Chemical Detox for the Workplace: Resource List

OSHA Emergency Hotline: 1-800-321-OSHA

EPA National Response Center: 1-800-424-8802

Poison Control Center: 1-800-222-1222

Filing a Complaint with OSHA

Webform: www.osha.gov/workers/file_complaint.html

Find OSHA Offices by States: https://www.osha.gov/html/RAmap.html

OSH Law Project, A Workers Toolkit to Understanding OSHA’s Legal Process: www.oshlaw.org/resources

Submitting a Tip to EPA

Report an Environmental Violation web form: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/report-environmental-violations

Index of Health and Environmental Agencies of U.S. States and Territories:

www.epa.gov/home/health-and-environmental-agencies-us-states-and-territories

Citizen Suit Enforcement

EPA Notices of Intent to Sue: www.epa.gov/noi

Workers’ Compensation

National Employment Law Project: https://www.nelp.org/workers-comp-law-resources/ 

National COSH and NESRI, Workers’ Comp Hub: www.workerscomphub.org

Contacting Local Prosecutors

CPR  Manual, Preventing Death and Injury on the Job: The Criminal Justice Alternative in State Law: http://progressivereform.org/articles/WorkerProsecutionManual_1602.pdf

Utilizing Workers’ Right to Know

National COSH, Safety Data Sheets and other Chemical Fact Sheets: www.coshnetwork.org/node/35

OSHA Database of Worker Fatalities: https://www.osha.gov/dep/fatcat/dep_fatcat.html

OSHA Database of Severe Injuries (reported as of Jan. 1, 2015): https://www.osha.gov/severeinjury/index.html

OSHA Sampling Data: www.osha.gov/opengov/healthsamples.html

NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Request Form: www.cdc.gov/niosh/hhe/pdf/hhe_request_form_fillable.pdf

NIOSH Handbook for HHE Requests: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2014-136/pdfs/2014-136.pdf

Search HHE Reports (through 2010): www2a.cdc.gov/hhe/search.asp

Houston Chronicle, Right-to-Know Network: http://www.rtk.net

Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse (IC2): http://www.theic2.org

Accessing Federal Agency Data

OSHA Integrated Management Information System: https://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/establishment.html

Department of Labor Enforcement Database: https://enforcedata.dol.gov

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO): https://echo.epa.gov

OSHA Hazard Alerts: www.osha.gov/ooc/alerts-letters.html

OSHA’s Occupational Chemical Database: www.osha.gov/chemicaldata

OSHA Table Comparing PELs with Other Limits: https://www.osha.gov/dsg/annotated-pels/tablez-1.html

NIOSH Pocket Guide: www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/default.html

ATSDR ToxFAQs: https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaqs

EPA Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS): https://www.epa.gov/iris

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requests: https://www.FOIA.gov

Researching Other Public Databases

Chemical Hazard and Alternatives Toolbox (U.S. ChemHAT): www.chemhat.org

Healthy Building Network’s Pharos Database: www.pharosproject.net

Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse (IC2): http://theic2.org/

University of Massachusetts Lowell, Toxic Use Reduction Institute (TURI): https://www.turi.org/

RISCTOX Database: https://risctox.istas.net/en

European Union REACH Program: https://echa.europa.eu/information-on-chemicals

Project ToxicDocs: www.toxicdocs.org

Document Cloud: www.documentcloud.org

Select ChapterEntire Report (PDF)Executive SummarySection One: Strategies to Reduce Toxic Risks and Assist Injured WorkersCase Study: Austin Janitorial Services ComplaintCase Study: Giant CementCase Study: TVA Kingston Coal Ash ContaminationNotable Advocacy: Banning Methylene ChlorideSection Two: An Overview of Federal Laws Governing Toxic ChemicalsSection Three: Resources for Gathering Information about Chemical HazardsCase Study: 2017 HHE of Chemical Exposure at a HospitalResource ListAbout the Authors, CPR, AcknowledgementsReturn to Beginning