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Publications featured on these pages include NIOSH documents and Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report articles that:
  • Address occupational health surveillance
  • Provide guidance for occupational surveillance activities
  • Incude surveillance data to describe the numbers of affected workers and patterns of injury and illness

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NIOSHTIC 2 LOGO is a searchable bibliographic database of occupational safety and health publications, documents, grant reports, and journal articles supported in whole or in part by NIOSH.

General Surveillance Issues

Tracking Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, And Hazards: The NIOSH Surveillance Strategic Plan DHHS (NIOSH) Publication 2001-118

Worker Health Chartbook, 2004
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication 2004-146
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.

Worker Health Chartbook, 2000
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication 2000-127

A. Worker Health Chartbook, 2000: Nonfatal Illness this document in PDF 2844 KB (68 pages)
B. Worker Health Chartbook, 2000: Nonfatal Injury this document in PDF 1912 KB (40 pages)
C. Worker Health Chartbook, 2000: Fatal Illness this document in PDF 1664 KB (60 pages)
D. Worker Health Chartbook, 2000: Fatal Injurythis document in PDF 1854 KB (40 pages)

Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance --- United States, 1998—2001,
December 13, 2002/ Vol. 51/ No. SS-11 MMWR Surveillance Summary

Injury and Illness

Work-RISQS Database
Public access query system for obtaining national estimates (number of cases) and rates for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments.

Surveillance and Prevention of Occupational Injuries in Alaska: A Decade of Progress, 1990-1999
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication 2002-115

Fatal Injuries to Civilian Workers in the United States, 1980-1995: National and State Profiles
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication 2001-129s

Fatal Injuries to Civilian Workers in the United States, 1980-1995: National Profile
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication 2001-129

Worker Deaths by Falls: A Summary if Surveillance Findings and Investigative Case Reports
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication 2000-116

Work Related Lung Disease Surveillance Report 2002
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2003-111 (2002) 

Work-Related Lung Disease Surveillance Report 1999
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication 2000-105

  • MMWR articles- general

Notice to Readers: Occupational Health Indicators for Tracking Work-Related Health Effects and Their Determinants
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5147a5.htm

Updated Guidelines for Evaluating Public Health Surveillance Systems

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5013a1.htm

Mandatory Reporting of Occupational Diseases by Clinicians
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00001666.htm

Hazards

National Occupational Exposure Survey
From 1981 to 1983, NIOSH conducted the National Occupational Exposure Survey (NOES) that collected data on potential occupational exposures to chemical, physical, and biological agents. NIOSH is making available a subset of the NOES database in the reports on this site.

National Occupational Exposure Survey Analysis of Management Interview Responses
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication 89-103

Special/High Risk Populations

Worker Health Chartbook, 2000, Focus on Mining
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication 2002-121
this document in PDF PDF Only 1384 KB (44 pages)

Injuries, Illnesses, and Hazardous Exposures in the Mining Industry, 1986-1995: A Surveillance Report
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2000-117
this document in PDF 2089 KB (154 pages)

Mining Facts for 2001
this document in PDF 179 KB (2 pages)

Silicosis screening in surface coal miners -- Pennsylvania, 1996-1997 (MMWR)
http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4927a2.htm

Injuries Among Youth On Farms in the United States, 1998
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2001-154

Injuries Among Farm Workers in the United States, 1995
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2001-153

Fatal Unintentional Farm Injuries Among Persons Less Than 20 Years Of Age in the United States: Geographic Profiles
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2001-131

Worker Deaths By Electrocution: A Summary Of Surveillance Findings And Investigative Case Reports
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 98-131

Injuries Among Farm Workers In The United States, 1993
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 97-115

Related NIOSH Topics

Other Resources

Surveillance of Mortality and Morbidity in U.S. Workers
External Link: http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/groups/niehs/niosh/
This NIOSH-funded study seeks to evaluate time trends for morbidity and longitudinal mortality associated with industries and occupations, using the publicly available National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) database.

NIOSH Spirometry Training Page
Information about training for those individuals who will be administering screening pulmonary function testing to employees who are exposed to cotton dust.

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