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|Mission=To develop new knowledge in the field of occupational safety and health and to transfer that knowledge into practice for the prevention of work-related illness and injury. NIOSH aims to promote safe and healthy working environments by providing research, information, education, and training in occupational safety and health.
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|HeadquartersAddress=1090 Tusculum Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45226
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The '''National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health''' ('''NIOSH''', {{IPAc-en|ˈ|n|aɪ|ɒ|ʃ}}) is the [[List of United States federal agencies|United States federal agency]] responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related [[occupational injury|injury]] and [[occupational disease|illness]]. NIOSH is part of the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) within the U.S. [[Department of Health and Human Services]]. Despite its name, it is not part of either the [[National Institutes of Health]] nor [[Occupational Safety and Health Administration|OSHA]]. Its current director is [[John Howard (NIOSH director)|John Howard]].

NIOSH is headquartered in [[Washington, D.C.]], with research laboratories and offices in [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati]], Ohio; [[Morgantown, West Virginia|Morgantown]], West Virginia; [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania; [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]], Colorado; [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]], Alaska; [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]], Washington; and [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]], Georgia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/im-rsch.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091020005619/http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/im-rsch.html|title=NIOSH Divisions, Labs, and Offices|archive-date=October 20, 2009}}</ref> NIOSH is a professionally diverse organization with a staff of 1,200 people representing a wide range of disciplines including [[epidemiology]], [[medicine]], [[Occupational hygiene|industrial hygiene]], [[occupational safety and health|safety]], [[psychology]], engineering, chemistry, and statistics.

The [[Occupational Safety and Health Act]], signed by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Richard M. Nixon]] on December 29, 1970, created NIOSH out of the preexisting [[Division of Industrial Hygiene]] founded in 1914. NIOSH was established to help ensure safe and healthful working conditions by providing research, information, education, and training in the field of [[occupational safety and health]]. NIOSH provides national and world leadership to prevent work-related illness, injury, disability, and [[occupational fatality|death]] by gathering information, conducting scientific research, and translating the knowledge gained into products and services.<ref name="about">[https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/about/default.html About NIOSH]. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.</ref> Although NIOSH and OSHA were established by the same Act of Congress, the two agencies have distinct and separate responsibilities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/index.htm|title= The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)|date=December 23, 2020|website=CDC}}</ref> NIOSH has several "virtual centers" through which researchers at its geographically dispersed locations are linked by shared computer networks and other technologies that stimulates collaboration and helps overcome the challenges of working as a team across distances.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-24 |title=NIOSH Centers {{!}} NIOSH {{!}} CDC |url=https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/about/centers.html |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=CDC |language=en-us}}</ref>

==Authority==
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Unlike its counterpart, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, NIOSH's authority under the [[Occupational Safety and Health Act]] [29 [[Code of Federal Regulations|CFR]] § 671] is to "develop recommendations for health and safety standards", to "develop information on safe levels of exposure to toxic materials and harmful physical agents and substances", and to "conduct research on new safety and health problems". NIOSH may also "conduct on-site investigations ([[Health Hazard Evaluation Program|Health Hazard Evaluations]]) to determine the toxicity of materials used in workplaces" and "fund research by other agencies or private organizations through grants, contracts, and other arrangements".<ref name="about"/>

Also, pursuant to its authority granted to it by the [[Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977]], NIOSH may "develop recommendations for mine health standards for the [[Mine Safety and Health Administration]]", "administer a medical surveillance program for miners, including chest X‑rays to detect [[pneumoconiosis]] ([[Coalworker's pneumoconiosis|black lung]] disease) in coal miners", "conduct on-site investigations in mines similar to those authorized for general industry under the Occupational Safety and Health Act; and "test and certify [[personal protective equipment]] and hazard-measurement instruments".<ref name="about"/>

