Opioids and the Workplace

Rutgers School of Public Health,

NYC CLC/NYCOSH 2018 Safety & Health Series

Opioids and the Workplace

From 1999-2016, more than 350,000 people died from an overdose involving prescription and illegal opioids. On average, 115 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose. Overdoses involving opioids killed about 48,000 people in 2017. Approximately 40% of those deaths were from prescription opioids.

This national opioid epidemic is impacting communities and worksites throughout the country. In this workshop participants will learn facts about the crisis, the impact of prescription and illegal opioids, the connection between hazardous jobs, workplace injury, and opioid misuse, overdose, and addiction, jobs that may have occupational exposure, worker protection guidelines, and non-punitive strategies for helping addicted workers.

Thursday, September 27, 2018

10:00 am – 1:00 pm

UAW Region 9A

256 W. 38th Street, 12th Floor

(between 7th & 8th Avenues)

Manhattan

Presented by:

Jonathan Rosen, MS CIH

National Clearinghouse for Worker Safety & Health Training

Sponsored by the New York City Central Labor Council (NYC CLC), Rutgers School of Public Health, and the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH).

For more information, contact Dwan Williams at 212-227-6440 x10.

This program is supported by the National Institute Of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number U45ES006179. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

USW 4-406