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From page 19... ... The charge is discussed in detail in a subsequent section, but in general it is to evaluate the relevance and impact of a NIOSH research program and to provide recommendations for future research. This report contains a review and evaluation of the NIOSH Traumatic Injury (TI) Read the entire page →
From page 20... ... . In recent years, researchers have also begun to conceptualize and demonstrate empirically the social and economic consequences of occupational injuries for the lives of individual workers and their families. Read the entire page →
From page 21... ... and cross-sector programs (e.g., traumatic injury, respiratory diseases) . Most of the work in traumatic injury occurs through the Division of Safety Research (DSR) Read the entire page →
From page 22... ... Technology Morgantown, WV Cincinnati, OH Division of Surveillance, Health Effects Hazard Evaluation, and Laboratory Division (HELD) Field Studies Morgantown, WV Cincinnati, OH Education and Information Division National Personal Protective Cincinnati, OH Technology Laboratory Pittsburgh, PA FIGURE 1-1 Organizational components of NIOSH. Read the entire page →
From page 23... ... These funds go to state health agencies or state labor departments. Research on traumatic injury from the mining industry, however, is Read the entire page →
From page 24... ... The National Occupational Research Agenda On its twenty-fifth anniversary, NIOSH unveiled the National Occupa tional Research Agenda (NORA) as an "effort to guide and coordinate research nationally -- not only for NIOSH, but for the entire occupational safety and health c ommunity" (NIOSH, 1998) Read the entire page →
From page 25... ... Using a five-component public health approach as an organizing framework, the NORA-TI report identified 45 specific research objectives intended to advance occupational injury prevention. Funding for NORA-related projects derived from congressional appropriations earmarked for NORA projects and from other federal agencies. Read the entire page →
From page 26... ... . Sources of fatality data include the BLS Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, as well as NIOSH's National Traumatic Occupational Fatality Surveillance The TI Research Program presented their portfolio in the evidence package according to these goals in order to conform to the Framework Document (e-mail from N Read the entire page →
From page 27... ... 6,000,000 5,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Fiscal Year Goal 3: Reduce Injuries and Fatalities Due to Workplace Violence Figure 1-2b.eps 7,000,000 Total Funding ($) 6,000,000 5,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Fiscal Year FIGURE 1-2 Combined intramural and extramural funding for individual goals and for all goals combined. Read the entire page →
From page 28... ... 6,000,000 5,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Fiscal Year Figure 1-2e.eps Goal 6: Reduce Injuries and Fatalities Among Workers in Alaska 7,000,000 Total Funding ($) 6,000,000 5,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Fiscal Year FIGURE 1-2 (continued) Read the entire page →
From page 29... ... Sources of nonfatal injury data include the BLS Annual Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses and the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System managed by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (NIOSH, 2007b, p. Read the entire page →
From page 30... ... 30 Funding for All Goals 20,000,000 18,000,000 Working Youth 16,000,000 Emergency 14,000,000 Responders Alaska 12,000,000 10,000,000 Back Injury 8,000,000 Machines Funding ($) 6,000,000 Workplace 4,000,000 Violence 2,000,000 Falls 0 Motor Vehicles 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Fiscal Year FIGURE 1-2 (continued) Read the entire page →
From page 31... ... NIOSH intends to use the findings from these evaluations to increase the impact of its research aimed at reducing workplace illnesses and injuries and improving occupational safety and health. The TI Research Program was one of the NIOSH programs planned for review and, in March 2007, the IOM convened the Committee to Evaluate the NIOSH TI Research Program. Read the entire page →
