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 2013 - 2014. Postings prior to 2013 can be found in the NIOSH What's New Archives.

January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October• November • December • January 2014 • February 2014 • March 2014 • April 2014 •May 2014

May 2014

5/30

• The State of the National Initiative on Prevention through Design - DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2014-123

5/29

• NIOSH Press Releases and Updates: NIOSH Ladder Safety Smart Phone App is a Finalist for Innovation Award
• NIOSH Press Releases and Updates: Voices Heard: NIOSH's Hearing Loss Prevention Branch Wins Excellence Award

5/28

• NIOSH Press Releases and Updates: New NIOSH Report Outlines Hazards for Distant Water Tuna Fleet
• NIOSH Science Blog: Nickel Nanoparticles: A Case of Sensitization Associated with Occupational Exposure
• Commercial Fishing Morbidity and Mortality, U.S. Distant Water Tuna Fleet, 2006-2012 - DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2014-126
• Preventing Falls from Heights through the Design of Embedded Safety Features - DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2014-124

5/27

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

5/23

• Federal Register Notice: Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BSC, NIOSH) - Meeting Announcement
• Federal Register Notice: Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or the Advisory Board), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) - Committee Meeting Announcement
• Federal Register Notice: Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Initial Review - NIOSH Member Conflict Review
• Federal Register Notice: Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Initial Review - Miner Safety and Health Training Program

5/21

• NIOSH Science Blog: Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs
• Federal Register Notice: Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review - Total Worker Health for Small Business 

5/19

• NIOSH Data and Statistics: Occupational Hearing Loss (OHL) Worker Surveillance Data(Dataset SD-1001-2014-0)
• NIOSH Science Blog: Reports of Worker Fatalities during Flowback Operations

5/16

• Federal Register Notice: Virtual Reality to Train and Assess Emergency Responders (OMB No. 0920-0975, expires 07/31/2016)-Revision-National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

5/14

• NIOSH Science Blog: A NIOSH Role in Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention

5/12

• Federal Register Notice:Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
• Federal Register Notice: Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

5/9

• Federal Register Notice: Notice of issuance of final publication. NIOSH publication 2014-122, NIOSH Center for Motor Vehicle Safety: Strategic Plan for Research and Prevention, 2014-2018

5/6

• Federal Register Notice: World Trade Center Health Program; Petition 004-Cardiovascular Disease; Finding of Insufficient Evidence

5/5

• NIOSH Science Blog: How Well Do You Think You Are Protected?
• Federal Register Notice: Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review: Proposed Project – Persistence of Viable Influenza Virus

5/1

• NIOSH Press Releases and Updates: NIOSH Presents 2014 Awards for Significant Scientific Contributions
• NIOSH Press Releases and Updates: Center for Motor Vehicle Safety Launches Strategic Plan, Driving Innovation Forward
• NIOSH Center for Motor Vehicle Safety: Strategic Plan for Research and Prevention, 2014-2018 - DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2014-122

April 2014

4/29

• Preventing Deaths and Injuries to Fire Fighters by Establishing Collapse Zones at Structure Fires  - DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2014-120

4/28

• NIOSH Press Releases and Updates: NIOSH Seeks Proposals on Robotics Technologies for Assisting in Underground Mining Rescue Efforts
• NIOSH Science Blog: A Voice in the Wilderness: Alice Hamilton and the Illinois Survey

4/25

• NIOSH Science Blog: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Workers' Memorial Day, April 28, 2014

4/24

• NIOSH Press Releases and Updates: Workers Memorial Day, 2014: Statement by John Howard, M.D., Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Federal Register Notice: Respiratory Protective Devices Used in Healthcare (comment date extended)
• NIOSH Science Blog: Workers Memorial Day 2014

4/23

• NIOSH Science Blog: Coccidioidomycosis: An Enduring Work-Related Disease

4/22

• NIOSH Science Blog: Semi-Autonomous Motor Vehicles: What Are the Implications for Work-related Road Safety?

