National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NIOSH is one United States government agency that keeps people safe when they work a job. This is known as occupational safety and health. NIOSH is part of the CDC.[1] NIOSH's goal is to make sure that things people wear, to not get sick, work. A thing people wear to not get sick is a respirator. This is a type of personal protective equipment. There are many ways a respirator can be made to not work,[2] so NIOSH has created many rules for respirators over time. NIOSH also does other work to keep people safe, like the work done by the Centers for Agricultural Safety and Health. This work keeps people who work on farms safe.[3]
| National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health | |
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | December 29, 1970 |
| Preceding agency | Division of Industrial Hygiene |
| Jurisdiction | Federal government of the United States |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
| Employees | ~1,200 |
| Agency executive | John Howard, Director |
| Parent agency | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP)
NIOSH also makes reports on why firefighters can die stopping fires. This program is called the FFFIPP, and NIOSH has been making FFFIPP reports since 1998.[4]
National Institute For Occupational Safety And Health Media
NIOSH's Taft Laboratory in Cincinnati in 1976
NIOSH's Byrd Laboratory in Morgantown, West Virginia in 2017
NIOSH's laboratory in Spokane, Washington in 2018
Both NIOSH's Experimental Mine and Mine Roof Simulator (pictured) in Bruceton, Pennsylvania, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Staff members at the NIOSH research center in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1978
NIOSH occupied the Robert A. Taft Center as its main facility in 1976. The building had opened in 1954 for the PHS Environmental Health Divisions, which became the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970 and moved to a new facility.
NIOSH absorbed the Bureau of Mines' research activities in 1996, along with its facilities in the Pittsburgh area dating from 1910.
Dr. Key at work
References
- ↑ NIOSH Divisions, Labs, and Offices.
- ↑ Counterfeit Respirators / Misrepresentation of NIOSH-ApprovalNIOSH, Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ↑ Centers for Agricultural Safety and Health (23 April 2024)CDC NIOSH.
- ↑ Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP)NIOSH. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
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