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The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is sponsoring a contest to recognize outstanding evaluations of interventions designed to prevent work injuries. The evaluation may be of any safety intervention, from a simple tool or equipment change at a single worksite to a comprehensive program implemented at multiple sites. Intervention can address training, protective equipment, or policies applied throughout a corporation, industry, state or nationally, such as an OSHA standard. Contestants will have an opportunity to share evaluation experiences in a special session of the National Occupational Injury Research Symposium on October 21 - 23, 2008, in Pittsburgh. Submission deadline: Closed. EligibilityAny individual or group evaluating the design, implementation or impact of a safety intervention to prevent work injuries.
Award CategoriesThe number and selection of award categories will depend on the numbers and types of submissions. AwardsAwards will be made on the basis of the quality and completeness of the submissions, as specified in the award criteria listed below. Finalists will be notified by July 31, 2008 and announced at the National Occupational Injury Research Symposium (NOIRS), October 21 - 23, 2008 in Pittsburgh. Financial support will be awarded to finalists for travel to NOIRS. NOIRS SessionNIOSH will host a session at NOIRS in which contest finalists will present their winning submissions. The session will provide an open forum in which contest participants and conference participants will discuss safety intervention evaluations. The session will focus on challenges of intervention evaluation research and possible solutions. Publicizing SubmissionsSome contest submissions may be disseminated through the NIOSH Website, together with recognition of the winners and runners-up. Award Criteria
For More InformationContact Jim Collins via e-mail at joc4@cdc.gov or by phone at (304) 285-5998.
Page last updated: April 8, 2008
Page last reviewed: March 18, 2008 Content Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
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