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Documents supplied by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

A Compendium of NIOSH Economic Research 2002-2003

A Compendium of NIOSH Mining Research 2002

A Practical Guide to Effective Hearing Conservation Programs in the Workplace (Edited by Alice H. Suter and John R. Franks)

Acute Pesticide Poisoning Associated with Pyraclostrobin Fungicide - Iowa, 2007

Approaches to Safe Nanotechnology - An Information Exchange with NIOSH

Arc Flash Awareness - Information and Discussion Topics for Electrical Workers

Asbestos and Other Mineral Fibers {Fibres} - A Roadmap for Scientific Research - Draft Document for Public Review and Comment

Attention Emergency Responders - Guidance on Emergency Responder - Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Response to Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Terrorism Incidents

Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure

Construction Workers - It's Not Just Dust! Prevent Silicosis

Document for Public Review and Comment - Draft Essential Elements of Effective Workplace Programs and Policies for Improving Worker Health and Wellbeing (Responses by: 19/03/2008)

Document for Public Review and Comment - Draft NIOSH Alert - Preventing Chronic Beryllium Disease and Beryllium Sensitization (Responses by: 08/05/2008)

Document for Public Review and Comment - Interim Guidance on Medical Screening of Workers Potentially Exposed to Engineered Nanoparticles

Document for Public Review and Comment - NIOSH Alert - Preventing Occupational Exposures to Lead and Noise at Indoor Firing Ranges, NIOSH Docket Number NIOSH-128 (Responses by: 30.06.2008)

Document for Public Review and Comment - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL) Draft Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Healthcare Workers (HCW) Action Plan (Responses by: 01/04/2008)

Document for Public Review and Comment - Process for Providing Comment on NIOSH Survey of Truck Driver Safety and Health Docket # NIOSH-110

Draft for Comment - Essential Elements of Effective Workplace Programs and Policies for Improving Worker Health and Wellbeing

Easy Ergonomics - A Guide to Selecting Non-Powered Hand Tools

Emerging Technologies and the Safety and Health of Working People - Knowledge Gaps and Research Directions

Encourage Your Workers to Report Bloodborne Pathogen Exposures - A Vital Tool in the Fight Against Bloodborne Pathogens

Expanding Our Understanding of the Psychosocial Work Environment

Fact Sheet - Older Drivers in the Workplace - Crash Prevention for Employers and Workers

Good, Clean Art - Protect Yourself and Your Clients from Bloodborne Diseases

Have You Heard? Hearing Loss Caused by Farm Noise Is Preventable - Young Farmers' Guide for Selecting and Using Hearing Protection

Information Circular 9456: Programmable Electronic Mining Systems - Best Practice Recommendations (In Nine Parts) - Part 1: 1.0 Introduction

Information Circular 9460: Programmable Electronic Mining Systems - Best Practice Recommendations (In Nine Parts) - Part 3: 2.2 Software Safety

Information Circular 9461: Programmable Electronic Mining Systems - Best Practice Recommendations (In Nine Parts) - Part 4: 3.0 Safety File

Information Circular 9464: Programmable Electronic Mining Systems - Best Practice Recommendations (In Nine Parts) - Part 5: 4.0 Independent Functional Safety Assessment

Information Circular 9472: Wearing Hearing Protection Properly - A 3-D Training Aid for Drillers

Information Circular 9475: Ergonomic Assessment of Musculoskeletal Risk Factors at Four Mine Sites - Underground Coal, Surface Copper, Surface Phosphate, and Underground Limestone

Information Circular 9477: Mining Roof Bolting Machine Safety - A Study of the Drill Boom Vertical Velocity

Information Circular 9478: Significant Dust Dispersion Models for Mining Operations

Information Circular 9481: Fire Response Preparedness for Underground Mines

Information Circular 9482: Nitrogen Dioxide Calibration Standards for Portable Monitors

Information Circular 9483: Water Well Safety Bits - Health and Safety Information for the Water Well Industry

