What's New on the NIOSH Website

5/31

• Federal Register Notice: Health Hazard Evaluation and Technical Assistance – Requests and Emerging Problems – Proposed Data Collection

5/30

• NIOSH Update: Study Shows Certain Job Factors Relate to Fair or Poor Health in U.S. Workers
• NIOSH Update: NIOSH at the American Industrial Hygiene Association Annual Meeting—AIHce

5/22

• NIOSH Update: New Ambulance Crash Test Methods Aim to Help Emergency Medical Services Workers Stay Safe During a Crash
• Federal Register Notice: Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews (SDRR), Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or the Advisory Board)

5/19

• NIOSH Update: Researchers from NIOSH and UC Berkeley presented with 2017 Liberty Mutual Award; Stressors among Pregnant Workers
• Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation (FACE) Program DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-145

5/18

• NIOSH Research Rounds: Volume 2, Number 11 (May 2017)

5/15

• Federal Register Notice: Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Initial Review – Occupational Safety and Health Research, NIOSH Member Conflict Review

5/11

• Federal Register Notice: World Trade Center Health Program; Petition 015—Neuropathy; Finding of Insufficient Evidence

5/9

• Federal Register Notice: Safety and Occupational Health Study Section (SOHSS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH or Institute)
• Federal Register Notice: Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or the Advisory Board), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Federal Register Notice:  Request for the Technical Review of 4 Draft Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health (IDLH) Value Profile Documents

5/4

• NIOSH eNews: Volume 15, Number 1 (May 2017)

5/3

• Federal Register Notice: Issuance of Final Guidance Publications – 5 Skin Notation Profiles

5/1

• MMWR: Occupational Fatalities Resulting from Falls in the Oil and Gas Extraction Industry, United States, 2005–2014

4/27

• NIOSH Update: NIOSH Presents Awards for Significant Scientific Contributions
•  NIOSH Update:Workers Memorial Day, 2017: Statement by John Howard, M.D., Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• MMWR: Occupational Fatalities Resulting from Falls in the Oil and Gas Extraction Industry, United States, 2005–2014

4/20

• Federal Register Notice: Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review – Proposed Project: Measuring Well-Being for Total Worker Health

4/18

• NIOSH Update: NIOSH Appoints New Director of Western States Division
• Federal Register Notice: Closed-Circuit Escape Respirators; Final Guidance for Industry; Availability
• Federal Register Notice: Issuance of Final Guidance Publications – 14 IDLH Value Profiles

4/17

• NIOSH Science Blog: Noise Exposure Among Federal Wildland Fire Fighters

4/13

• Radiation Dose Reconstruction Program DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-142
• Federal Register Notice: Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees From the Idaho National Laboratory—Idaho Chemical Processing Plant in Scoville, Idaho, To Be Included in the Special Exposure Cohort

4/12

• NIOSH Science Blog: Worker Recovery and Return to Work
• Federal Register Notice: Mine Safety and Health Research Advisory Committee, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (MSHRAC, NIOSH)
• NIOSH Research Rounds: Volume 2, Number 10 (April 2017)

4/11

• Federal Register Notice: Issuance of Final Publication – NIOSH Center for Motor Vehicle Safety: Results from 2016 Midcourse Review

4/10

• NIOSH Skin Notation Profiles: Acrylic acid DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-133
• NIOSH Skin Notation Profiles: Dichlorvos DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-134
• NIOSH Skin Notation Profiles: Dioxathion DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-135
• NIOSH Skin Notation Profiles: Ethyl p-nitrophenyl phenylphosphorothioate (EPN) DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-136
• NIOSH Skin Notation Profiles: Morpholine DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-137

4/7

• Federal Register Notice: Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Initial Review – Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) RFA–OH–17–001, Miner Safety and Health Training Program—Western United States (U60)

4/6

• NIOSH Update: Fourth Annual Stand-Down for Fall Safety
• Federal Register Notice: Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review – Proposed Project: Assessing Safety and Health Hazards to Workers in Oil and Gas Extraction: A Survey

4/5

• NIOSH Update: World Trade Center Health Program Seeking Peer Reviewers

4/4

• NIOSH Topic Page: Occupational Exposure Banding

4/3

• NIOSH eNews: Volume 14, Number 12 (April 2017)

