July 8, 2009—Keeping workers healthy in “green” jobs and determining sound exposures are two of the topics addressed in several publications that the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has released in recent weeks related to workplace safety and health.
The publications, available on the NIOSH What’s New Web page, include:
- NIOSH Science Blog: Going Green: Safe and Healthy Jobs;
- Determination of Sound Exposures (DOSES): Software Manual and Implementation Guide (May 2009, Pub. No. 2009-135);
- NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Correctional Health Care Workers;
- Workplace Solutions: Reducing Hazardous Dust in Enclosed Operator Cabs During Construction (April 2009, Pub. No. 2009-123);
- NIOSH Topic Page: Nitric Acid;
- NIOSH Docket Item for Comment: Quality Assurance Requirements for Respirators – NIOSH Docket 109—comment period extended to October 9, 2009;
- NIOSH Update: NIOSH Launches Initiative to Create Awareness, Guidance for Worker Safety and Health in “Green Jobs;”
- Federal Register Notice: Prevention Through Design (PtD) Plan for the National Initiative;
- Workplace Solution: Reducing Hazardous Dust Exposure When Rock Drilling During Construction (Spanish) (Disminucin de la exposicin al polvo peligroso en la perforacin de rocas durante la construccin) (Pub. No. 2009-124, April 2009);
- NIOSH Hearing Loss Simulator Instruction and Training Guide (Spanish) (Simulador de prdida auditiva NIOSH Gua de capacitacin e instruccin) (Pub. No. 2008-119, March 2008); and
- Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System.
