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Work Injuries and Opioid Addiction: Getting to the Root of the Problem
A Protecting Workers Alliance webinar, hosted by National COSH
Over the last year, there has been an increasing awareness that occupations with the highest injury rates are overrepresented among those who have died of opioid overdose. But why?
For years, National COSH has heard from injured workers across many sectors that unsafe working conditions, fear of losing their job and inadequate workers compensation systems leads people to work in pain and depend on painkillers to get through their day, leading to addiction and overdose.
Register and join this webinar to gain insights about:
- The current data and research that makes the link between workplace injury and opioid use to understand the "state of the issue"
- Innovative solutions including peer training models
- How reforms to workers compensation in Washington is helping workers get the right treatment and pain management, reducing opioid addiction
- Local and National COSH opioid efforts and ways to get involved
Speakers:
Letitia Davis, Sr. Scientist at OHSP MA DPH and Devan Hawkins, Instructor of Public Health at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS)
Janet Womachka, OSH Trainer/Coordinator, Civil Service Employees Association
Gary Franklin, Medical Director, Washington State Dept. Labor and Industries
Jodi Sugerman-Brozan, Executive Director, Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health and Marcy Goldstein-Gelb, Co-Exective Director, National Council for Occupational Safety and Health
Date: Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018
Time: 2pm-3:30pm EDT / 11am-12:30pm PT
Join by computer to see slides and audio or call in at (669) 224-3412, passcode: 128431613
Please note: All participants are asked to sign in through their computer first and either use the computer audio (preferred) OR, if you use your phone for audio, please be sure to enter the phone code provided to you when you sign in via your computer.
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