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COGEO NEWS
24/06/2012 Web Journal on OSHA – CSR –EMS
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Alain Rothstein
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Cogeo News W E B J O U R N A L O N O S H A – C S R - E M S
Summary
Wellbeing at Work ?
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This Week 1 .Partners 4. EMS
2. OSHA 5 .We Recommend
3. CSR 6 . Our Core Business
THE WEB JOURNAL OF OSHA – CSR – EMS
COGEO NEWS
The Web Journal of OSHA – CSR - EMS is a peer-reviewed weekly journal of the Publisher
COGEO CONSULTING
COGEO NEWS “in-depth, OSHA – CSR - EMS oriented research articles and technical reports keep
occupational health and safety, CSR and environmental specialists up-to-date on new developments in the
prevention, diagnosis, and rehabilitation of environmentally induced conditions and work-related injuries and
illnesses.” The publication acquired its current name in 2012 because “the health implications of exposures
are not just confined to workers in the occupational environment but extend to everyone in the general
environment.”
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1 .Partners
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medecine
http://journals.lww.com/joem/pages/default.aspx
MOST OCCUPATIONAL INJURY AND ILLNESS COSTS ARE PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE PAYERS
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UC Davis researchers have found that workers' compensation insurance is not used nearly as much as it should be to cover the nation's multi-billion dollar price tag for workplace illnesses and injuries. Instead, almost 80 percent of these costs are paid by employer-provided health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and other disability funds, employees and other payers.
Authors of the study, published in the April issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, said this cost shifting leads to artificially low workers' compensation premiums that should be used to cover wage replacement and medical care for employees injured on the job. "This is a classic example of what we call a 'negative externality' in economics -- where prices do not accurately reflect costs that spill over to others and have negative social outcomes," said Paul Leigh, lead author of the study and a UC Davis professor of public health sciences affiliated with the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy. "Workers' injuries and illnesses cost much more than what current workers' compensation payments suggest, and the resulting low premiums provide little incentive for companies to promote workplace safety." In a study he published last year, Leigh, an expert in health and labor economics, found that total annual costs for occupational injuries and illnesses in 2007 were nearly $250 billion: $67.09 billion related to medical care and $182.54 billion related to lost productivity. In the current cost-of-illness study, Leigh showed that just 21 percent -- or $51.7 billion -- of those costs were covered by workers' compensation. He also identified who pays for the extra $198 billion -- or 79 percent.
By combining 2007 data from several government and nonprofit organizations, including the Bureau of Labor Statistics and National Council on Compensation Insurance, Leigh found that the medical costs for occupational injuries and illnesses were primarily paid by these sources:
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Workers' compensation: $29.86 billion Other non-workers' compensation health insurance: $14.22 billion Workers and their families: $10.38 billion Medicare: $7.16 billion Medicaid: $5.47 billion
He also found that only $21.86 billion in lost productivity costs are paid by workers' compensation insurers, with the remaining $160.68 billion covered by other sources, including workers and their families, the Social Security Disability fund and state disability funds. "Cost-shifting affects everyone, because we're all paying higher Medicare and income taxes to help cover that 79 percent," said Leigh. He suggests three changes in current workers' compensation and employee health practices to reduce cost shifting and overall costs and to help ensure workplace safety:
1. Eliminate the stigma often associated with filing workers' compensation claims by openly acknowledging the legitimacy of using workers' compensation insurance for occupational injuries.
2. Encourage more states to adopt single-payer government-managed workers' compensation systems to save administrative costs.
3. Link premiums with company-specific injury experience rather than industry-wide estimates, which would encourage companies to lower premiums by reducing workplace hazards.
"The ultimate goals should be to comprehensively address the way occupational health is managed and establish cultures of safety for workers," said Leigh. More information: James Marcin, a UC Davis professor of pediatrics affiliated with the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy, was the co-author of "Workers' Compensation Benefits and Shifting Costs for Occupational Injury and Illness."
