OHIP Project Archives
OHIP interns have played a vital role in some of the most exciting worker health and safety movements across the country since 2004.
2016
Los Angeles
Documenting the injury experiences of day laborers in Southern California
Students:
Maria R. Carr & Ernesto Garcia
Hosts:
National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON)
2016
Chicago
Investigating employer safety practices in temporary, low wage work
Students:
Patricia Maina & Karriem Allah
Hosts:
The Chicago Workers’ Collaborative (CWC), Warehouse Workers for Justice (WWJ)
2016
SF Bay Area
Short video and job hazard analysis: The hazards of working with a jackleg drill in mining and tunneling
Students:
Paige de Rosa & Catherine Alfaro
Hosts:
UC Ergonomics Program, California Department of Public Health Occupational Health Branch (CDPH-OHB)
2016
Los Angeles
Assess workplace exposures and health concerns among hair stylists, salon owners and cosmetology students
Students:
Anna Cofie & Katie Lifanda
Hosts:
Black Women for Wellness Healthy Hair Initiative
2016
SF Bay Area
Assess workplace experiences of retail employees and educate them about their rights in the workplace
Students:
Michelle Chang & Rocelyn de Leon
Hosts:
Chinese Progressive Association (CPA)
2016
Tulsa, OK
Work experiences and satisfaction among Latino adolescent farmworkers
Students:
Leigha Vilen & Rebecca Leibowitz
Hosts:
Center for Family Resilience (CFR) at Oklahoma State University
2016
New Orleans
Labor conditions of seafood workers in Louisiana
Students:
Michelle Hathaway & Mayra Vasquez-Garcia
Hosts:
New Orleans Workers’ Center, National Guestworker Alliance
2016
Metro DC Area
Development of a comparative health and safety survey for private and public transit workers
Students:
Brianna Singleton & Russell Bateman
Hosts:
Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), DC Area Locals
2016
SF Bay Area
Improving working conditions for Latino forest workers in Southern Oregon: Evaluating educational interventions in the community
Students:
Areli Caro & Selena Guerrero
Hosts:
National Forest Worker Center (NFWC)
2016
Boston
Occupational safety and health issues of hotel housekeeping workers
Students:
Victor Arechiga & Mishka Moncrieffe
Hosts:
UNITE-HERE Local 26
2016
Lincoln, NE
Examining musculoskeletal injuries and other health and safety risks among meatpacking workers
Students:
Roger Gonzales & Zahra Jabbarani Torghabeh
Hosts:
Nebraska Appleseed
2016
New York City
Working with immigrant Latino day laborer worker centers to improve the effectiveness of peer OSH training
Students:
Abbey Sussell & Rossana Coto-Batres
Hosts:
The Barry Commoner Center for Health and the Environment (BCCHE) of Queens College
2015
Marshfield, WI
Examine the different challenges of workplace H&S issues among immigrant workers in dairy agriculture
Students:
Elizabeth Steiner & Katherine Zielke
Hosts:
National Farm Medicine Center (NFMC)
2015
New York City
Assess the impact of the new mandatory sick leave policy on restaurant workers in NYC
Students:
Megan McConnell & Gladys Palaguachi
Hosts:
The Barry Commoner Center for Health and the Environment (BCCHE) of Queens College
2015
SF Bay Area
Determine use of and access to paid sick days, and subsequent effects on occupational health and safety/workplace hazards
Students:
Anika Larson & Ornella Leukou Nzoutchoum
Hosts:
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE)
2015
New York City
Identify impact of staffing levels, including overtime worked, on occupational injury and illness patterns in acute care hospitals in NYC
Students:
Thomas Cordon & Cristina Echeverria
Hosts:
SEIU United Healthcare Workers East (UHE)
2015
SF Bay Area
Evaluate the impact of nail salon owners and workers who have participated in the Nails Salon Collaborative to determine the benefits of working in a healthy nail salon
Students:
Tai Hoang & Lien Nguyen
Hosts:
Nail Salon Collaborative
2015
Orange County
Investigate musculoskeletal disorders and other H&S concerns among hotel housekeepers and other staff
Students:
Julio Mora & Julissa Plascencia
Hosts:
UNITE HERE Local 11
2015
New Orleans
Investigate the labor and workplace conditions of Latino immigrant shipyard workers in Southeast Louisiana
Students:
Adam Kline & Dawn Surratt
Hosts:
New Orleans Workers’ Center, National Guestworker Alliance
2015
Los Angeles
Investigate sleep quality and H&S hazards of Pilipino home health aides while working in clients' homes
Students:
Citadel Cabasag & Rita Phetmixay
Hosts:
Pilipino Workers Center (PWC)
2015
SF Bay Area
Investigate heat illness prevention among Laborer’s Union members
Students:
Mara Ortenburger & Aillen Zazueta-Bella
Hosts:
Laborer's Union
2015
Los Angeles
Identify “best practices” for implementing new H&S standards in healthcare and use findings to develop new curricula on Cal/OSHA’s new workplace violence prevention standard
Students:
