Hearl, FrankMoeller, AndreasPage, BerndSchreiber, Martin2019-09-162019-09-162008https://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/26391The protection of workers from occupational exposure to toxic chemicals, physical hazards, and biological agents is generally prescribed by legal requirements, standards established by voluntary consensus standards-setting organizations, and recommendations from current scientific research. The existence of legal standards alone does not ensure compliance by employers, nor assures safe and healthful workplaces. New strategies employing broad government, industry, and labor partnerships combined with the use of social media to communicate risks and best practices for risk reduction, motivates adoption of best practices for control of workplace hazards. In partnership with employers, unions, government agencies, and other associations, technology transfer activities are being promoted that have resulted in demonstrated improvement. To achieve effective diffusion of technologies, and to motivate beneficial changes reducing risks, a wide variety of health communications tools are used including Internet resources such as Google, Wikipedia, YouTube, and Flickr and other forms of social media. Additionally, application of economic analysis, prevention through design initiative, and other technology transfer approaches are used to motivate and empower employers, health professionals, and workers to implement best practices for the reduction of occupational safety and health risks.Text/Conference Paper