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2. OSHA
Workplace Accidents
www.scoop.it/t/workplace-accidents
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http://www.sys-con.com/node/2296558
Tobii Technology, the global leader in eye-tracking and interactive gaze technology, announced today that it has partnered with Cedrus, the leading provider of stimuli and response hardware for
psychological studies, to introduce the StimTracker for Tobii TX300 Eye Tracker. The StimTracker is an extremely precise synchronization and timing solution that enhances the accuracy of data collection and insights for scientific research in studies involving EEG or other biometric data.
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3. CSR
ENABLON SD-CSR
http://enablon.com/products/corporate-responsibility-ehs-
management/CSR-
reporting.aspx?gclid=CIaA66Pu07ACFVMetAodrBnZ1w
Enablon SD-CSR is the leading software solution for
collecting, reporting and managing sustainable
development information
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World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/
2012/mental_health_20120615/en/index.html
WHO gives countries tools to help stop abuse of
people with mental health condition
15 June 2012 – GENEVA
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4. EMS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2010-168c/?s_cid=3ni7d2TW1011222300
NIOSH POCKET GUIDE TO CHEMICAL HAZARDS CD ROM
The NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (NPG) is intended as a source of general industrial hygiene information on several hundred chemicals/classes for workers, employers, and occupational health professionals. The NPG does not contain an analysis of all pertinent data, rather it presents key information and data in abbreviated or tabular form for chemicals or substance groupings (e.g. cyanides, fluorides, manganese compounds) that are found in the work environment. The information found in the NPG should help users recognize and control occupational chemical hazards.
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http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2012/06/15/epa-
proposes-stricter-standards-for-soot-pollution/
The move by the Environmental Protection Agency won immediate support from environmental groups and public health advocates, who said the EPA was protecting millions of Americans at risk of asthma attacks, lung cancer, heart disease and premature death.
But congressional Republicans and industry officials called the rules overly strict and said they could hurt economic growth and cause job losses in areas where pollution levels are determined to be too high. “EPA’s proposal could substantially increase costs to states, municipalities, businesses and ultimately consumers without justified benefits,” said Howard Feldman, director of regulatory and scientific affairs for the American Petroleum Institute, the top lobbying group for the oil and gas industry.
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5 .We Recommend Equal Rights Org
http://www.equalrights.org/
Equal Rights Advocates is a nonprofit legal
organization dedicated to protecting and
expanding economic and educational access and
opportunities for women and girls
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http://greenopolis.com/goblog/green-groove/recycled-
paper-prefab-home-offers-shelter-refugees-and-homeless
RECYCLED PAPER PREFAB HOME OFFERS SHELTER FOR REFUGEES AND THE HOMELESS
Prefabricated house made from recycled paper could hold the key to affordable, green housing
It’s called the Universal World House, or the Wall AG, and although it may not look like much, this eco-friendly, earthquake-proof and easy-to-assemble home could be the answer for affordable shelter in impoverished and war-torn countries. It might also be a glimmer of hope for millions of people in need of shelter in America.
Created by Swiss designer Gerd Niemöller, the Universal World House comes with built-in plumbing, 8 single and double built-in beds, shelves, tables and an open veranda. The inside walls are designed with honeycomb air vacuums that act as insulation and support for the entire home structure.
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The coolest part: the home is made from a material called Swisscell, which is composed of recycled paper and cardboard, and altogether it weighs less than 1,800 pounds (the equivalent to a VW Golf)! Oh, and it’s also rain resistant.
An article in the UK Times Online says that more than 2000 homes have been ordered by a Nigerian company, and “development aid agencies are considering whether the houses could be used to accommodate those fleeing from the cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe. South America, too, is interested.”
The goal of the Universal World House is to get itself manufactured in Germany, and then shipped to countries around the world that need it the most. The only problem may be its $5,000 price tag, which is cheaper than most homes, but still out of reach for many people.
http://www.ecogreen4us.com/stories/green-technology-
stories/amd-apu-processors-support-green/
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http://www.socialcast.com
More than a social network, a
Social enterprise !
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6 . Our Core Business Cogeo Consulting, a little big one competitor on OSHA !
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French Company on OSHA, EMS, CSR
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