Information Circular 9486: Handbook for Methane Control in Mining

Information Circular 9488: Programmable Electronic Mining Systems - Best Practice Recommendations (In Nine Parts) Part 9: 7.0 Independent Functional Safety Assessment Guidance

Information Circular 9489: Roof Bolting Machine Operator Skills Training for a Walk-Thru Roof Bolter

Information Circular 9493: Field Evaluation of Seat Designs for Underground Coal Mine Shuttle Cars

Information Circular 9495: Proceedings - New Technology for Ground Control in Multiple-Seam Mining

Information Circular 9496: A Technology Review of Smart Sensors with Wireless Networks for Applications in Hazardous Work Environments

Information Circular 9498: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Rock Mass Classification in Underground Mining

Information Circular 9499: Guidelines for the Development of a New Miner Training Curriculum

Information Circular 9501: Miners' Views About Personal Dust Monitors

Information Circular 9502: Guidelines for the Prediction and Control of Methane Emissions on Longwalls

Information Circular 9503: Explosion Hazards from Methane Emissions Related to Geologic Features in Coal Mines

Inquiring Ears Want to Know - A Fact Sheet About Your Hearing Test

Let Art Be Your Legacy - Protect Yourself, Your Family and Your Clients from Bloodborne Diseases

Look Sharp - Cutting Edge Shops Protect Themselves and Their Clients from Bloodborne Diseases

NEG and NIOSH Basis for an Occupational Health Standard - 2-Diethylaminoethanol

NEG and NIOSH Basis for an Occupational Health Standard - Ethyl Ether

NEG and NIOSH Basis for an Occupational Health Standard for Propylene Glycol Ethers and their Acetates

NIOH and NIOSH Basis for an Occupational Health Standard - 2-Ethyl-2-hydroxymethyl-1,3-propanediol

NIOH and NIOSH Basis for an Occupational Health Standard - Acrylamide - A Review of the Literature

NIOH and NIOSH Basis for an Occupational Health Standard - Chlorobenzene

NIOH and NIOSH Basis for and Occupational Health Standard - Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP)

NIOSH Alert - Preventing Falls of Workers through Skylights and Roof and Floor Openings

NIOSH Alert - Preventing Fire Fighter Fatalities Due to Heart Attacks and Other Sudden Cardiovascular Events

NIOSH Alert - Preventing Lung Disease in Workers Who Use or Make Flavorings

NIOSH Alert - Preventing Occupational Exposures to Antineoplastic and Other Hazardous Drugs in Health Care Settings

NIOSH Alert - Preventing Worker Injuries and Deaths From Mobile Crane Tip-Over, Boom Collapse, and Uncontrolled Hoisted Loads

NIOSH Alert - Protecting Poultry Workers from Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)

NIOSH Comprehensive Safety Recommendations for Land-Based Oil and Gas Well Drilling

NIOSH Comprehensive Safety Recommendations for the Precast Concrete Products Industry

NIOSH Criteria for Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Hot Environments

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard - Occupational Exposure to Refractory Ceramic Fibers

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard - Occupational Exposure to Respirable Coal Mine Dust

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard - Occupational Exposure to Vinyl Halides

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Acetylene

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Ammonia

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Boron Trifluoride

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Cadmium

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Carbon Dioxide

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Carbon Monoxide

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Chlorine

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Cotton Dust

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Emergency Egress from Elevated Workstations

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether and Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Ethylene Glycol Monomethyl Ether, Ethylene Glycol Monoethyl Ether and Their Acetates

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Formaldehyde

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Hand-Arm Vibration

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Hydrogen Cyanide and Cyanide Salts

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Hydrogen Fluoride

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Inorganic Lead

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Inorganic Lead (Revised Criteria 1978)

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Inorganic Mercury

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Isopropyl Alcohol

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Methylene Chloride

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Noise

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Oxides of Nitrogen (Nitrogen Dioxide and Nitric Oxide)

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Phenol

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Sodium Hydroxide

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Styrene

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Sulfuric Acid

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Toluene

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Occupational Exposure to Zinc Oxide

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Welding, Brazing and Thermal Cutting

NIOSH Criteria for a Recommended Standard for Working in Confined Spaces

NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin 10: Radon Daughters

NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin 2: Trichloroethylene (TCE)

NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin 31: Adverse Health Effects of Smoking and the Occupational Environment.

NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin 38: Vibration Syndrome

NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin 40: 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD,"dioxin")

NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin 42: Cadmium (CD)

NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin 45: Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB's) - Potential Health Hazards from Electrical Equipment Fires or Failures

NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin 46: Methylene Chloride

NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin 50: Carcinogenic Effects of Exposure to Diesel Exhaust

NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin 53: Toluene Diisocyanate (TDI) and Toluenediamine (TDA) - Evidence of Carcinogenicity

NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin 54: Environmental Tobacco Smoke in the Workplace - Lung Cancer and Other Health Effects

NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin 56: Washed Cotton - A Review and Recommendations Regarding Batch Kier Washed Cotton

NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin 57: Violence in the Workplace

NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin 58: Commercial Fishing Fatalities in Alaska - Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies

NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin 5: Asbestos - Asbestos Exposure During Servicing of Motor Vehicle Brake and Clutch Assemblies

NIOSH Docket 039-A: Draft Concept of Subpart Q: Closed-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus Technical Performance Standard, May 28, 2008 - Document for Public Review and Comment (Responses by: 30/09/2008)

NIOSH Docket 083-A: Draft Concept of Subpart J: Supplied-Air Respirators Technical Performance Standard, July 1, 2008 - Document for Public Review and Comment (Responses by: 30/09/2008)

NIOSH Docket 099-A: Revised Draft Document for Public Review and Comment - NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin - Asbestos Fibers {Fibres} and Other Elongated Mineral Particles - State of the Science and Roadmap for Research (Responses by: 30/09/2008)

NIOSH Docket 139: The Potential Modification of the NIOSH Statement of Standard for a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CRBN) Full Facepiece Air-Purifying Respirator (APR) - Document for Public Review and Comment (Responses by: 16/10/2008)

NIOSH Draft - Strategic Plan for NIOSH Nanotechnology Research - Filling the Knowledge Gaps

NIOSH EPA EOSA Alert - Preventing Worker Injuries and Deaths from Explosions in Industrial Ethylene Oxide Sterilization Facilities

NIOSH Fact Sheet - NIOSH Nanotechnology Field Research Effort

NIOSH Fact Sheet - NIOSH Nanotechnology Metal Oxide Particle Exposure Assessment Study

NIOSH Guidelines for Controlling Hazardous Energy During Maintenance and Servicing

NIOSH Health Hazards of Storing, Handling, and Shipping Grain

NIOSH Hearing Loss Simulator - Instruction and Training Guide

NIOSH Interim Guidance - Working Safely in Confined Spaces

NIOSH Interim Guidance on Health and Safety Hazards When Working with Displaced Domestic Animals

NIOSH Occupational Hazard Assessment - Coal Liquefaction - Volume II: Assessment

NIOSH Occupational Hazard Assessment - Coal Liquefaction, Volume 1: Summary

NIOSH Occupational Hazard Assessment - Criteria for Controlling Occupational Hazards in Animal Rendering Processes

NIOSH Occupational Safety in Grain Elevators and Feed Mills

NIOSH Position Statement on Nanotechnology - Advancing Research on Occupational Health Implications and Applications

NIOSH Recommendations for Control of Occupational Safety and Health Hazards - Manufacture of Paint and Allied Coatings Products

NIOSH Recommendations for Control of Occupational Safety and Health Hazards Foundries

NIOSH Revised Criteria for a Recommended Standard - Occupational Noise Exposure

NIOSH Revised Recommended Asbestos Standard

NIOSH Safety and Health Topic - Body Art

NIOSH Safety and Health Topic - Flavorings {Flavourings}-Related Lung Disease

NIOSH Safety and Health Topic - Hazards to Outdoor Workers

NIOSH Safety and Health Topic - Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and the Workplace

