CONTACT INFORMATION

NIOSH provides several services for small businesses. These services include a wide selection of easy-to-read worker safety and health publications and information specialists who can provide in-depth responses to a variety of workplace safety and health concerns.

Web site:www.cdc.gov/niosh
E-mail: pubstaft@cdc.gov
Toll-free telephone: 1-800-35-NIOSH (1-800-356-4674)
NIOSH fax directory: 1-888-CDC-FAXX (1-888-232-3299)

In addition to the above, the NIOSH Office for Mine Safety and Health Research conducts objective studies, research, experiments, and demonstrations related to the mining and minerals sector in the area of worker safety, worker health, and disaster prevention. A Common Information Service System (CISS) searchable database is at their Web site.

Web site:outside.cdc.gov:8000/ciss/Welcome.html

	NIOSH PUBLICATIONS

These fact sheets are available through the NIOSH 800 number and are brief documents (generally 1 to 4 pages) describing occupational hazards or NIOSH research activities. The following NIOSH sheets are available from the CDC Fax Information Service. To request that a document be faxed to you, call 1-888-CDC-FAXX (1-888-232-3299) and follow the prompts, using the 6-digit document number listed below:

Alerts briefly present new information about occupational illnesses, injuries, and deaths. Alerts urgently request assistance in preventing, solving, and controlling newly identified occupational hazards. Workers, employers, and safety and health professionals are asked to take immediate action to reduce risks and implement controls. NIOSH has published more than 40 Alerts on a variety of topics; see the Appendix. Topics include the following:

• Allergic Reactions to Natural Rubber Latex
• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
• Confined Spaces
• Falls from Suspension Scaffolds
• Lead Poisoning in Construction Workers
• Preventing Homicide in the Workplace
• Preventing Injuries and Deaths of Loggers
• Traffic-Related Motor Vehicle Crashes

Alerts are available free from NIOSH:

By mail:Publications Dissemination, EID
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (C-18)
4676 Columbia Pkwy.
Cincinnati, OH 45226-1998

Toll-free telephone:1-800-35-NIOSH (1-800-356-4674)
Fax:1-513-533-8573
Web site:www.cdc.gov/niosh

This Guide is a source of general industrial hygiene information for workers, employers, and occupational health professionals. It presents key information and data in abbreviated tabular form for 677 chemicals or substance groups that are found in many work environments. Copies of the latest edition of the printed and CD-ROM versions of the NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards are available for purchase from the Government Printing Office.

By mail:U.S. Government Printing Office
Superintendent of Documents
P.O. Box 371954
Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954

Telephone:1-202-512-1800
Toll-free telephone: 1-866-512-1800
Web site:www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npg.html

International Chemical Safety Cards summarize essential safety and health information about chemicals for their use at the "shop floor" level by workers and employers. They are simpler than material safety data sheets (MSDSs) and designed specifically for workers' reference. The cards are available free from NIOSH.

Web site:www.cdc.gov/niosh/ipcs/ipcscard.html

Or they may be purchased from the National Technical Information Service:

By mail:National Technical Information Service
5285 Port Royal Road
Springfield, VA 22161

Toll-free telephone:1-800-553-6847
Web site:www.ntis.gov

NIOSH also publishes a series of Updates, Hazard Controls, Hazard IDs, and Current Intelligence Bulletins. A description of each of these types of publications is listed in the Appendix.

	TRAINING

NIOSH supports 16 university-based Education and Research Centers that offer short-term continuing education for occupational safety and health professionals and others with worker safety and health responsibilities.

