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NIOSH Draft Documents for Public Review

 

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is making selected documents available for public review.

The overall goal of the review process is to enhance the quality and credibility of NIOSH recommendations by ensuring that their underlying research receives appropriate public assessment. NIOSH recognizes the value of input from stakeholders and other interested parties.

Draft Documents for Public Review

NIOSH Alert: Preventing Deaths and Injuries of Fire Fighters When Fighting Fires in Unoccupied Structures January 5, 2009 # NIOSH-141

Powered Air-Purifying Respirator (PAPR) Discussion Topics November 20, 2008 # NIOSH-008-A

Revision of Open-Circuit, Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) End of Service Time Indicator (EOSTI) Performance Requirement November 20, 2008 # NIOSH-034-A

Development Plan for Air-Fed Suit Respirator Performance Requirements November 20, 2008 # NIOSH-148

Draft Strategic Plan for the NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP) November 19, 2008 # NIOSH-063-A

Draft NIOSH Criteria Document Update: Occupational Exposure to Hexavalent Chromium September 30, 2008 Docket # NIOSH-144

Draft of Current Intelligence Bulletin (CIB): A Strategy for Assigning the New NIOSH Skin Notations for Chemicals, September 23, 2008 Docket # NIOSH-109

Draft Concept of Subpart J: Supplied-Air Respirators Technical Performance Standard, July 1, 2008 Docket # NIOSH-083-A

Draft Concept of Subpart Q: Closed-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus Technical Performance Standard, May 28, 2008 Docket # NIOSH-039-A

The Potential Modification of the NIOSH Statement of Standard for a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Full Facepiece Air-Purifying Respirator (APR) Docket # NIOSH-139

NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin: Asbestos Fibers and Other Elongated Mineral Particles: State of the Science and Roadmap for Research Revised Draft Document for Public Review and Comment Docket # NIOSH-099-A

Control Banding Literature Review and Critical Analysis Docket # NIOSH-138

NIOSH Alert:: Preventing Occupational Exposures to Lead and Noise at Indoor Firing Ranges, NIOSH Docket # NIOSH-128

Process for Providing Comment on NIOSH Survey of Healthcare Workers’ Safety and Health and NIOSH Survey of Healthcare Employer Safety and Health Practices Docket # NIOSH-135

NPPTL Draft Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Healthcare Workers (HCW) Action Plan Docket # NIOSH-129

NIOSH Alert: Preventing Chronic Beryllium Disease and Beryllium Sensitization Docket # NIOSH-120

NIOSH/Emergency Preparedness and Response Research Portfolio Docket # NIOSH-126

Process for Providing Comment on the Essential Elements of Effective Workplace Programs and Policies for Improving Worker Health and Wellbeing Docket # NIOSH-132

Reevaluation of NIOSH limitations on and precaution for safe use of positive-pressure closed-circuit self-contained breathing apparatus Docket # NIOSH-123

Interim Guidance on Medical Screening of Workers Potentially Exposed to Engineered Nanoparticles Docket # NIOSH-115

Process for Providing Comment on NIOSH Survey of Truck Driver Safety and Health - NIOSH Docket # 110

NPPTL Facial Anthropometrics Research Roadmap - NIOSH Docket #111

NORA Products for Public Comment

The National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) program has made products available for public comment. To view and comment on these products visit
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nora/comment/public/.

 

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NORA Products for Public Comment