NIOSH at 50: A Special Report

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• Personal Author:
  Collins S ; Hamilton, Cheryl ; Lechliter J ; Novakovich J
• 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:
  Accidents, Occupational Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Paint Preceptorship Safety Staff Development Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Information Dissemination Injury Prevention Legislation National Occupational Research Agenda NORA Occupational Health Occupational Safety Policy Worker Health Worker Safety
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Chapter
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSI - Division of Science Integration
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  vii-liii
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064661
• Citation:
  NIOSH bibliography of communication and research products 2020. Cincinnati, OH: 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. 2021-114, 2021 Apr; :vii-liii
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b10ebf7b0ff109d89be05c0b77d91e7ef1881db96300cc74e8ecebd280eb704586cacd98b203e2ec5e574db1873c025fb59e79d7c0b579ba67ae4e9f5ede5760
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181943/cdc_181943_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 21.64 MB ]