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The NIOSH Web site features many different types of databases and information resources. They are categorized here by Chemical; Injury, Illness & Hazards Data and Information; Publications; Respirators and other Personal Protective Equipment; Agriculture; and Construction. The most popular databases include the International Chemical Safety Cards, NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards, and NIOSHTIC-2.
Chemical
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Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH)
Provides the immediately dangerous to life or health air concentration values (IDLHs) for substances and the criteria and information sources that have been used to determine these values.
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International Chemical Safety Cards (WHO/IPCS/ILO)
ICSC cards summarize essential health and safety information on
chemicals for their use at the "shop floor" level by
workers and employers in factories, agriculture, construction
and other work places.
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Manual of Analytical Methods (NMAM)
NMAM is a collection of methods for sampling and analysis of contaminants
in workplace air, and in the blood and urine of workers who are
occupationally exposed.
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NIOSH Pocket Guide To Chemical Hazards (NPG)
The NPG is intended as a source of general industrial hygiene
information on several hundred chemicals/classes for workers,
employers, and occupational health professionals.
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Occupational Safety and Health Guidelines for Chemical Hazards
Summarizes information on permissible exposure limits, chemical
and physical properties, and health hazards. It provides recommendations
for medical surveillance, respiratory protection, and personal
protection and sanitation practices for specific chemicals that
have Federal occupational safety and health regulations.
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OSHA 1988 Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs)
PELs are OSHA comments from the January 19, 1989 Final Rule on Air Contaminants Project extracted from 54FR2332 et. seq. This rule was remanded by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the limits are not currently in force.
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Specific Medical Tests Published
in the Literature for OSHA Regulated Substances (MEDTEST)
The MEDTEST database lists the specific medical tests published
in the literature for OSHA regulated substances. Updates of OSHA
mandated tests (July 1, 2000) and NIOSH/OSHA recommendations are
included.
Injury, Illness & Hazards Data and Information
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HHE Health Hazard Evaluations (HHEs)
NIOSH conducts Health Hazard Evaluations (HHEs) to find out whether there are health hazards to employees caused by exposures or conditions in the workplace.
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National Occupational Exposure Survey (NOES)
NOES contains data collected by NIOSH from 1981 to 1983 on potential
occupational exposures to chemical, physical, and biological agents
in a broad spectrum of U.S. industries. It can be used to associate
potential exposures with industry types, occupations, observed
exposure conditions, and other parameters.
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National Occupational Respiratory Mortality System (NORMS)
An interactive query system designed to generate statistics, charts, and maps relating to mortality from occupationally-related lung diseases.
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Worker Health Chartbook, 2004
The Worker Health Chartbook, 2004 is a descriptive epidemiologic
reference on occupational morbidity and mortality in the United
States. A resource for agencies, organizations, employers, researchers,
workers, and others who need to know about occupational injuries
and illnesses, the Chartbook includes more than 400
figures and tables describing the magnitude, distribution, and
trends of the Nation’s occupational injuries, illnesses,
and fatalities.
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Work-Related
Injury Statistics Query System (Work-RISQS)
Work-RISQS provides a web-based public access query system for
obtaining national estimates (number of cases) and rates (number
of cases per hours worked) for nonfatal occupational injuries
and illnesses treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments.
Users may interactively query based on demographic characteristics,
nature of injury/illness, and incident circumstances for the years
1998 and 1999.
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Work-Related Lung Disease (WoRLD) Surveillance Report
The WoRLD report presents information on various work-related respiratory diseases and associated exposures in the United States, and describes where these diseases are occurring (by industry and geographic location), who is affected (by race, gender, age, and occupation), how frequently they occur, and temporal trends.
Publications
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Common
Information Service System (CISS)
CISS is an information system provided as a public service by NIOSH
Mining Safety and Health Research (formerly the U.S. Bureau
of Mines). Thousands of publications are stored in this searchable
database in bibliographic form and include abstracts.
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NIOSHTIC-2
NIOSHTIC-2 is a bibliographic database of occupational safety
and health publications, documents, grant reports, and other communication
products supported in whole or in part by the National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health.
Respirators and other Personal Protective Equipment
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CBRN APR NIOSH Approved Respirators
This site provides information for determining if a given APR is certified by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for use by emergency responders in a potential CBRN situation. It also provides a list of devices that have been certified by NIOSH for such use.
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CBRN SCBA NIOSH Approved Respirators
This site provides information from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) on testing and certifying self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) for use by emergency responders in chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) environments.
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Certified Equipment List (CEL)
The CEL is a database of all NIOSH certified respirators and coal mine dust personal sampler units.
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NIOSH-Approved Disposable Particulate Respirators (Filtering Facepieces)
Provides a listing of NIOSH-approved disposable particulate respirators that health care workers can use to help protect themselves from diseases potentially spread through the air, such as SARS or Tuberculosis.
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Recommendations for Chemical Protective Clothing
Provides assistance in identifying potentially appropriate types of chemical barrier material for protection against skin contact with the chemicals listed in the NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards.
Agriculture
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National Agriculture Safety Database (NASD)
NASD is a collection of information about health, safety and injury
prevention in agriculture. The information in the database was
contributed by safety professionals and organizations from across
the nation in an effort to promote safety in agriculture.
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Farm Family Health and Hazard Surveillance
The FFHHS Program surveyed the health status of agricultural workers
and their families as well as the work-related risk factors and
conditions of exposure to potentially hazardous agents and events.
Construction
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