May 31, 2010—The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has published several resources in recent weeks covering such workplace safety and health issues as hearing loss, respiratory diseases, emerging risks, lead, MSDs and manufacturing safety.
The recent publications include:
- Occupationally-Induced Hearing Loss (Pub. No. 2010-136);
Work-Related Respiratory Diseases (Pub. No. 2010-144);
- Occupational Emerging Risks (Pub. No. 2010-148);
- Workplace Safety & Health Topics: Lead;
- NIOSH Science Blog: Skin…Exposed!;
- Oil Spills Topic page (Español: Temas de salud y seguridad de NIOSH: Derrames de Petróleo);
- MMWR: Acute Antimicrobial Pesticide-Related Illnesses Among Workers in Health-Care Facilities—California, Louisiana, Michigan, and Texas, 2002-2007;
- Reducing Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders among Rodbusters (Español: Disminución de los trastornos musculoesqueléticos asociados al trabajo en personas que instalan barras de armaduras para concreto) (Pub. No. 2010-103);
- Health Disparities in Manufacturing (Pub. No. 2010-146);
- Small Businesses in Manufacturing (Pub. No. 2010-147);
- Work-Related Cancer (Pub. No. 2010-145);
- Catastrophic Incidents in Manufacturing (Pub. No. 2010-149);
- Occupational Injuries & Fatalities Due To Falls (Pub. No. 2010-143);
- Injuries & Fatalities From Contact with Objects (Pub. No. 2010-142); and
- NIOSH Safety Checklist Program for Schools, Noise (Occupational), Self-Inspection Checklist (Español: Programa de NIOSH para la verificación de la seguridad en las escuelas, Ruido [ocupacional], Lista de verificación para la autoinspección).
