CDC - What's New on the NIOSH Website

CDC - What's New on the NIOSH Website

What's New on the NIOSH Website

The following is a listing of items posted to the NIOSH Web site in 2015. Postings prior to 2015 can be found in the NIOSH What's New Archives.

January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September •October • November • December

June 2015

6/5

• Federal Register Notice: Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations - Proposed Project: Interventions to Reduce Shoulder MSDs in Overhead Assembly - Reinstatement
• Federal Register Notice: Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations - Proposed Project: Assessing and Evaluating Human Systems Integration Needs in Mining - Extension

6/3

• NIOSH-Funded State FACE Investigation Leads to Safer Handicapped-Accessible Accelerator Pedals DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-186
• NIOSH Press Release: NIOSH Honored with Top Awards at the 2015 American Industrial Hygiene Conference & Exposition
• CDC Health Advisory, June 2, 2015: Bird Infections with Highly-Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N2), (H5N8), and (H5N1) Viruses: Recommendations for Human Health Investigations and Response

6/2

• MMWR: Occupational Fatalities During the Oil and Gas Boom - United States, 2003-2013
• Federal Register Notice: Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews (SDRR), Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or the Advisory Board), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Federal Register Notice: Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
• Federal Register Notice: Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Initial Review

6/1

• NIOSH Research Improves Equipment Design to Protect Firefighters DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-183
• NIOSH Science Blog: Workplace Secondhand Smoke Exposure During Pregnancy: Who is protected?

May 2015

5/28

• Federal Register Notice: NIOSH List of Antineoplastic and Other Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings: Proposed Additions to the NIOSH Hazardous Drug List 2016
• NIOSH Science Blog: Respiratory Hazards for Latino Horse Farm Workers

5/27

• NIOSH Press Release: NIOSH Awards Two Cooperative Agreements for Workers’ Compensation Surveillance

5/22

• Federal Register Notice: Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review - Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery - Extension

5/21

• NIOSH Science Blog: Cleaning for Asthma-Safer Schools Reduces Asthma Risk, Saves Money

5/20

• Hospital Respiratory Protection Toolkit DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-117
• NIOSH Press Release: NIOSH and SUNY Poly CNSE Launch Nano Health & Safety Consortium

5/19

• Federal Register Notice: Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or the Advisory Board)
• Federal Register Notice: World Trade Center Health Program Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee: Notice of Charter Renewal
• Federal Register Notice: Safety and Occupational Health Study Section (SOHSS)
• NIOSH Science Blog: Collaboration with Wikipedia

5/18

• NIOSH Topic Page: Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and Patient Work Information
• NIOSH Press Release: A Hard Day's Night: Training Provides Nurses with Strategies for Shift Work and Long Work Hours
• NIOSH Science Blog: A Hard Day's Night: Training Provides Nurses with Strategies for Shift Work and Long Work Hours
• Federal Register Notice: Mine Safety and Health Research Advisory Committee, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (MSHRAC, NIOSH)

5/14

• NIOSH Press Release:NIOSH, OSHA Release New Toolkit to Better Protect Hospital Workers from Transmissible Diseases
• NIOSH-funded Study Results in Improved Pesticide Testing Methods and Updated Regulations to Protect Agricultural Workers DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-182
• Measuring How Well Earplugs Work DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-181
• NIOSH Science Blog: NIOSH, Nail Guns, and Consensus Standards: Where We Stand

5/13

• NIOSH Science Blog: Protecting Nail Salon Workers
• Federal Register Notice: Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees From the Blockson Chemical Company in Joliet, Illinois, To Be Included in the Special Exposure Cohort
• Federal Register Notice: Determination Concerning a Petition To Add a Class of Employees To the Special Exposure Cohort - St. Louis Airport Storage Site (SLAPS) in St. Louis, Missouri

5/12

• NIOSH Science Blog: NIOSH Study Evaluates Risks for Pregnant Flight Attendants

5/11

• NIOSH Science Blog: The Stand-Down Is On! Join the National Safety Stand-down to Prevent Falls in Construction