NIOSH Safety and Health Topic - Safety and Health in the Horse Racing Industry

NIOSH Safety and Health Topic - Tick-Borne Diseases

NIOSH Safety and Health Topic - Welding and Manganese - Potential Neurologic Effects

NIOSH Special Hazard Review - Child Labour Research Needs

NIOSH Special Hazard Review - Identifying High-Risk Small Business Industries

NIOSH Special Hazard Review - Rubber Products Manufacturing Industry

NIOSH Special Occupational Hazard Review - Alternatives to DI-2-Ethylhexyl Phthalate ("DOP") in Respirator Quantitative Fit Testing

NIOSH Special Occupational Hazard Review for Benzidine-Based Dyes

NIOSH Testimony Before the Department of Labor {Labour}, Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Public Hearing on Occupational Standard for Sulfur {Sulphur} Dioxide

NIOSH Update - NIOSH Offers Online Library for Preventing Work Traffic Injuries

NIOSH Update - Precautions for Workers in Disaster Recovery and Emergency Response

NIOSH Update - Studies Suggest Higher Risk for Contingent Workers Than in Traditional Employment - NIOSH Researchers Report

NIOSH Workplace Survey Report - Control Technology and Exposure Assessment for Occupational Exposure to Beryllium - Abrasive Blasting with Coal-Slag

NIOSH Workplace Survey Report - In-Depth Study - A Re-Evaluation Of Styrene and Noise Exposures in the Fiberglass-Reinforced Plastic Boat Manufacturing Industry

NIOSH, Nanotechnology and Occupational Safety and Health Research - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

NIOSH. Development of Draft Construction Safety Standards for Excavations. (Volume 1)

NIOSH. Development of Draft Construction Safety Standards for Excavations. (Volume 2)

NIOSH/OSHA Current Intelligence Bulletin 26: NIAX Catalyst ESN

NIOSH/OSHA Current Intelligence Bulletin 33: Radiofrequency (RF) Sealers and Heaters - Potential Health Hazards and their Prevention

NIOSH/OSHA Current Intelligence Bulletin 34: Formaldehyde - Evidence of Carcinogenicity

Overtime and Extended Work Shifts - Recent Findings on Illnesses, Injuries, and Health Behaviors {Behaviours}

Prevention Through Design in Motion - Newsletter - Issue 1: Prevention Through Design - A National Initiative

Prevention Through Design in Motion - Newsletter - Issue 2: Prevention Through Design - Focus on Construction

Proceedings of a Meeting to Explore the Use of Ergonomics Interventions for the Mechanical and Electrical Trades - Pipe Trades Training Center, San Jose, California - February 25-26, 2002

Proceedings of the First American Conference on Human Vibration

Protect Your Employees with an Exposure Control Plan - Your First Line of Defense {Defence} Against Bloodborne Pathogens

Protect Yourself Against Bloodborne Pathogens - Read, Wear and Report

Recommendations for Protecting Laboratory, Field, and Clinical Workers from West Nile Virus Exposure

Recommendations for Protecting Outdoor Workers from West Nile Virus Exposure

Report of Investigations - Effectiveness of Selected Diesel Particulate Matter Control Technologies for Underground Mining Applications - Isolated Zone Study, 2003

Report of Investigations - Effectiveness of Selected Diesel Particulate Matter Control Technologies for Underground Mining Applications - Isolated Zone Study, 2004

Report of Investigations - Laboratory and Field Performance of a Continuously Measuring Personal Respirable Dust Monitor

Report of Investigations 9670/2006: Lower Respirable Dust and Noise Exposure with an Open Structure Design

Report of Investigations 9672/2007: Recommendations for Evaluating and Implementing Proximity Warning Systems on Surface Mining Equipment