Deep South Center for Occupational Health and Safety
University of Alabama at Birmingham
530B Ryals Public Health Building
1530 3rd Ave., South
Birmingham, AL 35294-0022
Telephone: 1-205-934-7178
Web site: www.uab.edu/dsc

Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, CE Program
University of California, Berkeley
2223 Fulton Street, 2nd floor
Berkeley, CA 94720-5120
Telephone: Telephone: 1-510-643-7277
Web site: socrates.berkeley.edu/~coehce/

Southern California Education and Research Center
University of California, Los Angeles
School of Public Health
650 Charles E Young Drive South, Room 56-071
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772
Telephone: 1-310-206-2304
E-mail: niosherc@ucla.edu
Web site: www.ph.ucla.edu/coeh

South Florida (Sunshine) Education and Research Center
College of Public Health
University of South Florida, MDC56
13201 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33612-3805
Telephone: 1-813-974-6624
Web site: www.hsc.usf.edu/erc

Great Lakes Center for Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health
Continuing Education at the Great Lakes Center
School of Public Health
2121 West Taylor St., Room 216B
Chicago, IL 60612-7260
Telephone: 1-312-996-6904
Web site: www.uic.edu/sph/glakes

Department of Occupational and Environmental Health
College of Public Health
University of Iowa
100 Oakdale Campus-108 IREH
Iowa City, IA 52242-5000
Telephone: 1-319-335-4429
E-mail: nancy-sprince@uiowa.edu
Web site: www.public-health.uiowa.edu

Johns Hopkins Education and Research Center
School of Hygiene and Public Health
The Johns Hopkins University
615 North Wolfe St., Room W6001
Baltimore, MD 21205
Telephone: 1-410-955-0423
E-mail: dzerbe@jhsph.edu
Web site: www.jhsph.edu/~c-erc/home.html

Harvard Education and Research Center
Harvard School of Public Health
677 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115-6096
Telephone: 1-617-432-1171
Web site: www.hsph.harvard.edu/ccpe/

Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering
University of Michigan
1205 Beal, IOE Bldg.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2117
Telephone: 1-734-936-0148
Web site: www.engin.umich.edu/dept/ioe/COHSE/

Center for Public Health Education and Outreach
University of Minnesota
School of Public Health
2221 University Avenue SE
Suite 350
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Telephone: 1-612-626-4515
Web site: www.umn.edu/mcohs

UMDNJ-School of Public Health
Office of Public Health Practice
Plaza II, Suite 203
317 George Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-2008
Telephone: 1-732-235-9450
E-mail: cet-ophp@umdnj.edu
Web site: http://ophp.umdnj.edu/

North Carolina Education and Research Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3300 Hwy. 54 West
Chapel Hill, NC 27516-8264
Telephone: 1-919-962-7579
Toll-free telephone: 1-888-235-3320
E-mail: larry_hyde@unc.edu
Web site: www.sph.unc.edu/osherc/

University of Cincinnati Education and Research Center
Department of Environmental Health
PO Box 670567
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0567
Toll-free telephone: 1-800-207-9399
E-mail: jarreljl@email.uc.edu
Web site: cme.uc.edu/envhealth/

Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
University of Texas - Houston School of Public Health
P.O. Box 20186, RAS 1040
Houston, Texas 77225-0186
Telephone: 1-713-500-9463
E-mail: abradford@sph.uth.tmc.edu
Web site: www.sph.uth.tmc.edu:8052/swcoeh/

Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
University of Utah
75 South 2000 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5710
Telephone: 1-801-581-4055
Web site: www.rmcoeh.utah.edu

Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety
University of Washington
4225 Roosevelt Way N.E., Suite 100
Seattle, WA 98105-6099
Telephone: 1-206-543-1069
E-mail: ce@u.washington.edu
Web site: depts.washington.edu/envhlth/

	NIOSH VIDEOTAPES

NIOSH Videos

NIOSH-produced videos are available on DVD and VHS and can be viewed online. Click here for a list of programs and ordering information.

	CONSULTATION

NIOSH employees perform free industrial hygiene surveys of plants upon request of employers or employees. The process is initiated by requesting a Health Hazard Evaluation (HHE). The request form and a description of the program are available through the CDC Fax Information Service by calling 1-888-232-3299. The HHE request form is document 750000; the program description is document 750010. Some HHEs may not require a site visit by NIOSH researchers. Sometimes a referral or providing information is enough to address the concerns of the HHE request.