From page 32... ... Reduce injuries and fatalities due to falls from elevations FTE 8.31 8.03 13.42 15.43 Intramural $1,276,334 $922,468 $907,054 $1,459,034 Extramural $253,962 $463,061 $229,942 $225,879 Total $1,530,296 $1,385,529 $1,136,996 $1,684,913 3. Reduce injuries and fatalities due to workplace violence FTE 8.02 4.51 7.28 6.98 Intramural $602,689 $482,026 $509,517 $653,934 Extramural $253,962 $511,907 $1,043,966 $1,229,205 Total $856,651 $993,933 $1,553,483 $1,883,139 4. Read the entire page →
From page 33... ... Introduction 33 FY2001 FY2002 FY2003 FY2004 FY2005 Total 7.90 9.95 10.80 14.18 14.79 80.25 $855,111 $1,318,354 $1,229,997 $1,606,772 $1,907,736 $8,768,284 $927,921 $984,331 $877,727 $299,919 $1,250 $3,889,643 $1,783,032 $2,302,685 $2,107,724 $1,906,691 $1,908,986 $12,657,927 13.56 9.39 14.03 10.79 15.25 108.21 $1,315,445 $1,237,968 $1,568,049 $1,693,086 $1,769,344 $12,148,782 $289,011 $278,004 $285,319 $275,532 $250 $2,300,960 $1,604,456 $1,515,972 $1,853,368 $1,968,618 $1,769,594 $14,449,742 6.66 7.75 7.56 9.48 8.61 66.85 $839,148 $1,490,096 $1,063,828 $1,273,771 $1,102,187 $8,017,196 $997,606 $2,224,849 $2,233,579 $2,430,217 $1,312,103 $12,237,394 $1,836,754 $3,714,945 $3,297,407 $3,703,988 $2,414,290 $20,254,590 12.81 14.78 10.48 13.13 12.09 111.33 $1,160,389 $1,593,009 $1,169,991 $1,514,190 $1,479,104 $11,179,879 $289,011 $278,004 $933,245 $890,920 $1,033,342 $4,645,289 $1,449,400 $1,871,013 $2,103,236 $2,405,110 $2,512,446 $15,825,168 5.16 4.46 5.05 4.83 3.60 73.10 $615,257 $625,395 $647,926 $618,559 $521,036 $7,329,287 $194,526 $99,990 $107,222 $0 $231,250 $2,928,382 $809,783 $725,385 $755,148 $618,559 $752,286 $10,257,669 12.04 12.80 11.09 11.49 11.81 92.69 $1,493,700 $1,546,891 $1,494,324 $1,400,061 $1,701,203 $10,932,226 $729,000 $568,419 $296,425 $275,532 $0 $3,157,174 $2,222,700 $2,115,310 $1,790,749 $1,675,593 $1,701,203 $14,089,400 12.32 12.49 18.49 15.02 13.84 106.01 $1,521,576 $2,305,996 $1,932,990 $1,780,148 $1,848,856 $12,090,779 $300,972 $376,491 $101,250 $726,364 $806,938 $3,689,567 $1,822,548 $2,682,487 $2,034,240 $2,506,512 $2,655,794 $15,780,346 Read the entire page →
From page 34... ... 1.1. Reduce occupational injuries and fatalities due to highway motor vehicle crashes 1.2. Read the entire page →
From page 35... ... Reduce child agricultural injuriesc 8.3. oster the development and widespread use of safety materials and intervention F strategies to protect young workers a The numbering of the goals here is consistent with the numbering of the goals as presented in the evidence package prepared by NIOSH for the committee. Read the entire page →
From page 36... ... . • In 2005, there were 14,560 nonfatal occupational injuries in private industry involving lost work days due to assaults and violent acts by persons (BLS, 2007a) Read the entire page →
From page 37... ... . Emergency Responders • Each year more than 50 firefighters die in the line of duty from traumatic injury, and another 95,000 sustain a nonfatal injury (NIOSH, 2007h, p. Read the entire page →
From page 38... ... The committee was comprised of 10 members and one Framework Committee liaison. The committee had expertise in the areas of occupational health, public health education, medicine, injury prevention and control, epidemiology and biostatistics, labor, industry, program evaluation, ergonomics, and bioengineering. The committee met three times between March and September 2007. Read the entire page →
From page 39... ... For its assessment of the NIOSH process for targeting new research areas and identifying emerging issues in occupational safety and health, the committee relied primarily on a review of the TI Research Program's strategic goals for the future (a list of these goals was included in the evidence package provided by NIOSH to the committee) Read the entire page →
From page 40... ... 40 bitmap image Figure 1-3.eps FIGURE 1-3 NIOSH Research Program evaluation flowchart. Read the entire page →
From page 41... ... 2007. Reducing occupational injuries and fatalities due to workplace violence. Read the entire page →
From page 42... ... 2004. Fatal occupational injuries at road construction sites. Read the entire page →

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... The charge is discussed in detail in a subsequent section, but in general it is to evaluate the relevance and impact of a NIOSH research program and to provide recommendations for future research. This report contains a review and evaluation of the NIOSH Traumatic Injury (TI)

1 Introduction Pages 19-42

1 Introduction
Pages 19-42