Welcome to OSHCE Spotlight - November 2025
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Winter weather hazards are important because cold temperatures, snow, ice, and reduced daylight significantly increase the risk of injuries and illnesses. Workers face dangers such as hypothermia, frostbite, reduced dexterity, and slips, trips, and falls on icy surfaces. Winter conditions also impair visibility and slow reaction time, raising the likelihood of accidents with vehicles, equipment, and tools. Proactively managing these hazards protects workers, maintains productivity, and supports a safe, reliable work environment.
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Student Highlight: Avalon Hidell
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With a professional background rooted in Leadership and Operations, Avalon Hidell recently transitioned her career focus in 2023 to Workplace Safety. Currently she is the Occupational Safety and Health Manager at PCC Community Markets in the Greater Seattle Area, leading initiatives to promote a safe and healthy work environment across the organization.
Avalon recently completed the Accelerating Leadership Course and is actively pursuing the General Industry Safety & Health Leadership Certificate.
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In her own words, "I just started the program, and it's already sparked some really interesting lessons and conversations. I'm excited to see what other insights and connections the rest of the program has to offer."
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Check out the Accelerating Leadership Development Course!
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Occupational Asthma
Explore this resource to recognize symptoms, learn safer chemical practices, and protect workers from occupational asthma in your workplace.
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Winter Weather Preparedness
Use this winter weather preparedness resource to share essential safety measures, and help prevent cold stress among outdoor workers.
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ODOC Series: Occupational Asthma
Online, On-Demand
Participants will explore the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of occupational asthma, including its various forms—work-exacerbated, irritant-induced, and sensitizer-induced (allergic). The course helps learners to differentiate types of work-related asthma and their underlying mechanisms and identify common occupational exposures linked to allergic asthma.
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The Future of Environmental and Occupational Medicine
Jan 14, 2026 | Live Webinar
Attendees will explore service-related exposures such as burn pits, Agent Orange, and Camp Lejeune, and gain an understanding of VA Toxic Exposure Screening, the PACT Act, and exposure-informed clinical care.
Presenters
Judith Green McKenzie, MD, MPH: Medical Officer at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Professor Emerita, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Christopher Martin, MD, MSc: Founding Director, Global Engagement, West Virginia University Health Sciences Center; Program Director of the WVU Occupational Medicine Residency Program
Romero Santiago, MD, MPH: Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Carle Illinois College of Medicine; Attending Physician, OEM Employee Health, Carle Health
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OSHA #7215 Silica in Construction, Maritime, and General Industries
Dec 02, 2025 | 8:00 am - 4:00 pm | Online Virtual Classroom
This course covers the development and implementation of controls and strategies to prevent or mitigate silica exposures in construction, maritime, and general industries. Course topics include describing the requirements of OSHA’s Respirable Crystalline Silica standards and recognizing the hazards and risks, assessment options, and exposure control measures associated with silica exposure.
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OSHA #7500 Introduction to Safety and Health Management
Dec 04, 2025 | 8:30 am - 3:00 pm |Online Virtual Classroom
Every workplace should have a safety and health program that includes management leadership, worker participation, and a systematic approach to finding and fixing hazards. This course covers the effective implementation of a company’s safety and health management system. The course addresses the four core elements of an effective safety and health management system and those central issues that are critical to each element’s proper management.
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Supervisory Safety & Health Duties
Dec 08 - 11, 2025 | Online Virtual Classroom
This course covers general safety and health requirements from the standpoint of supervising, training, administering, and organizing safety and health programs. It includes regulatory requirements and specific applications for written program requirements, documentation, discipline, hazard evaluation, and control and compliance.
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Course 2 - Assessment Tools for Safer Chemical Decisions for Sustainable Chemistry
Jan 05 - Feb 20, 2026 | 8:30 am - 3:00 pm |Online Virtual Classroom
Participants will learn to apply tools and methodologies used in comparative chemical assessments, including hazard evaluation and performance. Through practical exercises, they will explore how to make informed, science-based decisions that minimize risks to human health and the environment.
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Accelerating Leadership Development
Jan 13, 20, 27, 2026 | 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Virtual Instructor Led
Motivation plays an important part of someone’s willingness to adhere to safety protocols and guidelines, reducing risks and accidents in the workplace. Leadership effectiveness can be accelerated by understanding what theories, capabilities, and motivation foster leader and follower development at all levels of experience. This course will provide insight into unlocking the motivations and abilities related to increasing your leadership effectiveness.
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Partnerships and Collaborations
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Western Pulp, Paper, and Forest Products Safety & Health Conference
Dec. 2-5, 2025 | Portland, OR
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This three-and-a-half-day event is the largest safety and health conference in the West dedicated to providing quality educational opportunities for the pulp, paper, and converting industries. The conference offers more than 50 workshops and sessions and over 40 exhibit booths showing the latest safety-and-health products and services. There is an awards ceremony and dinner that acknowledges safety and health excellence in the industry.
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Occupational Safety and Health Continuing Education
Phone: (800) 326-7568
E-mail: ce@uw.edu
Web: oshce.uw.edu
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