40 years of safety research

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• Alternative Title:
  Forty years of safety research
• Personal Author:
  Castillo, Dawn ; Pizatella, Tim ; Webb, Sydney
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In 1977, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recognized the need for a separate group dedicated to safety research and as a result, the Division of Safety Research – or DSR – was created. DSR serves as the focal point for the nation’s research program for preventing traumatic occupational injuries, such as: motor vehicle crashes, falls, workplace violence, machinery-related events, confined space incidents, and electrocutions.
  
  Each day, on average, 13 U.S. workers die on the job from a traumatic injury, almost 2,500 suffer disabling injuries that keep them away from work, and many more sustain other non-fatal injuries (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2017). An economic analysis suggested that traumatic occupational deaths and injuries cost the nation $192 billion annually (Leigh 2012). While these numbers have improved over the past 40 years, due in part to the work of DSR, the numbers remain too high, and efforts to reduce the toll of traumatic injuries on U.S. workers continues.
  
  Today marks the Division’s 40th anniversary. Directors throughout the Division’s 40 years include: John Moran (served as the first Director 1977-1978 and again from 1984-1987); Dr. James Oppold (1978-1983); Dr. Thomas Bender (1988-1993); Dr. William Halperin (1995-1996); Dr. Nancy Stout (1997-2011); and Dawn Castillo (2011-present). The Division currently has approximately 70 staff, including epidemiologists, statisticians, occupational safety and health specialists, research engineers, technicians, health communicators, and administrative staff.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents, Occupational CDC--history History, 20th Century History, 21st Century NIOSH--history Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Blogs
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Pages in Document:
  https://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2017/06/14/dsr-40/
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:na
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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