NIOSH Press Releases and Updates

This page features HHS and CDC press releases, and NIOSH "Updates" from the Director's Office. NIOSH Updates describe important announcements of research summaries, workshops, conferences, new programs and other major news events.

1997

• Job Death Rates for 16-, 17-Year-Olds Comparable to or Higher Than Adult Rates for Leading Causes, NIOSH Finds (December 16, 1997)
• NIOSH, BFI Team For Research Project On Drivers' Field Of Vision When Backing Up
  (November 19, 1997)
• MSA Portal-Pack® Units Pose Significant User Risk, Should be Replaced Immediately With Certified Substitutes (November 14, 1997)
• NIOSH Suggests Approaches on Shiftwork to Reduce Worker Fatigue, Stress (November 4, 1997)
• Scientists Convene For NIOSH National Symposium on Occupational Injury Prevention
  (October 15, 1997)
• NIOSH Studies On High-Tech Mining Safety Measures Presented At National Work Injury Research Conference (October 15, 1997)
• NIOSH Researchers in Cincinnati, Morgantown, Receive Award for Outstanding Scientific Publications (October 8, 1997)
• NIOSH Wins 1997 R&D 100 Award (September 30, 1997)
• NIOSH Announces Cooperative Agreement Creating National Children's Center For Agricultural Injury Prevention (September 29, 1997)
• Survey Findings Highlight Continued Need in Tractor Safety (September 12, 1997)
• NIOSH National Occupational Research Symposium OCT. 15-17 will Highlight New Research on Job Injury Prevention (September 12, 1997)
• Results of NIOSH/OSHA "Effective Practices" Ergonomics Conference Now Available on Internet (August 29, 1997)
• Children of Construction Workers at Increased Risk for Lead Poisoning (August 28, 1997)
• NIOSH Conference on National Research Agenda Reviews Progress Under Partnerships, Further Opportunities (July 1, 1997)
• NIOSH Issues Major Critical Review of Science on Job Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
  (July 1, 1997)
• NIOSH Alert On Work-Related Latex Allergy Recommends Steps To Reduce Exposures
  (June 23, 1997)
• NIOSH Highlights Young Worker Injury Prevention as Summer Employment Season Nears
  (June 1997)
• Practical Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders Highlighted in NIOSH Workplace Primer
  (May 5, 1997)
• Risk Factors for Injury in Robberies of Convenience Stores Examined in NIOSH Study (May, 1997)
• NIOSH Launches National Research Program to Protect Children on Farms From Injury, Death
  (April 21, 1997)
• NIOSH-Supported Study Examines Substitutes for Silica Sand to Further Efforts in Silicosis Prevention (March 25, 1997)
• Silicosis Prevention Furthered by NIOSH Pilot Program Aiding Identification of Cases in Seven Participating States (March 25, 1997)
• Nancy A. Stout Named Director of NIOSH Safety Research Division (February 24, 1997)
• Safeguards Against Carbon Monoxide Risk From Small Gasoline Engines Recommended By NIOSH, Partners (January 27, 1997)
• NIOSH Warns: Improper Hitching to Tractors Can Be Fatal (January 14, 1997)
• NIOSH Exploratory Study on Keyboard Design Finds No Major Differences in User Comfort, Fatigue (January 8, 1997)
• Prevention of Job-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Draws National Audience at Conference Hosted by NIOSH, OSHA (January 8, 1997)

1996

• NIOSH, DOD Study Finds Most Military Deaths Due to Unintentional Injuries, Other Preventable Causes (November 15, 1996)
• NIOSH Issues Full Text of Criteria Documents on CD-ROM Set (November 9, 1996)
• NIOSH Joins with Partner Agencies to Issue Reference Publication on Workplace Exposure to EMF (November 6, 1996)
• Albert E. Munson, Professor, Immunotoxology Pioneer, Named To Head NIOSH Health Effects Research Laboratory (August 19, 1996)
• NIOSH Report Addresses Problem of Workplace Violence, Suggests Strategies for Preventing Risks (July 8, 1996)
• NIOSH Study Finds Work Injuries, Illnesses Among Young Employees Pervasive, Preventable
  (June 1996)
• NIOSH Warns of Silicosis Risks in Construction, Suggest Measures to Reduce Exposure (June 1996)
• NIOSH celebrates 25th Anniversary (April 29, 1996)
• HHS Releases National Agenda for Workplace Safety and Health Research (April 29, 1996)

1995

• NIOSH Warns Farmers of Forage Wagon Hazards (September 14, 1995)
• NIOSH Warns: Employment May Be Hazardous for Adolescent Workers (July 17, 1995)
• NIOSH Finds Effective Interventions to Reduce Ergonomic Injuries in Meatpacking and Other Industries (January 6, 1995)

1994

• NIOSH Warns Of Agricultural Hazards (July 19, 1994)
• Hazards of Flood Cleanup Work (July 1994)
• NIOSH Warns: Nitrous Oxide Continues to Threaten Health Care Workers (June 14, 1994)
• NIOSH Warns: Employment Can Be Dangerous and Deadly for Adolescents (May 19, 1994)
• College Students May be Risking Their Lives on Fishing Vessels (April 1994)

1993

• NIOSH Urges Immediate Action to Prevent Workplace Homicide (October 25, 1993)
• NIOSH Warns Workers About Explosive Respirator Cylinders (August 2, 1993)
• NIOSH Issues Warning To Tobacco Harvesters (July 8, 1993)
• NIOSH Warns: Manure Pits Continue to Claim Lives (July 6, 1993)
• NIOSH Warns of Danger of Trench Cave-ins (May 20, 1993)
• Farm Safety (May 20, 1993)
• NIOSH Warns of Deadly Carbon Monoxide Hazard from Using Pressure Washers Indoors
  (May 10, 1993)
• NIOSH Warns Farmers of Deadly Risk of Grain Suffocation (April 28, 1993)
• NIOSH Reports on the Preventability of Tractor Rollovers (January 29, 1993)
• NIOSH Issues Nationwide Alert on Dangers of Working from Scaffolds (January 4, 1993)
• Prevention of Silicosis Deaths (1993)

1992

• NIOSH Issues Nationwide Alert on Dangers of Tree Trimming (December 7, 1992)
• NIOSH Issues Nationwide Alert on Silicosis (November 18, 1992)