=== Respirators ===
Under 42 CFR 84, NIOSH has the right to issue and revoke certifications for [[respirator]]s, such as the [[N95]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-84|title=PART 84—APPROVAL OF RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES}}</ref> Currently, NIOSH is the only body authorized to regulate respirators, and has [[trademark]] rights to the [[NIOSH air filtration rating]]s.<ref name=notices>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/usernotices/counterfeitResp.html|title=Counterfeit Respirators / Misrepresentation of NIOSH Approval|date=May 23, 2024 }}</ref>

==Products and publications==
[[File:Two Career Lieutenants Killed and Two Career Fire Fighters Injured Following a Flashover at an Assembly Hall Fire—Texas.pdf|thumb|alt=NIOSH fire fighter fatality publication|A [[Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program|NIOSH investigation]] on the cause of firefighter deaths due to a flashover]]
NIOSH research covers a wide range of fields. The knowledge obtained through intramural and extramural research programs is used to develop products and publication offering innovative solutions for a wide range of work settings. Some of the publications produced by NIOSH include:
* ''Alerts'' are put out by the agency to request assistance in preventing, solving, and controlling newly identified occupational hazards. They briefly present what is known about the risk for occupational injury, illness, and death.
* ''Criteria Documents'' contain recommendations for the prevention of occupational diseases and injuries. These documents are submitted to the [[Occupational Safety and Health Administration]] or the Mine Safety and Health Administration for consideration in their formulation of legally binding safety and health standards.
* ''Current Intelligence Bulletins'' analyze new information about occupational health and safety hazards.
* The ''[[National Agricultural Safety Database]]'' contains citations and summaries of [[scholarly journal]] articles and reports about agricultural health and safety.
* The [[Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation]] program publishes [[occupational fatality]] data that are used to publish fatality reports by specific sectors of industry and types of fatal incidents.<ref>National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (US) [https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/pubs/type.html NIOSH Publications by Category]</ref>
* The [[Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program]] investigates the causes of ''specifically'' [[firefighter]] deaths on the job.
* The ''[[NIOSH Power Tools Database]]'' contains sound power levels, sound pressure levels, and vibrations data for a variety of common power tools that have been tested by NIOSH researchers.
* The ''NIOSH Hearing Protection Device Compendium'' contains attenuation information and features for commercially available earplugs, earmuffs and semi-aural insert devices (canal caps).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/noise/hpdcomp/default.html|title= National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Hearing Protector Device Compendium|website=www.cdc.gov|access-date=2016-06-14}}</ref>
* [https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nmam/default.html ''NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods''] contains recommendations for collection, sampling and analysis of contaminants in the workplace and industrial hygiene samples, including air filters, biological fluids, wipes and bulks for occupationally relevant analytes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nmam/default.html|title= NIOSH Publications and Products – NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods (2014-151) |website=CDC|access-date=2016-05-04}}</ref>
* The ''NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards'' informs workers, employers, and occupational health professionals about workplace chemicals and their hazards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/default.html|title= NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (NPG)|website=CDC|access-date=2016-06-13}}</ref>

===National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory===
The [[National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory]] (NPPTL) is a research center within the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health located in  [[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], devoted to research on [[personal protective equipment]] (PPE). The NPPTL was created in 2001 at the request of the U.S. [[United States Congress|Congress]], in response to a recognized need for improved research in PPE technologies.<ref name = "About">{{Cite web|author=NIOSH |url=https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/about.html|title=CDC - NIOSH - About NPPTL|publisher=National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |date=December 1, 2011 |accessdate=2012-08-31}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=NFPA and NIOSH form alliance for emergency responder safety |url=http://www.nfpa.org/press-room/news-releases/2005/nfpa-and-niosh-form-alliance-for-emergency-responder-safety |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819133536/http://www.nfpa.org/news-and-research/news-and-media/press-room/news-releases/2005/nfpa-and-niosh-form-alliance-for-emergency-responder-safety |archive-date=2016-08-19 |accessdate=2015-09-03 |website=nfpa.org}}</ref> It focuses on experimentation and recommendations for [[respirator]] masks, by ensuring a level of standard filter efficiency, and develops criteria for testing and developing PPE.<ref name = "About"/><ref name=":0" /><ref name = "Respirators">{{Cite web|author=NIOSH |url=https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/respirators |title = CDC - Respirators - NIOSH Workplace Safety and Health Topic | publisher=National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |date=June 14, 2012 |accessdate=2012-08-31}}</ref>