Maria Camacho & Kareem Elzein
Hosts:
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 121RN
2015
San Diego
Assess the working conditions of street food vendors in the City Heights area of SD
Students:
Bryan FitzGerald & Karen Munoz
Hosts:
The Employee Rights Center (ERC)
2015
SF Bay Area
Investigate safety and health-related issues that airline service workers experience in their workplace environment at the San Francisco International Airport
Students:
Yvette Ramirez & Becky Tse
Hosts:
SEIU-USWW Airport Workers
2015
Boston
Investigate occupational H&S issues and hazards facing immigrant and temporary agency workers
Students:
Carol Ochoa & Maia Rodriguez-Semp
Hosts:
Boston Workers Center/MassCOSH
2015
Los Angeles
Incorporate occupational health into care provision in community health centers
Students:
Josefina Flores & Sarah Smith
Hosts:
St. John’s Well Child and Family Center
2015
Chicago
Investigate hazards of temporary, low wage work in manufacturing and warehouse settings
Students:
Tessa Bonney & Samara Rivers
Hosts:
The Chicago Workers’ Collaborative (CWC), Warehouse Workers for Justice
2014
Boston
Investigate occupational H&S hazards facing members in the Department of Public Works units and assist in building a union safety council with member reps from DPW units
Students:
Kimberly Sawyer & Rossmary Marquez
Hosts:
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 888
2014
SF Bay Area
Investigate H&S issues for transit workers (urban bus drivers)
Students:
Michelle Gonzalez & Elana Kessler
Hosts:
Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 192
2014
SF Bay Area
Investigate H&S issues in the food processing industry
Students:
Sivan Sadeh-Feria & Anna Cibils
Hosts:
Working Partnerships USA and International Brotherhood of Teamsters
2014
New York City
Document the prevalence of H&S hazards and work-related injuries of NYC car wash workers
Students:
Christopher Hasslinger & Carli Richie-Zavaleta
Hosts:
Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union (RWDSU)/UFCW
2014
SF Bay Area
Improve worker H&S through safer alternatives to toxic paint removers (methylene chloride/MeCl)
Students:
Erika Meza & Jeremy Sosman
Hosts:
Occupational Health Branch (OHB), California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
2014
Los Angeles
Develop H&S training curriculum to be included in a new workforce development program for carwash workers
Students:
Paul Camarena & Claudia Pacheco
Hosts:
CLEAN Carwash Campaign
2014
Los Angeles
Evaluate the impact of the Santa Monica Healthy Nail Salon Recognition Program on nail salons currently participating in the program
Students:
Jennifer Giang & Dung Nguyen
Hosts:
California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative
2014
Los Angeles
Examine chemicals of concern in black hair products at hair salons in South LA
Students:
Teni Adewumi & Esmeralda Ponce
Hosts:
Black Women for Wellness
2014
Marshfield, WI
Examine the different challenges of workplace H&S issues among immigrant workers in dairy agriculture
Students:
Ivanna Pereyra & Taylor Arnold
Hosts:
National Farm Medicine Center (NFMC)
2014
SF Bay Area
Prepare short videos demonstrating a new method for reducing hand vibration, hand force, and silica exposure during drilling
Students:
Adam Moskowitz & Gabriel Fregoso
Hosts:
OHB-CDPH and the University of CA Ergonomics Program & Laborer’s and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
2014
Los Angeles
Investigate sleep quality and H&S hazards of Pilipino home health aides while working in clients’ homes
Students:
Katie Wang & Regem Corpuz
Hosts:
Filipino Worker Center
2014
New York City
Examine the impact of Hurricane Sandy on occupational injury and illness patterns in healthcare facilities in NY
Students:
Haley Stevens & Grace Barlet
Hosts:
SEIU United Healthcare Workers East (UHE)
2014
St. Paul, MN
Investigate injuries and working conditions among nursing assistants in Minnesota
Students:
Jessica Bianchi & Yuan Shao
Hosts:
The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) Research and Statistics unit
2014
Denver
Expand the H&S capacity for contingent workers (day laborers) and their employers to create healthy and safe work environments and avoid illness and injury
Students:
Jeffrey Vredenburg & Melissa Bowman
Hosts:
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment & Centro Humanitario Para Los Trabajadores (El Centro)
2014
Los Angeles
Investigate injuries among registered nurses at hospital facilities in Southern California
Students:
Callum James & Rebecca Rich
Hosts:
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 121RN
2014
San Diego
Assess the working conditions of street food vendors in the City Heights area of San Diego, CA
Students:
Karen Calderon & Jessica Vu
Hosts:
The Employee Rights Center (ERC)
2014
Chicago
Investigate hazards in light manufacturing: impact on Latino temp workers
Students:
Laura Campbell & Maria De La Luz Patino
Hosts:
The Chicago Workers’ Collaborative (CWC)
2013
Los Angeles
Ergonomic injury prevention: Interventions for hotel housekeepers
Students:
Ivan Rosales & Yvonne Monroy
Hosts:
UNITE HERE
2013
Seattle
Development of a worker health and safety training evaluation guide
Students:
Kayla Eland & Noah Seixas
Hosts:
UW Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Casa Latina
2013
Chicago
A silenced workforce: The disconnect between the rights and realitites of Chicago temp workers
Students:
Muinat Ishowo & Erica Starks
Hosts:
The Chicago Workers’ Collaborative (CWC)
2013
Boston
Health and safety of vulnerable populations: Airport janitors and youth of color
Students:
Rae Axner & Sophie Lazar
Hosts:
Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (MassCOSH)
2013
New York City
Development of health and safety materials for NYC Housing Authority workers
Students:
Casey Gin & Ibeth Garcia
Hosts:
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 237
2013
Los Angeles
Documenting the work and health experiences of low-wage workers in community health centers in South LA
Students:
Amanda Brodell & Edith Hernandez
Hosts:
Southside Coalition of Community Health Centers (SCCHC)
2013
San Diego
Health and safety experience of Paleteros in City Heights
Students:
Cynthia Cheung & Mario Muniz
Hosts:
The Employee Rights Center (ERC)
2013
SF Bay Area
Preventing falls on California construction sites
Students:
Miquela Garcia & Ricardo Perez
Hosts:
Occupational Health Branch, California Department of Public Health and CPWR
2013
Los Angeles
Workplace violence prevention in healthcare
Students:
Christopher Banks & Yasin Khan
Hosts:
SEIU 121RN
2013
SF Bay Area
Interventions for injury prevention in hotel housekeeping
Students:
Chloe González Coyle & Kelly Pratt
Hosts:
UNITE HERE
2013
Montana
Injured workers: Returning to work and opioid dependency
Students:
Elizabeth Wang & Giorvanni Merilis
Hosts:
Montana Department of Labor and Industry
2012
San Diego
Workplace Safety Issues Among San Diego Taxi Drivers
Students:
Mina Nguyen & Roxana Said
Hosts:
United Taxi Workers of San Diego and Employee Rights Center
2012
Los Angeles
Assess Community Clinics’ Capacity to Identify and Address Work-Related Health Concerns Among Patient Populations
Students:
Chloe Green & Jaire Saunders
Hosts:
Southside Coalition of Community Health Centers
2012
Boston
Investigating Teen Safety at Work
Students:
Matthew Levin & Jacob Gomes
Hosts:
Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health
2012
Los Angeles
Health and Safety Concerns Among Airport Workers at LAX
Students:
Jordan DeLano & Brian Nguyen
Hosts:
SEIU United Services Workers West and Good Jobs LA
2012
SF Bay Area
Identifying Hazards in Recycling Operations
Students:
Lindsay McCormick & Carmen Martinez
Hosts:
International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 6
2012
Chicago
Health and Safety Programs for Domestic Workers
Students:
Sheila Serrano-Serrano
Hosts:
Latino Union
2012
SF Bay Area
Identifying Fall Hazards and Prevention Measures in Residential Roofing
Students:
Cindy Chimal & Leslie Mendoza
Hosts:
Roofers Union, Local 40
2012
SF Bay Area
Preventing Workplace Violence at BART
Students:
Rachel Krow-Boniske & Madeleine Barab
Hosts:
Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1555
2012
Ohio
Health Effects Among Current and Former Employees of the Department of Energy’s Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant from Chemical and Radiologic Exposures
Students:
Mary Kathryn Fletcher & Erica Hunter-Wallace
Hosts:
United Steelworkers, Local 689
2012
New York City
Assessment of Taxi Drivers’ Risks Posed by Prolonged Sitting, with Poor Access to Restrooms and Exercise
Students:
Matthew Brouillette & Toral Patel
Hosts:
NY Taxi Workers Alliance
2012
Seattle
Effectiveness of Interventions Among Metal Manufacturing Industries & Assessing Health and Safety Issues Faced by Janitors
Students:
Jacob Delbridge & Tori Crain
Hosts:
Service Employees International Union, Local 6 & Casa Latina
2012
New Hampshire
Health Disparities at Work Among Immigrant and Refugee Populations
Students:
Meghan Steele & Melia Haile
Hosts:
NH Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health
2012
Los Angeles
Chemical Safety for Nail Salon Workers
Students:
Sophia Cheng & Nina Nguyen
Hosts:
California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative
2011
Los Angeles
Occupational Hazards of Waste and Recycling Workers
Students:
Kareen Espino & Ashley Kissinger
Hosts:
Los Angeles Alliance for A New Economy
2011
Boston
Teens at Work: Injury Surveillance and Prevention Project
Students:
Katherine Williams & Marcela Cabello
Hosts:
Mass. Department of PH - Occupational Health Surveillance Program
2011
Los Angeles
Chemical Exposures in Black Hair Salons and Hair Care
Students:
Asha Bell & Tyler Brewington
Hosts:
Black Women for Wellness