 

3/31

• World Trade Center Health Program DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-141

3/30

• Federal Register Notice: Draft Current Intelligence Bulletin: The Occupational Exposure Banding Process: Guidance for the Evaluation of Chemical Hazards; Notice of Public Meeting; Request for Comments – Correction to Meeting Date

3/29

• NIOSH Science Blog: The Occupational Health Safety Network: Empowering and Optimizing Prevention Decision-Making to the website
• NIOSH Science Blog: Introducing the Hearing Loss Prevention Program evaluation checklist

3/27

• NIOSH Update: Occupational Safety and Health Network Now Tracks Sharps Injuries and Blood and Body Fluid Exposures

3/24

• Federal Register Notice: Effect of Stockpiling Conditions on the Performance of Medical N95 Respirators and High-Level Protective Surgical Gowns

3/23

• Federal Register Notice: Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Initial Review – Center for Agricultural Safety and Health
• NIOSH Center for Motor Vehicle Safety: Results from 2016 Midcourse Review DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-139

3/22

• Federal Register Notice: World Trade Center Health Program; Request for Nominations of Scientific Peer Reviewers of Proposed Additions to the List of WTC-Related Health Conditions

3/20

• NIOSH Science Blog: Landscaping Safety and Health

3/16

• Federal Register Notice: Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations – Proposed project: Anthropometric Information on Law Enforcement Officers

3/15

• NIOSH Science Blog: Women’s History Month: NIOSH Recognizes Female Leaders
• NIOSH Science Blog: It’s National Ladder Safety Month
• NIOSH Research Rounds: Volume 2, Number 9 (March 2017)
• Federal Register Notice: Draft Current Intelligence Bulletin: The Occupational Exposure Banding Process: Guidance for the Evaluation of Chemical Hazards; Notice of Public Meeting; Request for Comments

3/14

• NIOSH Media Advisory: Radiation and Worker Health Advisory Board to Meet in Illinois March 22-23
• Federal Register Notice: Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations: Survey of Engineered Nanomaterial Occupational Safety and Health Practices; Extension of Public Comment Period

3/9

• NIOSH Update: NIOSH at 2017 Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting
• Chemicals: Managing Chemical Safety in the Workplace
• Occupational Risk Assessment
• Health and Safety Practices Survey of Healthcare Workers
• Federal Register Notice: Proposed Revised Definitions for the Levels of Evidence for NIOSH Skin Notation Profiles; Request for Comment
• Federal Register Notice: Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BSC, NIOSH)
• Federal Register Notice: Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews (SDRR), Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or the Advisory Board), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Federal Register Notice: Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Initial Review – Cooperative Agreement on Global Occupational Health with the World Health Organization (WHO)

3/7

• Using Total Worker Health® Concepts to Reduce the Health Risks from Sedentary Work DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-131
• NIOSH Update: NIOSH Web Tool Demonstrates that in Mining, Safety Pays
• Federal Register Notice: Health Risks to Workers Associated With Occupational Exposures to Peracetic Acid; Request for Information

3/6

• NIOSH eNews: Volume 14 Number 11 (March 2017)
• NIOSH Update: NIOSH Announces Free, Confidential 2017 Screenings for Coal Miners
• NIOSH Science Blog: Short Sleep Duration by Occupation Group
• NIOSH Science Blog: Hit the Mark: Firearms training without damaging your hearing

3/3

• NIOSH Update: Many Workers Get Too Little Sleep
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: Promoting productive workplaces through safety and health research DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-132
• Federal Register Notice: Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or Advisory Board)
• Federal Register Notice: Request for Nominations of Candidates To Serve on the Mine Safety and Health Research Advisory Committee (MSHRAC)
• Federal Register Notice: Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Initial Review
• NIOSH Ladder Safety App Infographic/Flyer DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-129
• NIOSH Ladder Safety App Postcard DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-130

3/2

• MMWR: Short Sleep Duration by Occupation Group — 29 States, 2013–2014
• MMWR: Malignant Mesothelioma Mortality — United States, 1999–2015
• Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations – Proposed Project: Pulmonary Function Testing Course Approval Program
• Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations – Proposed Project: Factors Influencing the Transmission of Influenza