The laboratory conducts research and provides recommendations for other types of PPE, including protective clothing, gloves, eye protection, headwear, hearing protection, chemical sensors, and communication devices for safe deployment of emergency workers. It also maintains certification for [[N95 mask|N95]] respirators,<ref name="About" /> and hosts an annual education day for N95 education.<ref>{{Cite web|title = CDC - NIOSH - NIOSH-Approved Holiday, N95 Day|url = https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/N95Day.html|website=cdc.gov|accessdate = 2015-09-03}}</ref> Its emergency response research is part of a collaboration with the [[National Fire Protection Association]].<ref name=":0" />

In the 2010s, the NPPTL has focused on [[pandemic influenza]] preparedness, [[CBRNE incidents]], miner PPE, and [[nanotechnology]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = CDC - NIOSH Program Portfolio : Personal Protective Technology : Program Description|url = https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/programs/ppt |website=cdc.gov|accessdate = 2015-09-03}}</ref>

The NIOSH NPPTL [https://wwwn.cdc.gov/niosh-cel/ ''Certified Equipment List''] details the respirators currently approved by NIOSH.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/topics/respirators/cel/default.html|title=Certified Equipment List|date=25 August 2023 |publisher=CDC NIOSH}}</ref>

== Education and Research Centers ==
[[File:NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Program staff in 1978.jpg|thumb|Staff members at the NIOSH research center in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1978]]
NIOSH Education and Research Centers are multidisciplinary centers supported by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health for education and research in the field of occupational health. Through the centers, NIOSH supports academic degree programs and research opportunities, as well as continuing education for OSH professionals.<ref>[https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/oep/centers.html NIOSH Education and Research Centers (ERCs)]. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. July, 2008. Accessed February 13, 2009</ref> The ERCs, distributed in regions across the United States, establish academic, labor, and industry research partnerships.<ref>[http://www.uic.edu/sph/glakes/ce/index.html NIOSH ERC – Great Lakes Center]. University of Illinois at Chicago. Accessed February 13, 2009</ref> The research conducted at the centers is related to the [[National Occupational Research Agenda]] (NORA) established by NIOSH.<ref>[http://eh.uc.edu/erc/ Education and Research Center (ERC): About ERC]. University of Cincinnati, Department of Environmental Health. September 15, 2008. Accessed February 13, 2009</ref>

Founded in 1977, NIOSH ERCs are responsible for nearly half of post-baccalaureate graduates entering occupational health and safety fields. The ERCs focus on industrial hygiene, occupational health nursing, occupational medicine, occupational safety, and other areas of specialization.<ref>[https://www.cdc.gov/NIOSH/updates/ercna.html NIOSH Announces New Name for Centers to Reflect Education, Research Mission]. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. ''Update'', January 22, 1998. Accessed February 13, 2009</ref> At many ERCs, students in specific disciplines have their tuition paid in full and receive additional stipend money.  ERCs provide a benefit to local businesses by offering reduced price assessments to local businesses.