5/8

• Federal Register Notice: Grants for Education Programs in Occupational Safety and Health

5/7

• NIOSH Press Release: New Study Examines Relationship between Firefighters and Cancers in California

5/5

• Federal Register Notice: World Trade Center Health Program Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee (WTCHP STAC or Advisory Committee), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 
• 2015-117.pdf
• NIOSH Press Release: NIOSH Announces Free, Confidential 2015 Screenings for Coal Miners

5/4

• NIOSH eNews: May, 2015
• Traumatic Occupational Injury Research Labs - Division of Safety Research DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-179
• Federal Register Notice:Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

5/1

• Federal Register Notice: Request for the Technical Review of 19 Draft Skin Notation Assignments and Skin Notation Profiles
• Federal Register Notice: Request for the Technical Review of 14 Draft Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health (IDLH) Value Profiles

April 2015

4/30

• NIOSH Science Blog: Occupational Health Safety Network

4/28

• Federal Register Notice: Specifications for Medical Examinations of Coal Miners - CFR Correction
• NIOSH Science Blog: Workers Memorial Day 2015
• NIOSH Press Release: Workers Memorial Day, 2015: Statement by John Howard, M.D., Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

4/27

• NIOSH Science Blog: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Workers' Memorial Day 2015

4/24

• Federal Register Notice: Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations - Metal and Nonmetal Miner Health Program (MNMHP)
• NIOSH Science Blog: Workplace Medical Mystery Solved: An Unknown Exposure Leaves a Child with High Amounts of Lead in her Blood

4/23

• NIOSH Press Release: NIOSH Presents 2015 Science Awards for Innovative Occupational Health, Safety Research

4/22

• NIOSH Press Release: NIOSH to Cohost 11th International Conference on Occupational Stress and Health

4/20

• Anthropometric Study of U.S. Truck Drivers: Methods, Summary Statistics, and Multivariate Accommodation Models DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-116
• NIOSH Science Blog: Workplace Medical Mystery: Unknown Exposure Leaves Child with High Blood Lead Levels

4/16

• Federal Register Notice: Issuance of Final Guidance Publication - NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin 67: Promoting Health and Preventing Disease and Injury through Workplace Tobacco Policies [2015-113]

4/14

• Federal Register Notice: Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, BSC, NIOSH

4/13

• NIOSH Science Blog: Workplace Suicide

4/10

• NIOSH Science Blog: Reports of Worker Fatalities during Manual Tank Gauging and Sampling in the Oil and Gas Extraction Industry
• MMWR: Work-Related Asthma--22 States, 2012

4/8

• NIOSH Science Blog: High Prevalence of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome among Poultry Workers
• Federal Register Notice: Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations - Proposed Project: Enhancing Mine Workers’ Abilities to Identify Hazards at Sand, Stone, and Gravel (SSG) Mines

4/6

• NIOSH eNews - April, 2015
• Federal Register Notice: International Labour Office (ILO) Reference Radiographs

4/3

• Federal Register Notice: Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review: Proposed Project - World Trade Center Health Program Petition for the Addition of a New WTC Related Health Condition for Coverage under the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program

4/2

• NIOSH Science Blog: Promoting Health and Preventing Disease and Injury through Workplace Tobacco Policies
• NIOSH Press Release: New NIOSH Report Recommends All Workplaces be Tobacco Free, Recommendations include exposures to e-cigarettes in the workplace
• Federal Register Notice: Subcommittee on Procedures Review, Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or Advisory Board), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Promoting Health and Preventing Disease and Injury Through Workplace Tobacco Policies DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-113
• NIOSH Topic: Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever)

March 2015

3/31

• NIIOSH Science Blog: The Silica/Asphalt Milling Machine Partnership - All Good Things Need Not Come to an End

