NIOSH – Public Safety Sector Program

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• Personal Author:
  D’Alessandro, Maryann M.
• Description:
  Public safety workers are employed in some of the most dangerous occupations in the world. ... A variety of occupational hazards potentially affect the health of public safety workers. Due to a variety of risks and stressors, emergency response activities expose public safety workers to the possibility of serious injuries from traumatic injuries, workplace violence, exposure to hazardous drugs, and acute and chronic diseases. NIOSH has several new and ongoing research and intervention efforts in the Public Safety Sector that fall in the Healthy Work Design and Well-Being Cross Sector. Three relevant areas of emphasis will be presented: 1) a study to understand the perceived risk of injury of public safety workers from the opioid crisis, 2) a study to collect data on nonfatal on-duty injuries among law enforcement officers to analyze injury events and collect data on risk factors, injury types, job activities, recovery experiences, and possible prevention factors, and 3) the outcome of the Public Safety Sector results from the NIOSH Forum held in September 2019 to discuss research gaps regarding working hours, sleep and fatigue among American workers across seven industry sectors. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emergency Responders Fatigue Firefighters Hazardous Substances Law Enforcement Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Public Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Sleep Stress, Psychological

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• Keywords:
  Emergency Responders Fire Fighters Hazardous Drugs Injuries Injury Prevention Intervention Job Design Job Stress Law Enforcement Officer LEO Occupational Hazards Police Officers Public Health Risk Factors Safety Personnel Safety Research Work Analysis Worker Health Worker Safety Work Schedules

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• Publisher:
  American Psychological Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  49
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058097
• Citation:
  Work, Stress and Health 2019, November 6-9, 2019, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2019 Nov; :49
• Contact Point Address:
  Maryann D'Alessandro, PhD, Penelope Allison, PhD, Paula Grubb, PhD, Hope Tiesman, PhD, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 626 Cochrans Mill Rd, Pittsburgh, PA, 15236
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Work, Stress and Health 2019, November 6-9, 2019, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b11bf5856e6f1fe9532b1ab38e19cff8062424b1af48a8f6f9ac39067801c86b776ed3df3814a01c718e0922b372005e24470533734b2d79407b6975c666e5ba
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/221249/cdc_221249_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 109.06 KB ]