== History ==

=== Establishment ===
{{Main|Division of Industrial Hygiene}}
[[File:Taft_Laboratory_Cincinnati_aerial.png|alt=A black-and-white aerial photograph of a long, narrow six-story building|thumb|NIOSH occupied the Robert A. Taft Center as its main facility in 1976. It had opened in 1954 for the [[United States Public Health Service|U.S. Public Health Service]]'s environmental health division, which had been transferred to the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency]] and had moved to a new facility.]]
NIOSH's earliest predecessor was the [[United States Public Health Service|U.S. Public Health Service]] Office of Industrial Hygiene and Sanitation, established in 1914. It went through several name changes, most notably becoming the Division of Industrial Hygiene and later the Division of Occupational Health.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/works/coversheet1143.html|title=One Hundred Years of Federal Mining Safety and Health Research|last=Breslin|first=John A.|date=2010-02-01|website=U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health|pages=12, 32, 51, 55, 61–62|language=en|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-aERAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA153|title=The President's Report on Occupational Safety and Health|date=1972|publisher=Commerce Clearing House|pages=153–154|language=en}}</ref>  Its headquarters were established in [[Washington, D.C.]] in 1918, and field stations in [[Salt Lake City]] in 1949, and in [[Cincinnati]] in 1950.<ref name=":9" /><ref name=":10">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/sentinelforhealt00eliz|url-access=registration|title=Sentinel for Health: A History of the Centers for Disease Control|last=Etheridge|first=Elizabeth W.|date=1992-02-20|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-91041-6|pages=[https://archive.org/details/sentinelforhealt00eliz/page/230 230], 317|language=en}}</ref>

NIOSH was created by the [[Occupational Safety and Health Act (United States)|Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970]]<ref name=":6" /> and began operating in May 1971.<ref name=":9" /> It was originally part of the [[Health Services and Mental Health Administration]], and was transferred into what was then called the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|Center for Disease Control]] (CDC) in 1973.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=https://safetyandhealthhistory.org/contributing-organizations/niosh/|title=Contributing Organizations – NIOSH|website=Safety and Health Historical Society (SHHS)|date=16 October 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref>  NIOSH's initial headquarters were located in [[Rockville, Maryland]].<ref name=":10" />

Prior to 1976, NIOSH's Cincinnati operations occupied space at three locations in [[Downtown Cincinnati]], and rented space at 5555 Ridge Avenue in the [[Pleasant Ridge, Cincinnati|Pleasant Ridge]] neighborhood.<ref name=":7" /> In 1976, staff at the Downtown locations were relocated to the Robert A. Taft Center in the [[Columbia-Tusculum, Cincinnati|Columbia-Tusculum]] neighborhood, which the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency]] was vacating to occupy the new [[Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center]] elsewhere in Cincinnati.<ref name=":7">{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xTBIwLE79iYC&pg=PA37|title=Job Safety & Health|date=1976|publisher=Occupational Safety and Health Administration|page=37|language=en|chapter=News from NIOSH}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=91022SRK.TXT|title=Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center|date=1990-04-01|website=U.S. Environmental Protection Agency|page=3|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref> The Taft Center had opened in 1954 for the PHS as the Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center,<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last1=Rogers|first1=Jerry R.|last2=Symons|first2=James M.|last3=Sorg|first3=Thomas J.|date=2013-05-28|title=The History of Environmental Research in Cincinnati, Ohio: From the U.S. Public Health Service to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency|journal=World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2013|language=en|publisher=American Society of Civil Engineers|pages=33–37|doi=10.1061/9780784412947.004|isbn=978-0-7844-1294-7}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|date=1954-05-01|title=Laboratory research, field investigation, and training program of the Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center at Cincinnati, Ohio|journal=Public Health Reports|volume=69|issue=5|pages=507–512|issn=0094-6214|pmc=2024349|pmid=13167275}}</ref> named for the then-recently deceased Senator [[Robert A. Taft]],<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=Walsh|first=John|date=1964-07-03|title=Environmental Health: Taft Center in Cincinnati Has Been the PHS Mainstay in Pollution Research|journal=Science|language=en|volume=145|issue=3627|pages=31–33|doi=10.1126/science.145.3627.31|pmid=14162688|bibcode=1964Sci...145...31W|issn=0036-8075}}</ref> and the center had become part of the newly formed Environmental Protection Agency in 1970.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":1" />