4/21

• NIOSH Science Blog: The History and Future of NIOSH Morgantown

4/16

• NIOSH Publication: Bibliography of Communication and Research Products 2013 - DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2014-119
• NIOSH Science Blog: Occupations with High Obesity Prevalence in Washington State

4/11

• Federal Register Notice: Notice of Draft Document for Public Comment - NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods (NMAM) entitled Method 8324: 3-Bromopropionic acid in urine; A metabolite of 1-bromopropane
• Federal Register Notice: Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review - Application of a Web-based Health Survey Tool in Schools

4/10

• Federal Register Notice: Occupational Safety and Health Investigations of Places of Employment - Notice of proposed rulemaking; withdrawal.
• Federal Register Notice: Occupational Safety and Health Investigations of Places of Employment - Notice confirming effective date of direct final rule.

4/9

• NIOSH Science Blog: So How Accurate Are These Smartphone Sound Measurement Apps?
• Federal Register Notice: Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort

4/8

• NIOSH Topic Page: Poultry Industry Workers
• Federal Register Notice: Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations
• Federal Register Notice: Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or Advisory Board), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), HHS

4/7

• NIOSH Press Releases and Updates: NIOSH Announces Free, Confidential 2014 Screenings for Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis for Coal Miners
• Federal Register Notice: Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations - Respiratory Protective Devices-42 CFR part 84-Regulation-(0920-0109)-Revision

4/2

• Federal Register Notice: Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing
• NIOSH Science Blog: Do We Need to Challenge Respirator Filters With Biological Aerosols?

4/1

• NIOSH Press Releases and Updates: NIOSH Follows Workers as they Age; New Topic Page Promotes Healthy Aging

March 2014

3/31

• Federal Register Notice: World Trade Center Health Program; Petition 003-Kidney Damage; Finding of Insufficient Evidence

3/28

• NIOSH Science Blog: Making of the New NIOSH Homepage

3/27

• NIOSH Update: NIOSH Video Highlights the Use of Personal Flotation Devices in Cold Water Survival, Alaska

3/26

• Federal Register Notice: Partnerships To Advance the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA)

3/25

• 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)
• Federal Register Notice: Mine Safety and Health Research Advisory Committee, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (MSHRAC, NIOSH)

3/24

• NIOSH Science Blog: Making a Splash: Three Fishermen Saved by Personal Flotation Devices!

3/20

• Hispanic Yard Worker Dies After Being Pinned by a Release of Logs From a Log Stack - North Carolina (FACE 2007-05) (Spanish) Trabajador hispano de un aserradero muere luego de quedar atrapado bajo unos troncos de una pila que se derrumbó en Carolina del Norte
• Paul Revere: A Story of Survival in Bristol Bay - DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2014-115

3/18

• NIOSH Update: NIOSH Highlights Silica Research at OSHA Public Hearing

3/17

• NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Pandemic Planning

3/14

• NIOSH Press Release/Update: NIOSH and NHCA present 2014 Safe-in-Sound Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention Awards™
• Federal Register Notice: Respiratory Protective Devices Used in Healthcare
• Investigation of Purging and Airlock Contamination of Mobile Refuge Alternatives - DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2014-116

3/13

• Morbidity & Mortality Report (MMWR), March 14, 2014: Prevalence of Influenza-Like Illness and Seasonal and Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Workers - United States, 2009-10 Influenza Season

3/12

• Hispanic Construction Worker Dies While Operating Ride-On Roller/Compactor-South Carolina (FACE 2007-06) (Spanish) Trabajador de la construcción hispano muere cuando operaba una aplanadora/apisonadora en Carolina del Sur
• 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
• 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

3/11

• NIOSH Science Blog: Silica Hazards from Engineered Stone Countertops
• 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)