 

2/28

• NIOSH Update: NIOSH Releases Updated Hazard Assessment Software

2/27

• Federal Register Notice: Personal Protective Equipment Information (PPE-Info) Database
• Federal Register Notice: Draft Chapter: Analysis of Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers on Filters by Transmission Electron Microscopy; Request for Comments

2/24

• Federal Register Notice: Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort – Pantex Plant
• Federal Register Notice: Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort – Santa Susana Field Laboratory
• Federal Register Notice: Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees From Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Eastern Ventura County, California, To Be Included in the Special Exposure Cohort
• Federal Register Notice: Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Initial Review – NIOSH Centers of Excellence for Total Worker Health (TWH)

2/23

• NIOSH Update: NIOSH and NHCA present 2017 Safe-in-Sound Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention Awards

2/22

• NIOSH Science Blog: Black History Month: Recognizing Two Young NIOSH Researchers

2/21

• Federal Register Notice: World Trade Center Health Program; Petition 014—Autoimmune Diseases; Finding of Insufficient Evidence

2/16

• NIOSH Research Rounds: Volume 2, Number 8 (February 2017)
• NIOSH Science Blog: Arduous Duty: Using Three Data Sources to Create a Single Wildland Fire Fighter On-Duty Death Surveillance System

2/14

• NIOSH Science Blog: Maintaining a Relationship with your Turnout Gear

2/13

• Law Enforcement Officer Motor Vehicle Crash and Struck-by Fatality Investigations: A Pilot Program DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-121
• Federal Register Notice: Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: Notice of Charter Renewal

2/10

• Federal Register Notice: Proposed Data Collection Submitted – Proposed Project: Survey of Engineered Nanomaterial Occupational Safety and Health Practices

2/3

• NIOSH Science Blog: Continuous Personal Dust Monitor

2/2

• Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-109
• Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-115
• Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-116
• Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-117
• Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention and Education DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-118
• Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-120

2/1

• NIOSH Science Blog: The Art and Science of OELs for Nanomaterials
• NIOSH eNews: Volume 14, Number 10 (February 2017)

 

1/31

• NIOSH Update: NIOSH Researcher Honored, Recipient of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers
• NIOSH Science Blog: Occupational Health Internship Program – Apply Now for Summer 2017

1/26

• NIOSH Science Blog: NIOSH Training Offers Fatigue Management for Pilots in the Land of the Midnight Sun

1/25

• Federal Register Notice: Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Initial Review – Occupational Safety and Health Research, NIOSH Member Conflict Review

1/24

• NIOSH Science Blog: Synthetic Biology and Occupational Risk
• NIOSH Science Blog: Wearable Sensors: An Ethical Framework for Decision-Making
• NIOSH Science Blog: New NIOSH Sound Level Meter App

1/23

• Federal Register Notice: Safety and Occupational Health Study Section (SOHSS)

1/19

• Federal Register Notice: Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort – Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory
• Federal Register Notice: Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort – Pantex Plant

1/17

• NIOSH Research Rounds: Volume 2, Number 7 (January 2017)
• CDC Media Advisory: NIOSH Launches Hearing Loss Prevention App
• Federal Register Notice: Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations – Proposed Project: Assessment of the Market for Electronic Technology for Underground Coal Mining Safety and Health Applications

1/10

• NIOSH Science Blog: Occupational Health Issues in the USA

1/6

• Federal Register Notice: Determination Concerning a Petition To Add a Class of Employees to the Special Exposure Cohort – Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Bloomfield, NJ
• Federal Register Notice: Determination Concerning a Petition To Add a Class of Employees to the Special Exposure Cohort – Blockson Chemical Co. site in Joliet, Illinois
• Federal Register Notice: Determination Concerning a Petition to Add a Class of Employees to the Special Exposure Cohort – Bliss & Laughlin Steel site in Buffalo, New York

1/5

• NIOSH Science Blog: Occupational Exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA) in U.S. Manufacturing Companies
• NIOSH Science Blog: USE 2017: Resolve to Be There

1/4

• NIOSH eNews: Volume 14, Number 9 (January 2017)

1/3

• NIOSH Science Blog: Nonstandard Work Arrangements