Partnership Workshop - Liz Dalsey, NIOSH WSD
• Engaging in a New Partnership and Producing Results: the OSHA-STEPS-NIOSH Alliance in Oil and Gas Extraction -Sophie Ridl, NIOSH WSD
• Developing PPE-Info to Connect Ebola Response Healthcare Workers to Relevant PPE - Josh Scott, NIOSH NPPTL

2014 Agenda

• Climate Change Initiative - Max Kiefer and Jennifer Lincoln, NIOSH​
• Wildland Fire Fighter Activities - Corey Butler, Aaron Sussell and Joshua Scott, NIOSH ​
• Navajo Nation - Shawnevan Dale, Navajo Nation OSHA
• Occupational Safety and Health in Canada - Lewinda Knowles, Alberta Ministry of Job, Skills, Training & Labour
• ​Meatpacking- Here's the Beef (Part 1; Part 2) - Derry Stover, Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services; Ketki Patel, University of Nebraska Medical Center; and Karen Mulloy, Case Western University
• All-Terrain Vehicle Hazards - David Gilkey, MAP ERC; & David Elenbaas, Montana Department of Labor & Industry
• Enhancing our Understanding of Fatal Events in the Oil and Gas Industry: A collaborative pilot project - Sophie Ridl, NIOSH Western States Office
• State-based Occupational Safety and Health Resources Interactive Map - Liz Dalsey, NIOSH Western States Office
• Roof Core as a Modifier of Dermal Exposures among Hot Asphalt Roofers - Berrin Serdar, Colorado School of Public Health
• Improving Health and Characterizing the Burden of Disease among Western Miners - Tristan Victoroff, NIOSH Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Occupational Lung/Cardiovascular Disease Risks in Navajo Coal Miners - Cecile Rose, National Jewish Health
• What is NIOCCS? - Sue Nowlin, NIOSH
• Violent Deaths and Occupation in Colorado - Meredith Towle, Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
• Coding Occupation of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in California - Rebecca Jackson, California Department of Industrial Relations
• Investigating Fatalities in the Oil and Gas Industry - Mike Todd, Wyoming Department of Workforce Services
• Exposure Hazards in Oil and Gas Extraction Workers - Bradley King, NIOSH Western States Office

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