3/10

• NIOSH Launches Disaster Science Research Initiative
• Hispanic Worker Dies When a Sixty-Foot Tree Falls Onto the Hydraulic Excavator He Was Operating to Clear Land - Tennessee (FACE 2009-02) (Spanish) Trabajador hispano muere cuando un árbol de sesenta pies cae sobre la excavadora hidráulica con la que estaba despejando un terreno en Tennessee

3/7

• Federal Register Notice: Proposed Project: An Investigation of Lung Health at an Indium-Tin Oxide Production Facility - New - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Federal Register Notice: Proposed Project: Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program (CWHSP)-(0920-0200, Expiration 06/30/2014)- Revision - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Federal Register Notice: Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

3/4

• NIOSH eNews - March, 2014
• NIOSH Safety and Health Topic:Healthy Aging at Work

February 2014

2/20

• NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Nail Gun Safety

2/19

• Work-Related Motor Vehicle Crashes: Preventing Injuries to Young Drivers: What Employers Should Know (Pub. No. 2013-153) (Spanish) Choques automovilísticos relacionados con el trabajo: Prevención de lesiones en conductores jóvenes, Lo que los empleadores deben saber
• Work-Related Motor Vehicle Crashes: Preventing Injuries to Young Drivers: What Parents Should Know (Pub. No. 2013-152) (Spanish) Choques automovilísticos relacionados con el trabajo: Prevención de lesiones en conductores jóvenes, Lo que los padres deben saber

2/18

• Federal Register Notice: World Trade Center Health Program; Amendments to List of WTC-Related Health Conditions; Cancer; Revision

2/14

• NIOSH Science Blog:Respirator Care = Safe to Wear!
• Controls for Noise Exposure

2/13

• NIOSH Update:NIOSH Call for Abstracts, Webinar Series Launch to Advance Total Worker Health™

2/12

• NIOSH Extramural Research and Training Program Annual Report of Fiscal Year 2012 - DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2014-114

2/11

• Federal Register Notice:Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Initial Review

2/6

• NIOSH eNews - February, 2014
• Federal Register Notice:NIOSH Center for Motor Vehicle Safety: Research and Guidance Strategic Plan 2014-2018
• Federal Register Notice:Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations

2/4

• NIOSH Science Blog: World Cancer Day - Cancer Detectives in the Workplace

January 2014

1/31

• Morbidity & Mortality Report (MMWR), January 17, 2014: Notes from the Field: Acute Illness Associated with Use of Pest Strips - Seven U.S. States and Canada, 2000-2013 

1/30

• NIOSH Science Blog: Social Media at NIOSH - The Year in Review 

1/28

• NIOSH Update: NIOSH Seeking Director for Health Effects Laboratory Division

1/23

• NIOSH Science Blog: Persistent Pain in the Neck! What Resources Help you Prevent MSDs in the Workplace? 

1/22

• Hispanic-Operated Farms, 2008 - DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2014-112
• Racial Minority-Operated Farms, 2008 - DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2014-111
• Federal Register Notice: Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations 
• Federal Register Notice: Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations 

1/21

• Federal Register Notice: Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort 
• Federal Register Notice: Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort 

1/16

• NIOSH Update: New NIOSH Study Sheds Light on Long-Haul Truck Driver Health 
• Federal Register Notice: Occupational Safety and Health Investigations of Places of Employment 
• Federal Register Notice: Occupational Safety and Health Investigations of Places of Employment; Technical Amendments 
• Federal Register Notice: Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): Initial Review 
• 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) 

1/13

• Federal Register Notice: Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 

1/10

• NIOSH Science Blog: Using Workers’ Compensation Records for Safety and Health Research 
• Local Health Departments and the NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Program: Working Together  - DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2014-113

1/6

• NIOSH Update:  NIOSH publishes results from IBM-Endicott Study 
• NIOSH Update:  MEDIA ADVISORY 

1/2

•  Workers' Compensation Insurance: A Primer for Public Health  - DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2014-110