Local 2627's Safety & Health Page

Contract Language

Local 2627 members are covered by contract language concerning safety and health issues on the job. Here is that language from the various contracts that apply to our members:

• Citywide (all city agencies except CUNY, DOE, SCA, or TA)
• City University of New York (CUNY)
• Department of Education (DOE)
• School Construction Authority (SCA)
• Transit Authority (TA)

Safety & Health Law

Local 2627 members are covered by PESH, the Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau of the New York State Department of Labor. OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, does not cover public employees.

Workers' Compensation

If you have a work-related injury, you need to do the following:

1. Get medical attention
2. File your agency's/NYC Law Department's compensation forms within 30 days
3. Choose Option I or II (Election of Rate of Charge Against Annual and/or Sick Leave
4. File C-3 form with NYS Workers' Compensation Board within 2 years
5. File for short-term disability if necessary
6. Contact the DC 37 Safety & Health Dept. at 212-815-1685 if you have any questions.

Other useful sources regarding Workers' Compensation:

• Workers' Comp Webpage (NY Committee for Occupational Safety Health)
  phone: 212-227-6440, email: nycosh@nycosh.org
• NYS Advocate for Injured Workers, phone: 1-800-580-6665

Computers & Ergonomics

• Computer Workstation Health & Safety Checklist (NYCOSH)
• Healthy Computing
• The Keys to Healthy Computing: A Health and Safety Handbook (AFSCME)
• Office Work (NYCOSH)

9/11 Safety & Health Issues

Links

• 9/11 Page — DC 37
• 9/11 Page — NYCOSH
• WTC Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program at Mt. Sinai Medical Center (for rescue, recovery, and cleanup workers and volunteers)

90 Church St. — A Union Victory

• 90 Church Staff Lobbying for Better Windows (Chief-Leader)

Literature

• Harmful Legacy of Pollution and Deception at Ground Zero (Sierra Club, 5.48MB)
• Ongoing Studies of WTC Disaster Contamination Effects (NYU-NIEHS Center, 497.24 KB)

Safety & Health Links (Multi-issue)

• DC 37 Safety & Health Page
• AFSCME Safety & Health Page
• New York Committee for Occupational Safety & Health (NYCOSH)
• Mount Sinai — Irving J. Selikoff Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Citywide Air Conditioning Policy