NIOSH at 50: A Special Report

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• Personal Author:
  Novakovich, Jeanette
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Fifty years ago, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) was created to protect the health and safety of the U.S. workforce. NIOSH’s incoming first director, Marcus M. Key, observed that 10 million injuries, 14 thousand worker deaths, $1.7 billion in lost wages, $9 billion in gross national product loss, and $2.3 billion in workers’ compensation costs gave rise to the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act), which established NIOSH in 1971.
  
  The OSH Act charged NIOSH, a research agency, with recommending scientific criteria for standards for exposure to harmful work substances. NIOSH would present its recommendations to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a regulatory agency that finalized the standards and enforced them. NIOSH was also empowered to make on-site hazard evaluations and promote the training of safety and health professionals.
  
  
• Subjects:
  CDC--history History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Industrial Health/history Industrial Safety/history NIOSH--history Occupational Diseases/history United States Government Agencies/history
• Source:
  NIOSH [2021]. NIOSH bibliography of communication and research products 2020. By Lechliter J, Novakovich J, Collins S, Hamilton C, Fendinger S, Hornback D, Bennett W, Gran M, North K, Reuss V. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2021-114, https://doi.org/10.26616/ NIOSHPUB2021114. p. 5-57,
• Document Type:
  Text
• Name as Subject:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
• Genre:
  Book Chapter
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Pages in Document:
  p. vii-liii
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064661
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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