3/27

• Recommended Practices: Green Tobacco Sickness DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-104
• Talking Safety - Giving youth work readiness skills to keep them safe and healthy  DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-110
• Federal Register Notice: Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
• Federal Register Notice: Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review - Emergency Self Escape for Coal Miners
• Federal Register Notice: Withdrawal of Information Collection - Emergency Self Escape for Coal Miners
• NIIOSH Science Blog: Violence in Healthcare

3/25

• NIOSH Science Blog: A Story of Impact
• Federal Register Notice: Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees From the Argonne National Laboratory-West in Scoville, Idaho, To Be Included in the Special Exposure Cohort
• Federal Register Notice: Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees From the Hanford Site in Richland, Washington, To Be Included in the Special Exposure Cohort

3/24

• Federal Register Notice: Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews (SDRR), Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or the Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Federal Register Notice: Emergency Self Escape for Coal Miners-New-National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Federal Register Notice: Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control

3/20

• NIOSH Press Release: NIOSH Nanotechnology Research Highlighted at the 2015 Meeting of the Society of Toxicology
• NIOSH Science Blog: Workplace Medical Mystery Solved: Blurry vision affects a print press operator
• Federal Register Notice: Notice of Intent To Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Centers

3/18

• NIOSH Topic Page: Distracted Driving
• NIOSH Topic Page: NIOSH Center for Motor Vehicle Safety
• Federal Register Notice: Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review - Proposed Project:Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review – Proposed Project:Coal Workers- Health Surveillance Program (CWHSP)-(0920-0020)- Reinstatement with Change

3/17

• NIOSH Topic: Fatalities in the Oil and Gas Extraction Industry (FOG)
• Federal Register Notice:Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations; Withdrawal

3/16

• NIOSH Science Blog: Workplace Medical Mystery: Blurry vision affects a print press operator

3/13

• NIOSH Press Release: New NIOSH Divisions Provide Proximity to the Western States

3/12

• NIOSH Press Release: NIOSH and Partners Recommend Controls for Silica Exposure during Asphalt Pavement Milling
• NIOSH Topic: Safe, Green, and Sustainable Construction

3/11

• NIOSH Topic: Aircrew Safety & Health
• Best Practice Engineering Control Guidelines to Control Worker Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica during Asphalt Pavement Milling DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-105
• Federal Register Notice: Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority

3/10

• Federal Register Notice:Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

3/4

• NIOSH Press Release: NIOSH Study Spans over Thirty Years of Hearing Loss Trends
• Federal Register Notice: Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or Advisory Board), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

3/3

• Vital Signs Press Release: Trucker Safety
• NIOSH Science Blog: Long-haul Truck Driver Health Survey Results

3/2

• Motor Vehicle Safety Directory Page
• Long-haul Truck Drivers
• Preventing work-related motor vehicle crashes DHHS (NIOSH)Publication No. 2015-111
• Federal Register Notice: Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews (SDRR), Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or the Advisory Board), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

February 2015

2/26

• Federal Register Notice: Future Directions for the Surveillance of Agricultural Injuries; Public Meeting; Request for Comments

2/25

• Take Charge of Your Safety In and Around Your Patrol Vehicle DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-109

2/24

• Federal Register Notice: Request for Nominations of Candidates To Serve on the World Trade Center Health Program Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee (the STAC or the Committee), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
• NIOSH Science Blog: Occupational Exposures to New Drycleaning Solvents

2/23

• OSHA/NIOSH Hazard Alert: Worker Exposure to Silica during Countertop Manufacturing, Finishing and Installation DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-106

2/19

• Opportunities for Employers To Create a Safer and Healthier Workforce DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-108
• NIOSH Update: NIOSH and NHCA present 2015 Safe-in-Sound Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention Awards™

2/18

• NIOSH Update: Stand Tall, Stand Proud, Stand-Down for Fall Safety
• Federal Register Notice: Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Initial Review
• Federal Register Notice: Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: Notice of Charter Renewal

2/17

• MMWR: Notes from the Field: Silicosis in a Countertop Fabricator - Texas, 2014

2/13

• MMWR: Silicosis Mortality Trends and New Exposures to Respirable Crystalline Silica - United States, 2001-2010
• NIOSH Science Blog: A Perfect Romance: A Valentine's Day Guide to the Necessary Considerations of CBRN APR Use

