NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ( NIOSH )

The Occupational Safety and Health Act, signed by president Richard Nixon, on December 29, 1970, created both NIOSH and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). NIOSH was established to help in the provision of safe and healthful working conditions by providing research information, education, and training in the field of occupational safety and health.

NIOSH is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services . Headquarter is in Washington, with research laboratories and offices in 14 x other states . Information pertaining to the specific responsibilities of NIOSH are found in Section 22 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 .

NIOSH is a professionally diverse organization with a staff of over 1,400 scientists representing a wide range of disciplines including medicine, industrial hygiene, safety, psychology, engineering, chemistry, and statistics. In addition to the research NIOSH conducts in its own laboratories, NIOSH also serves as the major support for occupational safety and health research in academic centers in the U.S.

NIOSH Goals
1. To conduct research to reduce workrelated illnesses and injuries 2. To promote safe and healthy workplaces through interventions, recommendations and capacity building 3. To enhance global workplace safety and health through international collaborations

Mission
The mission of NIOSH is to generate new knowledge in the field of occupational safety and health and to transfer that knowledge into practice for the betterment of workers. To accomplish this mission, NIOSH conducts scientific research, develops guidance and authoritative recommendations, and responds to requests for workplace health hazard evaluations

NIOSH Research
National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA): In 1996, NIOSH launched NORA, an innovative publicprivate partnership to establish priorities for occupational safety and health research both at NIOSH and throughout the country. It is NIOSHs job to ensure that NORA research activities are relevant to the problems of todays workplaces, conducted using the highest quality science, and having a measurable impact on improving the lives of workers.

Moving Research into Practice

To ensure that NORA research has impact on the lives of workers, NIOSH uses a research-to-practice initiatives, NIOSH works closely with partners to transfer and translate research findings, technologies, and information into highly effective prevention practices and products that can be adopted immediately in the workplace.

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/pubs/.

Building Capacity for the Future

Developing and supporting a new generation of researchers, NIOSH funds programs to support occupational safety and health research and education through 17 x regional university-based Education and Research Centers, 8 x Centers for Agricultural Disease and Injury Research, Education, and Prevention and 31 x Training Project grants. The NIOSH-supported Centers also conduct research and prevention projects to address the Nations occupational health and safety problems.

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/pubs/.

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Office in Morgantown, West Virginia

Office in Bintulu, Malaysia