Selected NIOSH Publications

 

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is charged with (among other things) performing or funding the research that is used by OSHA to support its standards.

The NIOSH review of the effectiveness of occupational safety and health training summarizes the literature on the effect of safety training on accidents rates and observed safety behaviors.

The large scale epidemiological review by NIOSH concerning the work-relatedness of musculo-skeletal disorders.  

The Applications Manual for the Revised NIOSH Lifting Equation

The NIOSH "Elements of Ergonomic Programs"

Transcripts of presentations at NIOSH conference entitled "Ergonomics: Effective Workplace Practices and Programs

The NIOSH statement on keyboard designs

Systematic Reviews of Childhood Injury Prevention Interventions:

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, part of the Centers for Disease Control

The (brief) NIOSH statement on backbelts

There is also a more detailed NIOSH review of backbelts.

The NIOSH publications page also contains links pertaining to silicosis, exposures to a wide variety of chemical compounds, electrocution hazards from power line contacts, and noise-induced hearing loss, among others.

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