Focus and Scope of NIOSH

Following Brief descriptions provided here help to illustrate the scope of NIOSH activities, as well as to illustrate their shared goals of safer, healthier people. Here is a list of projects by NIOSH: Communicating Workplace Safety and Health in Spanish, Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act Of 2000, Health Hazard Evaluations, Health and Safety Of Young & Aging Workers, High-Risk Industries (Agriculture, Construction, Mining, Health Care), Immigrant/Hispanic Agricultural Worker Safety and Health, Mining Research, Monitoring and Preventing Hazardous Work Exposures, Musculoskeletal Disorders in Workers, National Occupational Research Agenda, National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, Occupational Fatality Investigation and Prevention, Occupational Safety and Health Information, Preventing Needlestick Injuries, Preventing Overexposure to Hazardous Substances Through Respirator Certification, Preventing Work-Related Injuries, Protecting the Safety and Health of Immigrant Workers, Tracking Work-Related Injuries, Illnesses, and Hazards, Training Occupational Safety and Health Professionals, Work-Related Cancers, Work-Related Cardiovascular Diseases, Work-Related Hearing Loss, Work-Related Lung Diseases.