Occupational Injury Prevention Research in NIOSH

Occupational Injury Prevention Research in NIOSH

This paper provided a brief summary of the current strategic goals, activities, and impacts of the NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) occupational injury research program. Three primary drivers (injury database, stakeholder input, and staff capacity) were used to define NIOSH research focuses to maximize relevance and impact of the NIOSH injury-prevention-research pro...

Occupational injury prevention research: progress and priorities.

The twentieth century witnessed remarkable reductions in the number and rate of occupational fatalities and injuries. However, many preventable injuries and deaths still occur. Barriers to progress in occupational injury prevention are discussed, along with strategies for overcoming them. In mining, the frequency of death has dramatically declined over the century. The latest figures from the B...

Successes and failures in occupational injury prevention.

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Prevention through Design (PtD) Workshop closing remarks.

I am going to end where we began on Monday and remind you of the remarks by Fred Manuele. We should all heed his insights and sagacity on this subject: “prevention through design is big, it is heavy,” and let me take the liberty to add, it will be hard, take time, patience, and commitment. It will require leadership, but I am confident that change will occur. Why do I think so? What makes me so...

NIOSH tools for hearing loss prevention programs

The mining workforce experiences high rates of hazardous noise exposure and hearing loss. However, previous studies have identified specific behavioral and attitudinal barriers that keep miners from effectively acting to prevent their own hearing loss. The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has developed several new hearing loss prevention tools and interventions that ...