Health and Safety
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) develops new knowledge in the field of occupational safety and health and transfers that knowledge into practice. NIOSH focuses on the study of worker safety and health.
CDC Resources for First Responders’ Health
- Training and Resources for Health Workers and Mental Health
- Emergency Responders: Tips for taking care of yourself
- Worker Fatigue Topic Page
- Fentanyl: Exposures to Illicit Drugs
- Evaluating the Potential for Unintentional Occupational Exposure to Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogues Among Medicolegal Death Investigators and Autopsy Technicians
- COVID-19: FAQs for medicolegal death investigators, July 23, 2020
Health Hazard Evaluations and the Hazards Evaluated
The Health Hazard Evaluation Program helps employees, unions, and employers learn whether health hazards are present at their workplace and recommends ways to reduce hazards and prevent work-related illness. These evaluations are done at no cost to the employees, unions, or employers.
- Health Hazard Evaluations (HHEs)
- Evaluation of Indoor Environmental Quality in Police Evidence Intake, Processing, and Storage Areas at a Medical Examiner’s Office
Investigation of indoor environmental quality - Evaluation of Potential Employee Exposures at a Medical Examiner’s Office
Investigation of formaldehyde, particles, mold, fiberglass, indoor environmental quality - Onondaga County Medical Examiner’s Office, Syracuse, New York
Investigation of potential for TB transmission - Evaluation of Potential Employee Exposures During Crime and Death Investigations at a County Coroner’s Office
Investigation of formaldehyde, particles, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), plus ethyl 2-cyanoacrylate, drug, lead in other lab areas - Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, Los Angeles, California
Investigation of pneumatic reciprocating saw, aerosols, noise