NationalCenter for Healthy Housing
(NCHH) The NCHH provides "A Field Guide for Clean-up of Flooded Homes," which contains information on the hazards
associated with rehabilitating a flood- damaged home and the precautions
to take when performing these activities. [781 KB PDF, 22
pages] National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute
of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) This "Katrina Booklet" contains general
information on many hazards that volunteers should be aware of when
responding to natural disasters.
U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD) HUD provides a field guide for painting, home
maintenance and renovation work in homes containing lead-based paint. [1
MB PDF, 84 pages]
U.S. Department of Labor
(DOL) The YouthRules! site provides information on the
federal youth employment provisions. U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment Standards
Administration (ESA) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) This site contains information
on many core federal labor standards topics, including youth
employment, minimum wage, overtime, and family and medical leave.
U.S. Department of Labor
(DOL), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) The OSHA Directorate of Training and
Education develops, directs, oversees, manages and ensures
implementation of OSHA’s national training and education policies and procedures.
This OSHA outreach program provides training
and certificates to disaster site trainers and personnel. This site contains informational fact sheets on various
topics such as electrical safety, PPE and ergonomics. OSHA’s California Wildfires site provides
information to keep workers safe during cleanup and recovery operations. OSHA created the Hurricane eMatrix to provide disaster
response workers with recommended best practices on specific tasks in
hurricane response and recovery operations. This site contains links to several topics pertaining
to hurricane recovery safety. This site contains a list of OSHA’s Quick Cards which provide information
on a variety of topics such as flood cleanup, heat stress and respiratory
hazards. OSHA provides information on the safety and health of
teens working on construction
sites. This "Teen Worker" site
provides teens, parents and employers with information to help keep
teenagers safe on jobsites.
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) The EPA provides guidance on preparing for
and dealing with the waste generated by natural disasters. Natural
disasters can cause damage to the environment, generate large amounts of
solid debris, and release unwanted pollutants into the environment.