2/11

• Federal Register Notice: Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees From the Carborundum Company in Niagara Falls, New York, To Be Included in the Special Exposure Cohort

2/10

• Federal Register Notice:Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

2/6

• Federal Register Notice: Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations: Proposed Project: Interventions to Reduce Shoulder MSDs in Overhead Assembly (OMB No. 0920-0964, expires 4/30/2015) - Extension

2/5

• NIOSH Update: NIOSH Seeks Public Comment on the National Occupational Research Agenda, Stakeholders are invited to share experiences of the past decade
• NIOSH Science Blog: Fighting Ebola: A Grand Challenge for Development - How NIOSH is Helping Design Improved Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Workers
• Federal Register Notice: Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review: Proposed Project - EEOICPA Dose Reconstruction Interviews and Forms, OMB No. 0920-0530 (Expiration, 02/28/2015) - Extension

2/3

• Federal Register Notice: Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

January 2015

1/30

• Federal Register Notice: Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews (SDRR), Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or the Advisory Board), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Federal Register Notice: Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Initial Review

1/29

• Federal Register Notice: Interim final rule: Closed-Circuit Escape Respirators; Extension of Transition Period
• Federal Register Notice: Respirator Certification Fees - Correction
• Spirometry Quality Assurance: Common Errors and Their Impact on Test Results (Pub No. 2012-116) (Spanish) Garantía de calidad de la espirometría: Los errores más comunes y su impacto en los resultados de la prueba

1/28

• CDC Foundation Focuses on Improving Organizational Health, Safety and Productivity, Lowering Business Costs
• NIOSH Science Blog: The Future of Wearable Technology in the Workplace

1/27

• Federal Register Notice:Safety and Occupational Health Study Section (SOHSS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH or Institute)
• Federal Register Notice:Subcommittee on Procedures Review, Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or Advisory Board), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

1/26

• NIOSH Science Blog: Be Pioneers to Protect Our Volunteers!
• NIOSH Update: Precautionary Measures Lacking for High Level Disinfectants: Results of a Survey of Healthcare Workers Who Disinfect Medical and Dental Devices
• Federal Register Notice: Finale Rule - Respirator Certification Fees

1/23

• Federal Register Notice: Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Proposed Project - Enhancing Dialogue and Execution of Dust Reduction Behaviors through Workgroup Communication
• Federal Register Notice: Request for Comment on the Second Decade of National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA)
• Federal Register Notice: NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin: Reproductive Risks Associated With Hazardous Drug Exposures in Healthcare Workers and Recommendations for Reducing Exposures

1/22

• MMWR: Worker Illness Related to Newly Marketed Pesticides - Douglas County, Washington, 2014
• Federal Register Notice: Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees From the Westinghouse Electric Corp. in Bloomfield, New Jersey, To Be Included in the Special Exposure Cohort
• Federal Register Notice: Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations - Proposed Project: World Trade Center Health Program Petition for the Addition of a New WTC Related Health Condition for Coverage under the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program

1/20

• Federal Register Notice:Decision to Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees From the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, To Be Included in the Special Exposure Cohort

1/16

• Engineering Controls Directory Page

1/15

• NIOSH and the Mid-Air Collision Avoidance Working Group Prevent Aircraft Collisions in Alaska - DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-120

1/14

• NIOSH Science Blog: Can Workplace Exposures Increase Risks of Birth Defects? - Epidemiology in Action

1/9

• MMWR: Assessment of Emergency Responders After a Vinyl Chloride Release from a Train Derailment - New Jersey, 2012
• Online Training Helps Protect Nurses and Other Healthcare Workers from Workplace Violence - DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-118

1/8

• NIOSH Update: Are Flight Attendants at Higher Risk for Miscarriage?

1/7

• NIOSH eNews - January, 2015

1/6

• NIOSH Science Blog: Your NIOSH Top 5 for 2014