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Occupational Safety & Health
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities
The Bureau of Labor Statistics annually reports on the number of workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities.
Electronic Library of Construction Safety and Health (ELCOSH)
A wide range of materials on construction safety and health. The goal is to improve safety and health for construction workers by making such information easier to obtain than in the past.
Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health Concentrations (IDLHs)
This publication documents the criteria and information sources that have been used by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to determine immediately dangerous to life or health concentrations (IDLHs).
International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
An ICSC summarizes essential health and safety information on chemicals for their use at the "shop floor" level by workers and employers in factories, agriculture, construction and other work places. ICSCs are not legally binding documents, but consist of a series of standard phrases, mainly summarizing health and safety information collected, verified and peer reviewed by internationally recognized experts, taking into account advice from manufacturers and Poison Control Centres.
National Ag Safety Database (NASD)
A database of materials devoted to increased safety, health and injury prevention in agriculture.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) website.
NIOSH Certified Equipment List (CEL)
The Certified Equipment List (CEL), a database of all certified respirators and coal mine dust personal sampler units, may be accessed on-line, or it may be downloaded. The on-line, searchable database is updated monthly. The downloadable CEL is updated semi-annually, as of March 31 and September 30.
NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods (NMAM®)
NMAM is a collection of methods for sampling and analysis of contaminants in workplace air, and in the blood and urine of workers who are occupationally exposed. These methods have been developed or adapted by NIOSH or its partners and have been evaluated according to established experimental protocols and performance criteria. NMAM also includes chapters on quality assurance, sampling, portable instrumentation, etc.
NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
The NPG is intended as a source of general industrial hygiene information on several hundred chemicals/classes for workers, employers, and occupational health professionals. The NPG does not contain an analysis of all pertinent data, rather it presents key information and data in abbreviated or tabular form for chemicals or substance groupings (e.g. cyanides, fluorides, manganese compounds) that are found in the work environment.
NIOSHTIC-2
NIOSHTIC-2 is a bibliographic database of occupational safety and health publications generated by NIOSH researchers or developed with NIOSH funding.
Occupational Health Guidelines for Chemical Hazards
Guidelines published by the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) in 1981 with revisions where available.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) website.
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Decisions
Final Administrative Law Judges (ALJ) Decisions and Final Commission Decisions from the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC).
OSHA Electronic Reading Room
OSHA directives, manuals, statistics, data, etc.
OSHA Regulation and Compliance Links
Regulations and Compliance Links provides a comprehensive and easy to use resource for current OSHA standards and compliance-related information.
Specific Medical Tests Published for OSHA Regulated Substances
This database lists the specific medical tests published in the literature for OSHA regulated substances.
Workplace Violence, see Workplace Violence
