National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: delivering on the nation's promise: safety and health at work for all people...through prevention

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  "An estimated 17 American workers die each day during work
  
  an additional 137 workers die from workplace diseases. To determine the causes of work related diseases and injuries and to develop new ways to prevent workplace hazards, NIOSH was established by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. NIOSH differs from OSHA, which was created by the same act, in that OSHA operates within the Department of Labor and is responsible for creating and enforcing workplace safety and health regulations. NIOSH, operating within the Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work related illnesses and injuries. Some of the tasks undertaken by NIOSH included: investigating potentially hazardous working conditions
  
  evaluating hazards in the workplace ranging from chemicals to machinery
  
  creating and disseminating methods for preventing disease, injury, and disability
  
  conducting research and providing scientifically valid recommendations for protecting workers
  
  and providing education and training to individuals preparing for or actively working in the field of occupational safety and health. Areas of NIOSH research of recent concern that were discussed included: cumulative trauma disorders, disability among farmers and construction workers, indoor environmental quality, lead (7439921) poisoning, stress, violence against workers, and work related infectious disease." - NIOSHTIC-2
  
  NIOSHTIC no. 00221796
  
  
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB94108
• Document Type:
  Text
• Name as Subject:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00221796
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/61393/cdc_61393_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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