Occupational Health & Safety
Occupational health and safety covers research on the knowledge and policies that will lead to an elimination of workplace fatalities and reduction in injuries and make California workplaces and workers the safest, healthiest and most productive in the country. Additional information and training materials for employers and workers on occupational health and safety are covered on the WOSHTEP page. CHSWC has also established a Schools Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) model program, the California School Action for Safety and Health (SASH), to help schools statewide improve their injury and illness prevention practices for employees.
- California Janitor Workload Study, Carisa Harris Adamson, PhD, CPE (Principal Investigator), UCSF, UC-Berkeley, et. al., June 2025.
- Posttraumatic Stress in California’s Workers’ Compensation System. A Study of Mental Health Presumptions for Firefighters and Peace Officers Under Senate Bill 542, RAND, 2021.
- Early Care & Education Workers - Peer Educator Training Guide, 2021
(Also available in Spanish) - Issue Brief on First Responder Behavioral Health - September 2018
- Issue Brief on First Responder Behavioral Health - October 2017
- Excessive Workload in the Janitorial Industry, An Emerging Health and Safety Concern. Suzanne Teran and Evan vanDommelen-Gonzalez, Labor Occupational Health Program – University of California, Berkeley, March 2017
- California's Janitorial Industry: Does Higher Compensation for Unionized Workers Lead to Greater Production Pressure and Higher Injury Rates? - Frank Neuhauser, University of California, Berkeley, March 2017
- Aging in the Workplace: Promoting Safe and Healthy Workplaces for Everyone, A Report from a Roundtable Discussion, held November 2015.
- Infection Risk from "Sharps" Injuries for Non-healthcare Workers, March 2015.
- Public Comments and Response, Received by the April 27, 2015 Deadline
- Letter from Assembly members Mark Stone and Susan Eggman
- Letter from California Product Stewardship Council (CPSC) Executive Director Heidi Sanborn
- Author Frank Neuhauser's response to CPSC letter
- Public Comments and Response, Received by the April 27, 2015 Deadline
- Inspection Targeting Issues for the California Department of Industrial Relations Division of Occupational Safety and Health, RAND, October 2013.
- The Impact of Experience Rating on Small Employers: Would Lowering the Threshold for Experience Rating Improve Safety? RAND, 2012
- Requirement for Insurer Review of Employer's IIPP
- An Evaluation of the California Illness and Injury Prevention Program, RAND, 2012
- Full Report
- Summary
- Full Report
- Are There Unusually Effective Occupational Safety and Health Inspectors and Inspection Practices? RAND, 2012
- Working Safer or Just Working Longer? The Impact of an Aging Workforce on Occupational Injury and Illness Costs, February 2011
- The Whole Worker: Guidelines for Integrating Occupational Health and Safety with Workplace Wellness Programs, 2010
- Summary of June 27, 2008 Schools Injury and Illness Prevention Program Roundtable
- Occupational Safety and Health for Public Safety Employees: Assessing the Evidence and the Implications for Public Policy, 2008
- Quality Management and Job Quality: How the ISO 9001 Standard for Quality Management Systems Affects Employees and Employers, August 18, 2008
- Research Agenda for Improving Workplace Health and Safety in California, February 2008
- Background Report on California Occupational Safety and Health Programs, February 2008
- Barriers to occupational health services for low-wage workers in California, April 2006
- Multilingual health & safety resources a guide to worker training materials on the web
- Workplace health and safety worker training materials: An Electronic MultiLingual Resource List, 2003
- Protecting and educating young workers: report of the California study group on young worker health and safety, March 1998
- Young worker educational fact sheets
Project description
Status: ongoing
July 2025