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Small Business

 

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  • Safety and Health Resource Guide for Small Businesses
    DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2003-100 (March 1998)
    This Guide is intended to help small business owners, employers, and managers deal with occupational safety and health concerns. Others involved with the small business community may also benefit from using this resource.

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NIOSHTIC-2 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.

NIOSH Publications


Identifying High-Risk Small Business Industries
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 99-107
NIOSH has prepared this report to characterize the risk of occupational injury, illness, and fatality in industries composed mostly of small business establishments.

Safety and Health Resource Guide for Small Businesses
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2003-100 (March 1998)
This Guide is intended to help small business owners, employers, and managers deal with occupational safety and health concerns. Others involved with the small business community may also benefit from using this resource.

Health Hazard Evaluations


Health Hazard Evaluations
HHE's are investigations done by NIOSH in response to concerns expressed by employees, employee representatives, or employers, to find out whether there is a health hazard to employees caused by hazardous exposures and conditions in the workplace.
  • HHE Report No. HETA-2001-0537-2897, Sunset Strip Furniture Stripping, Huntington Beach, California
    this document in PDF PDF only  409 KB (17 pages)

  • HHE Report No. HETA-2000-0013-2830, Venus and Mars, Orlando, Florida; Body Piercing by Bink, Tallahasse, Florida
    this document in PDF PDF only  578 KB (21 pages)

  • HHE Report No. HETA-2001-0144-2867, Superior Label Systems, Mason, Ohio
    this document in PDF PDF only  429 KB (30 pages)

  • HHE Report No. HETA-2001-0081-2877, Glass Masters Neon, Savannah, Georgia
    this document in PDF PDF only  413 KB (23 pages)

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Other Resources


Florida Reduces Small Business Illness and Injury Rates: The Seven-Up Safety and Health Program
USF Safety Florida Consultation Program (November 8, 2001)
this document in PDF PDF only  472K (51 pages)
Documentation of pre- and post-consultation small business illness and injury experience from the Florida Division of Safety Research. This paper outlines the elements of the Consultation Program that were instrumental in delivering the results documented by the Division of Safety and which have been enhanced by the University of South Florida.

Using Surveillance Data to Develop Training for Small Businesses in Maine
Maine Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Standards

this document in PDF PDF only  317K (28 pages)
An overview of the Bureau of Labor Standards (BLS) and SAFETYWORKS and the Maine Occupational Research Agenda (MORA) (presentation).

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHHA) Small Business site
This site provides access to the most popular materials for small businesses, from free on-site consultation to interactive computer software to technical information to easy-to-follow guides for specific OSHA standards. It also includes links to OSHA local offices and the Small Business Administration.

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