Welcome to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the U.S. federal agency responsible for conduc
ting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness. NIOSH is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. We provide national and international leadership by conducting scientific research, identifying causes of work-related disease and injury, identifying the potential hazards of new work technologies and practices, creating ways to prevent workplace hazards, developing guidance and authoritative recommendations, and delivering products and services to its various stakeholders. For more information about our work, visit http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/. Subscribe to the NIOSH eNews newsletter to stay up-to-date about occupational safety and healthy:http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/enews/