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| Hazardous material worker health and safety training (U45), cooperative agreement | |
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| Investigator (PI): | Catlin, Mark Daniel Past Investigator: Borwegen, William Keith |
| Performing Organization (PO): |
(Current): Service Employees International Union / (202) 730-7177 |
| Supporting Agency (SA): | National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) |
| Initial Year: | 1992 |
| Final Year: | 2016 |
| Record Source/Award ID: | CRISP/U45ES006178 |
| Funding: | Total Award Amount: $13,674,453 1992 Award Amount: $628,140 1993 Award Amount: $628,140 1994 Award Amount: $618,060 1995 Award Amount: $650,000 1996 Award Amount: $614,000 1997 Award Amount: $490,000 1998 Award Amount: $550,000 1999 Award Amount: $500,000 2000 Award Amount: $463,229 2001 Award Amount: $546,823 2002 Award Amount: $563,226 2003 Award Amount: $938,388 2004 Award Amount: $687,531 2005 Award Amount: $507,901 2006 Award Amount: $598,637 2007 Award Amount: $534,496 2008 Award Amount: $420,556 2009 Award Amount: $784,870 2010 Award Amount: $539,281 2011 Award Amount: $539,281 2012 Award Amount: $539,281 2013 Award Amount: $667,170 2014 Award Amount: $540,443 2015 Award Amount: $125,000 |
| Award Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Award Information: | Reports resulting from this project |
| Abstract: | The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Education and Support Fund (ESF) and the contractors in its consortium, SEIU Local 1199 NY and the Shirley Ware Education Center (SWEC), are applying for a grant under the HWWTP for 5 years at a total cost of $4,229,261 and the HDPTP for 5 years at a total cost of $1,580,584. Through the unique access provided to the project by the national network of local unions in the 1.8-million member SEIU, the project proposes to prevent acute and chronic injury and illness among workers who are exposed to hazardous materials and wastes in nonintentional and intentional emergency situations. The project will accomplish this by training a total of 7400 workers in 8-hour awareness-level emergency response, 2900 workers in 4-hour awareness-level refreshers, 600workers in 4-hour hazard communication classes, 500 workers in 24-hour operations level training for confined space entry, and 640 workers in 24-hour hospital-based, operations level emergency response. The target population is employed in a wide range of jobs in acute-care hospitals, road maintenance, and waste water treatment. SEIU represents 375,000 workers in acute care hospitals, 10,000 in highway maintenance and 7,500 in waste water treatment. The target population is employed in 40 states but concentrated in California, New York, Maine, and New Hampshire. Training will be conducted by an existing team of 150 specially-trained rank-and-file worker-trainers. The project proposes to train an additional 96 worker-trainers during the 5-year period. Curricula designed specifically for worker-trainers, and appropriate to the technical knowledge of workers in these industries, have already been developed for the awareness-level training and the operations level training for confined space entry. Existing curriculum will be modified for use by worker-trainers for the 24-hour hospital-based operations level emergency response class. Project consortium staff will provide ongoing support for worker-trainers and will hold annual technical meetings for all worker-trainers. The project will also participate in an annual national multi-grantee conference and hold annual external advisory board meetings. Hazardous Waste worker Training Program (HWWTP) |
| Abstract Archived: |
2001: This application, for the EPA Hazardous Waste Worker Training program, proposes to continue the current NIEHS funded program to provide hazardous materials awareness and operational response training. The target population is employed in a wide range of jobs in road maintenance, wastewater treatment, and acute-care hospitals. The target population while employed in forty states, is concentrated in California, Illinois, Maine, New Hampshire, New York and Washington. This project proposes training 8,000 workers in 8-hour awareness-level emergency response and 2,000 workers in 24-hour operations-level emergency response. These 10,000 workers will be trained over the course of the five year grant period. Additionally, they propose to train an additional 70 Worker-Trainers. 2005: The SEIU Education and Support Fund (ESF) and the contractors in its consortium, the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) and the UCLA Labor Occupational Safety and Health (LOSH) Program, are applying for a grant under the EPA-Hazardous Waste Worker Training Project for five years at a total cost of $4,589,203. Through the unique access provided to the project by the national network of local unions in the Service Employees International Union, the Project proposes to prevent acute and chronic injury and illness among workers who are exposed to hazardous materials and wastes in emergency situations. The Project will accomplish this by training 4900 workers in 8-hour awareness-level emergency response, 5000 workers in 4-hour awareness-level refreshers, and internet-based 4- hour General Industry Safety course on researching hazardous materials and improving systems of safety. The target population is employed in a wide range of jobs in acute-care hospitals, road maintenance, and waste water treatment. SEIU represents approximately 285,000 workers in acute care hospitals, 10,000 workers in highway concentrated in California, New York, Maine, and New Hampshire. Training will be conducted by an existing team of delivering the new hospital operations-level training. The Project proposes to train an additional 76 worker-trainers during the next five-year period. Curricula designed specifically for worker-trainers, and appropriate to the technical knowledge of workers in these industries, have already been developed for the awareness-level training and the operations level training for confined space entry. New curricula will be developed for the hospital operations-level training and the General Industry Safety class. Project consortium staff will provide ongoing support for worker-trainers and will hold an annual technical meeting for all worker-trainers. |
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| Country: | United States |
| State: | District of Columbia |
| Zip Code: | 20036 |
| UI: | 20161263 |
| Project Status: | Completed |
| Record History: | ('2013: PI changed. 2008: PI name changed to William Keith)',) ('2010: Project title changed (Prior title: Worker health and safety training cooperative agreement); Project extended to 2015. 2005: Abstract archived in Archived Abstract 2 and replaced; Project extended to 2010. 2001: Abstract archived in Archived Abstract 1 and replaced. 2000: Project extended to 2005.',) |