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CDC - What's New on the NIOSH Website

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

What's New on the NIOSH Website

August 2015

8/24

• Workplace Solutions: Using Total Worker Health Concepts to Enhance Workplace Tobacco Prevention and Control DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-202
• NIOSH Science Blog: Palm Tree Worker Suffocated by Palm Fronds – Another Death in California

8/20

• NIOSH Topic Page: Motor-Vehicle Safety of Law Enforcement Officers
• NIOSH Press Release: NIOSH Honored in Digital Health Awards Competition

8/13

• Federal Register Notice: Occupational Safety and Health Research and Related Activities; Administrative Functions, Practices, and Procedures – Notice of proposed rulemaking

8/12

• Federal Register Notice: Closed-Circuit Escape Respirators; Extension of Transition Period – Final rule

8/10

• NIOSH Science Blog: Improving the Safety and Health of Bison Handlers

8/7

• NIOSH Science Blog: Ergonomics Climate Assessment
• Federal Register Notice: Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort – Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Bloomfield, New Jersey

8/5

• NIOSH Science Blog: The NIOSH eDoc: New way to get NIOSH information on the Move

8/4

• Mining Product: BG 4 Benching Trainer Software DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-189c

July 2015

7/30

• MMWR: Aviation-Related Wildland Firefighter Fatalities — United States, 2000–2013
• MMWR: Current Cigarette Smoking Among Workers in Accommodation and Food Services — United States, 2011–2013

7/28

• Federal Register Notice: Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review - Proposed Project:  Investigating the Implementation and Evaluation of Top-ranked HSMS Elements

7/22

• NIOSH Science Blog: NIOSH Research Highlights Importance of Rigorous Standards for Gowns Used to Protect Healthcare Workers

7/21

• PFDs That Work: Dungeness Crabbers DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-180

7/20

• NIOSH Science Blog: Workplace Medical Mystery: Influenza-like Illness Sickens Golf Course Worker
• Federal Register Notice: Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or Advisory Board)

7/17

• Federal Register Notice: Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review: Assessing the Impact of Organizational and Personal Antecedents on Proactive Health/Safety Decision Making

7/16

• NIOSH Press Release: What Happens at Work Doesn’t Always Stay at Work; Lead Exposure from an E-Scrap Recycling Facility Can Transfer to the Home
• MMWR: Investigation of Childhood Lead Poisoning from Parental Take-Home Exposure from an Electronic Scrap Recycling Facility — Ohio, 2012

7/15

• NIOSH Research Rounds: July 2015

7/13

• Best Practices: Engineering Controls, Work Practices, and Exposure Monitoring for Occupational Exposures to Diacetyl and 2,3-Pentanedione DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-197

7/10

• Federal Register Notice: Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations -- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Occupational Safety and Health Program Elements in the Wholesale Retail Trade Sector OMB No. 0920–0949, expires 10/31/2015)—Extension—National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Federal Register Notice: World Trade Center Health Program; Petition 008—Autoimmune Diseases; Finding of Insufficient Evidence
• Federal Register Notice: Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations: Assessing Safety and Health Hazards to Workers in Oil and Gas Extraction: A Survey—New—Information Collection Request—National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

7/7

• NIOSH eNews: Volume 13, Number 3 (July 2015)
• NIOSH Science Blog: Turn it Down: Reducing the Risk of Hearing Disorders Among Musicians

7/1

• NIOSH Science Blog: Work, Stress, and Health:  Help Us Plan the Next 25 Years
• NIOSH Extramural Research and Training Program DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-196
• Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort - Grand Junction Facilities site in Grand Junction, Colorado
• Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort - Dow Chemical Company in Pittsburg, California
• Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort - Hanford site in Richland, Washington

June 2015

6/30

• NIOSH Press Release: NIOSH Employees Honored by Pittsburgh Federal Executive Board
• Federal Register Notice: Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or Advisory Board), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

6/22

• NIOSH Press Release: NIOSH Offers New Guidance to Help Musicians Protect their Hearing

6/18

• MMWR: Notes from the Field: Update: Silicosis Mortality - United States, 1999-2013
• NIOSH Science Blog: N95 Respirators Use During Pregnancy - Findings from Recent NIOSH Research

6/16

• Federal Register Notice: Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority

6/15

• NIOSH Science Blog: Silicosis Update

6/12

• CDC Health Advisory, June 11, 2015: Updated Information and Guidelines for Evaluation of Patients for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Infection
• NIOSH Science Blog: Workplace Medical Mystery Solved: Drum Maker Develops a Suspicious Rash

6/11

• NIOSH-Funded Program and Stakeholders Work to Prevent Falls from Temporary Wooden Platforms on Bridge Decks DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-190
• Workplace Solutions: Reducing Hazardous Dust Exposure When Cutting Fiber-Cement SidingDHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-185
• Workplace Solutions: Reducing the Risk of Hearing Disorders among Musicians DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-184

6/8

• Federal Register Notice: Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort - Dow Chemical Company in Pittsburg, California
• Federal Register Notice: Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort - Grand Junction Facilities site in Grand Junction, Colorado
• Federal Register Notice: Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort - Hanford site in Richland, Washington
• Federal Register Notice: World Trade Center Health Program; Petition 007- Autoimmune Diseases; Finding of Insufficient Evidence
• NIOSH Science Blog: Workplace Medical Mystery: Drum Maker Develops a Suspicious Rash
• NIOSH eNews: 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 Training for Nurses on Shift Work and Long Work Hours DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2015-115
• 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