The 5555 Ridge Avenue building had been constructed during 1952–1954 and was initially the headquarters and manufacturing plant of [[Disabled American Veterans]].<ref name=":3" /> PHS had leased space in the 5555 Ridge Avenue building beginning in 1962.<ref name=":00">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/enews/enewsv4n6.html|title=NIOSH Cincinnati: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow|last=Howard|first=John|date=2006-10-01|website=NIOSH eNews|language=en-us|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref> By 1973 the entire building was leased by the federal government, and in 1982 it was purchased outright by the PHS. In 1987 it was renamed the Alice Hamilton Laboratory for Occupational Safety and Health, after occupational health pioneer [[Alice Hamilton]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/awards/hamilton/hamhist.html|title=Alice Hamilton Awards: History of Alice Hamilton, MD|date=2012-04-26|website=U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health|language=en-us|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref>

The Appalachian Laboratory for Occupational Respiratory Diseases, which had been created within the PHS in 1967 to focus on [[black lung disease]] research, was incorporated into NIOSH, and its building in [[Morgantown, West Virginia]] was opened in 1971.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2014/04/21/morgantown/|title=The History and Future of NIOSH Morgantown|last1=Headley|first1=Tanya|last2=Shahan|first2=Katie|date=2014-04-21|website=NIOSH Science Blog|language=en-us|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref> {{As of|1976|post=,}} NIOSH also continued to operate its Salt Lake City facility.<ref name=":7" />

=== Later history ===
[[File:NIOSH Pittsburgh Laboratory aerial.jpg|alt=An aerial photograph of a series of two- and three-story buildings on a hill|thumb|NIOSH absorbed the [[United States Bureau of Mines|Bureau of Mines]]' research activities in 1996, along with its facilities in the [[Pittsburgh]] area dating from 1910.]]
In 1981, the headquarters was moved from Rockville to [[Atlanta]] to co-locate with CDC headquarters.<ref name=":10" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sun|first=M|date=1981-10-09|title=Reagan reforms create upheaval at NIOSH|journal=Science|language=en|volume=214|issue=4517|pages=166–168|doi=10.1126/science.7280688|pmid=7280688|bibcode=1981Sci...214..166S|issn=0036-8075}}</ref> The headquarters moved back to Washington, D.C. in 1994, though offices were maintained in Atlanta.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/97-100/default.html|title=New Directions at NIOSH|date=1997|website=U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health|page=2|doi=10.26616/NIOSHPUB97100 |access-date=2020-03-26|doi-access=free}}</ref>

When the [[United States Bureau of Mines|U.S. Bureau of Mines]] was closed in 1996, its research activities were transferred to NIOSH along with two facilities in the [[Pittsburgh]] suburb of [[Bruceton, Pennsylvania]], and in [[Spokane, Washington]]. The Pittsburgh campus dated from the beginning of the Bureau of Mines in 1910, and contained the historic [[Experimental Mine, U.S. Bureau of Mines|Experimental Mine]] and [[Mine Roof Simulator]], while the Spokane facility dated from 1951. NIOSH preserved the administrative independence of these activities by placing them in the new Office of Mine Safety and Health Research.<ref name=":8" />

In 1977, NIOSH had ten regional offices throughout the country.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CX8QAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA76|title=A Management Guide to Carcinogens: Regulation and Control|date=1977|publisher=U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health|page=76|language=en}}</ref>  These were closed over time, and by 1989 there were regional offices only in Denver and Boston.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O-CnrUHuwfEC&pg=PA149|title=Health and Safety in Small Industry|date=1989-03-01|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-0-87371-195-1|language=en}}</ref> The Alaska Field Station in [[Anchorage, Alaska]] was established in 1991 in response to the state having the highest work-related fatality rate, with Senator [[Ted Stevens]] playing a role in its establishment. It later become known as the Alaska Pacific Regional Office, and in 2015, the Denver, Anchorage, and non-mining Spokane staff joined into the Western States Division.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2016/06/15/alaska/|title=Making Alaska a Safer Place to Work|last=Howard|first=John|date=2016-06-15|website=NIOSH Science Blog|language=en-us|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/enews/enewsv8n5.html|title=In Memoriam: Ted Stevens|date=2010-09-01|website=NIOSH eNews|language=en-us|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref>

