2013 Annual Report: HHE

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Program 2013 annual report ; HHE 2013 annual report
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The mission of the NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Program is to respond to requests from employees, employers, and union representatives to evaluate potential health hazards in their workplace. These evaluations are done at no cost to the requestor. Once the evaluation is complete, recommendations are made on ways to reduce or eliminate identified hazards. Health Hazard Evaluations can help reduce hazards and create more healthful workplaces.
  
  By the numbers:
  
  • 9 trainees hosted
  
  • 23 publications
  
  • 28 presentations
  
  • 34 site visits
  
  • 36 field investigation reports
  
  • 126 technical consultation letters
  
  • 133 employees notified about exposures
  
  • 230 new requests
  
  • 1104 employees medically evaluated
  
  • 1742 employees surveyed about health
  
  • 2636 samples analyzed for chemicals
  
  
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety
• Document Type:
  Text
• Name as Subject:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Hazard Evaluations and Technical Assistance Branch. ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Hazard Evaluations and Technical Assistance Branch. ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Genre:
  Annual Reports
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  11 unnumbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050323
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9acf5e9dffb9ac517a80d9f747aaa08864d89083ef28a85e3581d58d8ae9603c34266f9e776b52f492f391c8ce661d80e8a0f829e90583d8065bccb13b14e0d2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/27405/cdc_27405_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.34 MB ]