45^th Annual Scientific Meeting.

April 4, 2025, at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NYC.

We will be discussing heat, ergonomics, mental health, and advocating for workers and policies.

Register here: http://go.rutgers.edu/45ASMRegister

There is no charge for this event.

This program is provided the NYNJERC, with funding from NIOSH.

Held by the Metro NY AIHA Local Section at the AKRF Big Apple Conference Room, which is located at 440 Park Avenue South, 7^th Floor, New York, NY.

The presentation will be given by Jean Grassman, MS, Ph.D., CPH, CIH.  She is a faculty member at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health (https://sph.cuny.edu/).  She will discuss the innovative approach to workplace health and safety developed by the CUNY staff and faculty’s union, the Professional Staff Congress (PSC).

To register for the meeting, please follow the link, https://metroaiha.wildapricot.org/event-5833582.  If you have questions, please call Aimee Giovine at (646) 712-2256 (text or call).

Please join us at our upcoming CLC/NYCOSH virtual forum on Women in Construction, on Thursday, March 20^th from 10am-1pm. You can register via the attached flyer or through this link: https://tinyurl.com/wmnconstruction

We’ll have an excellent lineup of experts there to discuss:

• Safety and health issues for women in construction
• Pre-apprenticeship and training programs in NYC
• What it’s like to be a woman in construction — from workers in the field!

Spanish interpretation will also be available at this forum, so feel free to pass along!

History and Status of Nuclear Power Generation

Presented by Peter Sweeney, PE and Peter Totten, PE

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 6PM

Farmingdale State College

Free of charge, registration required (See here for additional info)

This presentation will explain how nuclear reactors are used to generate

commercial electric power. It will show the evolution from weapons to conventional

reactors and highlight the safe use of nuclear fission. The status of nuclear power

plants in the USA including location, owner, type of steam supply system, date of

commissioning, and operating license extensions will be summarized. The two

predominant types of nuclear steam supplies currently in commercial use:

pressurized and boiling water reactors, will be explained. The different requirements

for permitting, construction, and commissioning for nuclear versus fossil-fueled

power plants will be briefly described. Finally, some of the evolutionary technologies

being considered for future nuclear power plants such as small modular reactors and

alternative reactor coolants like sodium or salt will be introduced.

Mold and Asbestos forum scheduled for Wednesday February 26^th at 4pm via Zoom.  You can register by clicking here: https://tinyurl.com/moldasbestos

At this training, participants will learn:

• What mold and asbestos are
• Where they’re found in the workplace
• Health hazards and occupational risks
• Protective measures for workers

Presented by the Long Island Federation of Labor/NYCOSH.