In 1996, a large addition was built to the Morgantown facility containing safety engineering and bench laboratories.<ref name=":4" /> In 2015, funding was approved for a new facility in Cincinnati to replace the Taft and Hamilton buildings, which were considered to be obsolete.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/02/23/110-million-allocated-to-build-new-niosh-facility/23838781/|title=$110 million allocated to build new NIOSH facility|last=Eaton|first=Emilie|date=2015-02-23|website=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]|language=en|access-date=2019-12-31}}</ref> A location for the new facility in the [[Avondale, Cincinnati|Avondale]] neighborhood was announced in 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/money/2017/07/13/avondale-pitched-get-consolidated-niosh-center/476567001/|title=Avondale could land $110M federal building|last=Coolidge|first=Alexander|date=2017-07-13|website=The Cincinnati Enquirer|language=en|access-date=2019-12-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=CDC-2017-0059-0032|title=Draft Environmental Impact Statement: Site Acquisition and Campus Consolidation Cincinnati, Ohio|date=2018-02-01|website=U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and U.S. General Services Administration|access-date=2019-12-31}}</ref> and proposals from architectural and engineering firms were solicited in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.soapboxmedia.com/devnews/New-Uptown-Corridor-tenants-NIOSH.aspx|title=New tenants in the Uptown Innovation Corridor will include chemists, biologists, and engineers|last=Holthaus|first=David|date=2019-09-10|website=Soapbox Cincinnati|language=en|access-date=2019-12-31}}</ref>

=== Directors ===
The following people were Director of NIOSH:<ref name=":6" />
* [[Marcus M. Key|Marcus Key]] (1971–1975)
* [[John Finklea]] (1975–1978)
* [[Anthony Robbins (NIOSH director)|Anthony Robbins]] (1978–1981)
* [[J. Donald Millar]] (1981–1993)
* Richard Lemen (Acting 1993–1994)
* [[Linda Rosenstock]] (1994–2000)
* ''[[Lawrence J. Fine]] (acting, 2000–2001)''
* ''[[Kathleen Rest]] (acting, 2001–2002)''
* [[John Howard (NIOSH director)|John Howard]] (2002–2008; 2009–present)
* ''[[Christine Branche]] (acting, 2008–2009)''

=== Other history ===
In 2001, NIOSH was called upon to help clean up Capitol Hill buildings after the [[2001 anthrax attacks]].<ref>"The Anthrax Cleanup of Capitol Hill." Documentary by Xin Wang produced by the EPA Alumni Association. [http://www.epaalumni.org/history/video/interview.cfm?id=32 Video], [https://www.epaalumni.org/userdata/pdf/6C70838638374E92.pdf#page=1 Transcript] (see p. 3, 4, 5). May 12, 2015.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Centers for Agricultural Safety and Health]]
* [[Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program]]
* [[Health Hazard Evaluation Program]]
* [[Immediately dangerous to life or health]]
* [[National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System]]
* [[NIOSH air filtration rating]]
* [[Occupational health psychology]]
* [[Prevention through design]]
* [[Occupational exposure banding]]
* [[Recommended exposure limit]]
* [[SENSOR-Pesticides]]
* [[Division of Industrial Hygiene]]
* [[N95 respirator]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{Citation |title= Preventing Hazards at the Source |first= Cora |last= Roelofs |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=-4lTEuFWtdIC&pg=PA23 |pages=23–31 |publisher=[[American Industrial Hygiene Association|AIHA]] |year= 2007 |isbn= 978-1-931504-83-6 }}
* {{Citation |last=Zak Figura |first=Susannah |title= NIOSH under siege |url=https://www.questia.com/magazine/1G1-17635128/niosh-under-siege|journal=[[EHS Today|Occupational Hazards]] |volume=57 |issue= 10 |date=October 1995 |page=161 |publisher=[[Penton Media]] }}

==External links==
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* {{Official website|https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/}}
* [https://www.usaspending.gov/federal_account/075-0953 NIOSH] account on [[USAspending.gov]]
* [http://www.geolibrary.org Global Environmental and Occupational Health e-Library] online database of [[environmental health]] and occupational health and safety training materials

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