Protecting Workers at the World Trade Center Site: Response from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 exposed rescue and recovery workers to unprecedented levels of risk for job-related injury, illness, and death. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), a part of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), responded swiftly to address workers' needs in the aftermath of the attacks. NIOSH quickly sent to Ground Zero dozens of staff who applied their technical expertise to help meet immediate worker protection needs. Also, by helping workers and supervisors build their own safety and health capacity, NIOSH was able to enhance safety at the sprawling site. In the aftermath, NIOSH is working with its partners to address concerns about potential long-term effects on workers' health and to help protect workers in the event of future emergencies. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  CDC.
• Subjects:
  Emergency Responders Ferrous Compounds Firefighters Hazardous Substances Law Enforcement Metal Workers Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Worker-health; Work-environment; Workplace-monitoring; Work-analysis; Long-term-exposure; Long-term-study; Protective-measures; Emergency-responders; Fire-fighters; Police-officers; Iron-workers; Safety-practices; Hazardous-materials
• 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. 2002-143, 2002 May; :1-2
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Fact Sheet
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2002143
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies ; DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022042
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f6312205901ad4abfcd5f84346336576af5a461ebc52198971aac273352f984a12f6bac1e69b137924f91a07572aeca30ba02a5b550c750d4e4e26fedfb40e23
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/7034/cdc_7034_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 285.11 KB ]