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 Applications Manual for the Revised NIOSH Lifting Equation
The NIOSH "Elements of Ergonomic 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.