Report of Investigations 9673/2008: Strengthening Existing 20-Psi Mine Ventilation Seals with Carbon Fiber {Fibre}-Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement

Research Report on Refuge Alternatives for Underground Coal Mines

Revised Recommended Chloroform Standard

Safe Lab - School Chemistry Laboratory Safety Guide

Safe Lifting and Movement of Nursing Home Residents

Safe Nanotechnology in the Workplace - An Introduction for Employers, Managers, and Safety and Health Professionals

Safety Advisory - Improper Set-Up of Aerial Ladders with a Locking Waterway May Put Fire Fighters at Risk

Safety and Health Information Bulletin 03-23-2007: Use of Blunt-Tip Suture Needles to Decrease Percutaneous Injuries to Surgical Personnel

Silicosis - Learn the Facts

Silicosis - Working with Cement Roofing Tiles - A Silica Hazard

Simple Solutions - Ergonomics for Construction Workers

Technology News - EZ-Up Curtain Stopping - A Practical Solution for Directing Ventilation Airflows in Large-Opening Metal/Nonmetal Mines

Technology News - Float Coal Dust Explosion Hazards

Technology News - Improve Drill Dust Collector Capture Through Better Shroud and Inlet Configurations

Technology News - Milestones in Mining Safety and Health Technology - A New Method to Clean Dust from Soiled Work Clothes

Technology News - Milestones in Mining Safety and Health Technology - The Air Quantity Estimator (AQE) - A New Computer Software Tool for Large-Opening Mine Ventilation Planning

Technology News - Super Stopping - A Permanent Solid Stopping for Directing Ventilation Airflows in Large-Opening Metal/Nonmetal Mines

Technology News 521: Development of a Mobile Manipulator to Reduce Lifting Accidents

Technology News 526: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Rock Mass Classification in Underground Mining

Technology News 527: The Partial Cab - A New Noise Engineering Control for Surface Drill Rigs

Technology News 528: Recirculation Filter Is Key to Improving Dust Control in Enclosed Cabs

Technology News 529: New Technology for Ground Control in Multiple-Seam Mining

Technology News 530: Frictional Ignition of Methane-Air in the Presence of Liquid Hydrocarbons

Temperature Corrections to Earth Pressure Cells Embedded in Cemented Backfill

The NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program

The NIOSH Occupational Energy Research Program - Evidence for the National Academies' "Review of the Worker and Public Health Activities Program Administered by the Department of Energy and the Department of Health and Human Services"

The Nanotechnology Field Research Team Update

They're Your Ears - Protect Them - Hearing Loss Caused by Farm Noise Is Preventable

Waste Anesthetic {Anaesthetic} Gases - Occupational Hazards in Hospitals

Worker Health Chartbook 2004 - Brochure

Worker Health Chartbook, 2004

Worker Training in a New Era - Responding to New Threats

Working Together for Safety - A State Team Approach to Preventing Occupational Injuries in Young People

Workplace Solutions - Divers Beware - Training Dives Present Serious Hazards to Fire Fighters

Workplace Solutions - Medical Surveillance for Health Care Workers Exposed to Hazardous Drugs

Workplace Solutions - Preventing Deaths and Injuries to Fire Fighters During Live-Fire Training in Acquired Structures

Workplace Solutions - Preventing Injuries When Working with Ride-On Roller/Compactors

Workplace Solutions - Preventing Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Sonography

Workplace Solutions - Preventing Worker Deaths and Injuries When Handling Micotil 300®

Workplace Solutions - Preventing Worker Deaths and Injuries from Contacting Overhead Power Lines with Metal Ladders

Workplace Solutions - Reducing Worker Exposure to Asphalt Fumes from Roofing Kettles

Workplace Solutions - Water Spray Control of Hazardous Dust When Breaking Concrete with a Jackhammer

Workplace Violence Prevention Strategies and Research Needs - Report from the Conference "Partnering in Workplace Violence Prevention - Translating Research to Practice", 17-19 November 2004, Baltimore, Maryland

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