Western States Division: Your Gateway to Working with NIOSH in the West

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This document has been withdrawn and the latest information can be found here. The Western States Division (WSD) conducts research to reduce a wide variety of occupational safety and health hazards and has three office locations in Spokane, Washington, Denver, Colorado and Anchorage, Alaska. The Western U.S. continues to experience rapid population growth and encompasses a broad range of work environments and workplace safety and health issues. Workers in the Western states may face unique hazards, including climate extremes, long distance commutes, and working at altitude, and in remote locations. As a result, these workers consistently suffer from some of the Nation's highest work-related fatality rates. The WSD employs the public health approach for its research programs including; 1. the collection and analysis of high quality data and scientific evidence. 2. close collaboration with partners. 3. prioritization of research efforts based on burden, need and potential for great impact. 4. development of tailored interventions designed specifically to address the identified occupational hazards. 5. implementation of prevention methods into the workplace using the NIOSH Research to Practice philosophy (r2p). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Research to Practice initiative; r2p; Safety programs; Climatic effects; Occupational health
• Source:
  Spokane, WA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-144(revised 09/2018), 2018 Sep; :1-2
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2017144revised092018
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; Colorado ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  WSD - Western States Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052728
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5dfaf25a19fc5a5233348da319856ca70cd5c92f9358a51b32dfe2406f327c6d36f710aab061f72cc5ed448c9a53cecdf2f324ee829e2ffc1baef890a8ec74b5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/129395/cdc_129395_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.86 MB ]