Workplace Safety and Health (Occupational Health)
Guidelines and Recommendations

Below are selected prevention and treatment guidelines, recommendations, frameworks, approaches, and other documents related to workplace safety and health. Also see related links on this page.

Violence on the Job Resources and Recommendations (7/30/04)
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/updates/upd-06-30-04.html
A new training and educational DVD from CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health provides employers, employees, safety professionals, and others with recommendations and resources for preventing work-related homicides and assaults.

Violence: Occupational Hazards in Hospitals (2002)
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/2002-101.html#intro
Summary Update
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/riskassault.html
The purpose of this brochure is to increase worker and employer awareness of the risk factors for violence in hospitals and to provide strategies for reducing exposure to these factors. Workplace violence ranges from offensive or threatening language to homicide. Recent data indicate that hospital workers are at high risk for experiencing violence in the workplace. Although anyone working in a hospital may become a victim of violence, nurses and aides who have the most direct contact with patients are at higher risk. Other hospital personnel at increased risk of violence include emergency response personnel, hospital safety officers, and all health care providers. Several studies indicate that violence often takes place during times of high activity and interaction with patients, such as at meal times and during visiting hours and patient transportation. Assaults may occur when service is denied, when a patient is involuntarily admitted, or when a health care worker attempts to set limits on eating, drinking, or tobacco or alcohol use. All hospitals should develop a comprehensive violence prevention program.

Safe Jobs for Youth (2001)
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/princltr.html
In 1999, 72 youths under age 18 died from work-related injuries. In 1998, 77,000 youths sustained injuries serious enough to require treatment in an emergency room. Research suggests that inexperience, inadequate training, and the failure of adults to prevent youths from performing dangerous jobs are factors associated with these injuries. You can help eliminate work-related threats to young workers.

The Effects of Workplace Hazards on Female Reproductive Health
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/99-104.html
Substances or agents that affect the reproductive health of women or men or the ability of couples to have healthy children are called reproductive hazards. Radiation, some chemicals, certain drugs (legal and illegal), cigarettes, some viruses, and alcohol are examples of reproductive hazards. This pamphlet focuses on reproductive hazards in the workplace that affect women and their ability to have healthy children.

Related Links

Workplace Safety and Health: Women’s Health Topics A-Z
http://www.cdc.gov/women/az/occhlth.htm

Guide to Community Preventive Services
http://www.cdc.gov/epo/communityguide.htm

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