NIOSH: Training Occupational Safety and Health Professionals: Fact Sheet [2001]

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• Alternative Title:
  Fact sheet
• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Each day an average of 9,000 U.S. workers sustain disabling injuries on the job, 16 workers die from an injury at work, and 137 workers die from work-related diseases. Data from a study published in 1997 funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) showed that in 1992, the economic costs of job-related injuries and illnesses totaled $171 billion. These costs are much higher than those for AIDS and Alzheimer''s Disease and are on a par with those for cancer and circulatory disease. However, there are not enough well-trained occupational safety and health (OS&H) professionals to meet this large burden of disease and injury. The Occupational Safety and Health Act directs NIOSH to fund training programs to educate professionals in the OS&H disciplines (industrial hygiene, occupational health nursing, occupational medicine, and occupational safety). To date, these programs have had a significant public health impact: An average of 700 students graduate annually from NIOSH-supported programs with training in medicine, nursing, industrial hygiene, and safety engineering. NIOSH estimates that about half of all U.S. occupational safety and health professionals graduate from NIOSH-supported programs at the Masters and Doctorate levels. A 1995 report by the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services noted that approximately 80% of the graduates from NIOSH-funded programs pursue careers in OS&H. NIOSH funds more than 1,000 continuing education courses each year with upwards of 30,000 participants. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Education
  • Occupational Health
  • Research
  • Safety
  • Staff Development
• Keywords:
  • Training; Occupational-medicine; Occupational-health; Education; Educational-resource-centers
• Source:
  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. 2001-158, 2001 Jul; :1-2
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division ; OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20021614
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• NORA Priority Area:
  Other Occupational Concerns
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/6057/cdc_6057_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 85.69 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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