... by a variety of agencies around the world. As one example, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has published a quite lengthy list of substances considered to be potential occupational carcinogens 15 and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) lists over 50...

... exposures, such as in the manufacture of beer, wine, and dairy products. As these relationships illustrate, this is clearly an area where medical and scientific knowledge is evolving. Source material includes numerous points made by government agencies or regulators (such as NIOSH, CDC, OSHA, etc...

... NIOSH conducted studies and posted a series of posts on their blog about the hazards of hydrocarbons and tank gauging operations in an effort to shed light on the subject. The oil & gas industry is working with many organizations, NIOSH and OSHA to develop better methods to identify...

...) In one example, a construction worker collapsed after sawing boards for form work. When admitted to the hospital, the worker s core temperature was 108º F. He died the following day from heat stroke. (NIOSH) Heat stress is a significant hazard on the job site that must be controlled. The NIOSH Criteria...

... Council—consisting of construction safety and health experts from industry, labor, professional associations, and state and federal governments—was the first such council to develop a national research agenda in October 2008 ( http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nora/comment/agendas/construction...

... for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). It acknowledges the accomplishments of existing criteria and shows what to add to achieve a standardized heat stress prevention program for chemical weapons destruction programs or any other program using similar PPE. Background In 1970, Congress passed Public Law 91-121...

..., NIOSH's Lifting Equation (LE) and its European derivatives along with related good practices emerged in the 1970s – 90s. Concurrently, Safety, Health & Ergonomic (SH&E) researchers' and practitioners' primary focus was on industries with the majority of workers such as manufacturing, retail...

..., the majority of which are motor vehicle crashes. 5 The leading cause of death for workers on-site is being struck by, crushed, or caught in equipment. 3,4 Research The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) began conducting research focused on the U.S. oil and gas extraction...

.... This idea was central to the passage of the Act, and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) was born. Congressional leaders believed NIOSH should be an independent research organization but should work closely with OSHA to create solutions to protect the American worker...

... to these increases including length of service, the rate by the company type, and size of the company. In Exhibit 4, NIOSH completed a study to that shows workers with less than one year of service account for 55% or 198 of the fatalities in the Oil and Gas Extraction process as compared to those with more than...

... Introduction The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) are longstanding partners, with the most recent formal partnership agreement signed in May 2012 (NIOSH/ASSE 2012). The formal partnership agreement documents...

...Session No. 792 Key Issue Roundtable #16: Integrating Safety & Health into Green Construction Matt Gillen, MS, CIH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Office of Construction Safety and Health Washington, DC Introduction Improving sustainability and the environmental...

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... of management and not simply focus on levels of penalties. Support NIOSH Effectiveness ASSE is concerned that NIOSH's singular role in occupational safety and health in recent years has not been fully supported within the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC reorganization efforts have taken...

.... Effects of WBV on vision were reported as early 1965 by Dennis (245) and later by others. The most profound adverse health effect is lower back pain (LBP). In a review of 19 WBV studies, NIOSH (6-33), reported 15 studies to support positive association between WBV exposure and LBP. With this, NIOSH...