Beryllium Worker Safety (Video) Los
Alamos National Laboratory
Industrial Hygiene and Safety Group
Environment, Safety, and Health Division
February
8, 2002
The
United States Department of Energy in conjunction with Los Alamos National
Laboratory is proud to announce the release of its new training video, Beryllium
Worker Safety . This 30-minute video was produced and developed for
the Department of Energy-Office of Environment, Safety, and Health by the
Industrial Hygiene and Safety Group (ESH-5) at Los Alamos.
Beryllium
Worker Safety presents essential health and safety information
for Department of Energy beryllium workers. It combines technical information
with the personal perspectives of current and former beryllium workers,
inviting workers to make informed decisions based upon their own lives
and values.
The video has
been formatted to meet a variety of training needs, and trainers are encouraged
to use this video in whatever way best serves their facility.
Beryllium
Worker Safety is primarily designed to work with the live-classroom
training. It may also be used as part of a general employee or awareness
training.
The video is
divided into 6 modules:
Why
we're here-a introduction to safety attitudes
Past & present-the
history and use of beryllium
Taking
it in-respiration and pathology of chronic beryllium disease
Beryllium
Lymphocyte
Proliferation Test
How
much?-the new action level Controls
Each module
is designed to be viewed by itself. The sequence of the 6 modules parallels
the training outline provided by the beryllium-training facilitators manual, Communicating
Health Risks-Working Safely with Beryllium. The manual has been developed
through the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education and is available
on the Department of Energy beryllium website.VIEW
Beryllium
Worker Safety has been sent to a point-of-contact at each of the
facilities and organizations within the Department of Energy beryllium
community.
For questions
about the video, contact:
Rob Nicholas
Health and Safety Communications Project Leader
Industrial Hygiene and Safety Group (ESH-5)
Los Alamos National Laboratory Tel: 505-667-3748
FAX: 505-665-7384
E-mail: robnicholas@lanl.gov
