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DISCLAIMER: The materials listed below are examples of Spanish-language materials that are available relating to occupational safety and health in the poultry processing industry. With the exception of the items listed under "OSHA Publications," the Occupational Safety and Health Administration does not control nor is it responsible for the accuracy (of fact or translation), relevance, timeliness, or completeness of any of the listed materials. The inclusion of any item is not intended to reflect its importance nor to endorse any views expressed or products or services offered by the author, the referenced material, or the organization producing the material.

Compliance responsibilities are set forth in OSHA standards and the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Moreover, because interpretations and enforcement policy may change over time, for additional guidance on OSHA compliance requirements, the reader should consult current administrative interpretations and decisions by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and the courts.

OSHA's Publications

Copies of some of these publications can be ordered online or by telephone from the OSHA Publications Office.

OSHA Standards
  • The OSHA State Plan in Puerto Rico has translated into Spanish a number of Federal Register publications concerning OSHA standards. Paper copies of the translations may be purchased directly from the State Plan.
Selected Materials in NIOSH National Agricultural Safety Database (NASD)
Public Service Announcements
NURSE Project
North Carolina Department of Labor

Bureau of Standards, Analysis, and Publications
Division of Occupational Safety and Health
4 West Edenton Street, Raleigh, NC 27601-1092

Industry Guides
Oregon OSHA in Spanish

350 Winter Street, NE, Room 26, Salem, OR 97310

Videos
  • The Oregon OSHA AV Library has a number of Spanish-language videos that it will lend, primarily to Oregon businesses and organizations but occasionally to borrowers outside the state. Call 1-503-947-7453, or toll-free in Oregon at (800) 922-2689. E-mail the AV Librarian.
  • Lending Library has a downloadable interactive bi-lingual (English/Spanish) training program that contains nine training sessions. Includes materials on hazard identification, unsafe versus safe conditions/acts, and proposed corrective actions to implement.
Washington State Department of Labor & Industries

Online Safety Training, Safety & Health Video Library
PO Box 44607, Olympia, WA 98504-4607

Videos
  • Washington State OSHA (WISHA) has a number of Spanish-language videos that it will lend in Washington only. The catalog can be viewed and/or ordered at Search Video Catalog. Videos en linea has viewable or downloadable videos available.
Labor Occupational Health Program (LOHP)

University of California
2223 Fulton Street, Fourth Floor; Berkeley, CA 94720-5120

Manuales de Instruccion Sobre la Salud y Seguridad: "Como Proteger a los Trabajadores de los Peligros en el Trabajo" y "El Efecto de las Sustancias Quimicas en el Cuerpo". (Health and Safety Training Kits: "Protecting Workers from Job Hazards" and "How Chemicals Affect the Body"). Berkeley, CA, Labor Occupational Health Program (LOHP), University of California, and Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice, 1996.

Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program (LOSH)

University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
6350 B Public Policy Building
PO Box 951478, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1478

"La Fuente Obrera". ("Workers’ Sourcebook"). A catalog of Spanish language materials organized in 46 categories by industry or activity. UCLA-Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program and Pan American Health Organization , 2nd edition in process.

National Chicken Council/National Turkey Federation Safety and Health Committee

Developed by and available from Safe Systems of America, Inc.
11408 Orchard Park Drive–Suite 316, Glen Allen, VA 23059

Pamphlet
  • "Reglas Basicas de Seguridad para el Procesamiento Avicola." ("Basic Safety Rules for Poultry Processing"). S.A.F.E. Systems of America, Inc. 1997.
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union

1775 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006

Fact Sheets
  • Important Facts about Musculoskeletal Disorders