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Free Information About Rebuilding Safely After Superstorm Sandy 9/10/13 3:10PM Thousands of people How WEC Can Help face preventable • Speakers and presentations by technical hazards during experts. WEC has an extensive network of recovery and rebuilding experienced safety and health professionals. after Superstorm Sandy. • Educational materials.WEC provides free information at www.SaferAfterSandy.org. Those hazards include… • Training. WEC offers on-site training on • Unstable structures (debris piles, building employer responsibilities and worker rights, collapse) and can refer you to other organizations • Falls from roofs and agencies for help, as well. We can train employers, employees, and volunteers. • Electrical • Gas explosions WEC provides free • Media outreach. WEC is a resource for reporters, workers, employers and volunteers • Mold information to make NJ and distributes information through traditional • Raw sewage Safer After Sandy and social media. WEC provides public service • Asbestos, lead, silica and cement dust announcements through television and radio. The New Jersey Work Environment Council (WEC) • Hazardous chemicals and our partner organizations can provide free information and training about hazards after Those at risk may do these types of work… Sandy. For More Information… • Cleanup and debris removal Safer After Sandy is a project of the New Jersey • Demolition Educational materials and training focus on Work Environment Council (WEC). • Construction and repair identifying hazardsand employer responsibilities www.njwec.org to prevent hazards as well as worker rights, 609-695-7100 ext. 305 including whistleblower protection, under the And may work in…. [email protected] Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) and NJ • Motels and hotels Public Employees OSH Act (PEOSH). WEC is a coalition of community, • Health care environmental, and union organizations that • Manufacturing Topics include… for more than 25 years has helped protect NJ • Schools • Emergency preparedness workers, families, and communities. • Public agencies • Emergency response For information, see www.SaferAfterSandy.org. • Mold Visit us on Facebook and Twitter. • Respiratory hazards, and the limits of paper This material was produced under grant SH-2485-13-60-F-34 masks from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. • Chemical/biological hazards Department of Labor. It does not necessarily reflect the views • Hazard communication or policies of the U.S. Department of Labor nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply • Demolition endorsement by the U.S. Government. • Fall protection

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