News and Events
CROET Newsletter Volume 16, Number 1, 2008 is now available.
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The OR-FACE Program has begun releasing reports in PowerPoint format:
*New 1/08 Parked Vehicles Kill
*New 1/08 Faller Safety
The OR-FACE Program has issued new reports and alerts:
*New 4/08 Young warehouse worker killed by backing forklift
12/07 Alert: YOUNG WORKERS Stay Alive on The Job!
12/07 Ranch worker killed by pressurized water striking eye
12/07 Mill worker killed by flying chunk of wood from chipper
12/07 Logging worker killed while riding on step of skidder
Complete list of reports
Complete list of publications and alerts
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Three From CROET Win Awards
Two graduate students and one post-doc from CROET were awarded prizes for outstanding scientific presentations during the 9th annual Society for Neuroscience Oregon Chapter meeting, held May 9-10 at the Edgefield Winery in Troutdale, Oregon. Sixty-eight participants from OHSU, UO and OSU presented their work at this event. Ten post-doctoral fellows and graduate students gave oral presentations, while students, post-docs and faculty presented 22 posters. Outstanding scientific discussions were presented throughout the course of this meeting. A panel of judges awarded $100 prizes and certificates for the best presentations. Among the winners were graduate student Jennifer Peterson from the Banker Lab at CROET for best poster; graduate student Jill Wentzell from the Kretzschmar lab at CROET for best talk; and post-doc Dongren Yang from the Lein lab at CROET for best poster. Invited speakers included Dr. Evan Snyder, a world-renowned expert on both clinical and basic science studies on neural stem cells from the Burnham Institute in La Jolla, CA., Kerry Tymchuk, the chief of staff for Senator Gordon Smith, Dr. Ed Neuwelt from OHSU, Dr. Judith Eisen from UO and Dr. Jane Ishmael from OSU.
From L to R: OHSU's Dede Montgomery, Michael Sorensen of City of Hillsboro, Tanya Woodson, and ASSE President Clark Vermillion.
2008 Oregon Safety Professional Worksite Award Presented
The first Oregon Safety Professional Worksite Award was presented to the City of Hillsboro Risk Management on September 11, 2008 at the ASSE Columbia-Willamette Chapter Meeting. City of Hillsboro Risk Management Specialist Tanya Woodson and Risk Officer Michael Sorensen accepted the award. The award was presented by ASSE Columbia-Willamette Chapter President Clark Vermillion and CROET’s Dede Montgomery.
The City of Hillsboro’s recognized project is titled “Safety and Loss Control Manual Implementation and Training”. The control manual is a tool that managers, supervisors and employees can utilize to ensure occupational safety and health while meeting regulatory requirements. The safety training matrix and Annual Safety School effectively manages and fulfills training requirements. Tanya Woodson and Michael Sorensen will present information on their project, including an evaluation of effectiveness, at an ASSE meeting in 2009.
CROET also offers Professional Worksite Awards through the Oregon State Association of Occupational Health Nurses and the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the American Industrial Hygiene Association. For more information contact Dede Montgomery at 503-494-4090 or montgomd@ohsu.edu.
In Photo (L to R): OHSU's Dede Montgomery, Michael Sorensen of City of Hillsboro, TanyaWoodson, and ASSE President Clark Vermillion.
