by Jbs082909 f3 — August 31, 2009—The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has released several publications in recent weeks dealing with workplace safety and health, including two dealing with reducing noise exposure and protecting healthcare workers from H1N1. Highlights are listed below, from the most recent.
- NIOSH Science Blog: Occupational Disease and Nanoparticles
- Technology News 536 – NIOSH Develops New Software to Analyze and Reduce Noise Exposure (July 2009, Pub. No. 2009-150)
- NIOSH Science Blog: H1N1: Protecting Healthcare Workers
- NIOSH Update: Chemical Skin Hazard Strategy Revised by NIOSH to Provide More Useful, Detailed Notations
- Current Intelligence Bulletin 61: A Strategy for Assigning New NIOSH Skin Notations (NIOSH Pub. No. 2009-147, July 2009)
- Engineering Controls for Silica in Construction Topic pages: Jackhammer, Cut-off Saws, Tuckpointing, and Concrete Grinder
- Workplace Solution: Reducing Hazardous Dust in Enclosed Operator Cabs During Construction (Spanish) (Disminucin de la exposicin al polvo peligroso en cabinas cerradas que utilizan los operadores en la construccin) (Pub. No. 2009-123, April 2009)
The publications may be accessed from the NIOSH What’s New Web page.
