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Appendix D: NIOSH TI Research Program Draft Strategic Goals for the Future
Pages 191-202

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... Intermediate Goal 1.1.4: Evaluate the effectiveness of fall prevention technolo gies, programs, and communication materials in the construction industry. Intermediate Goal 1.1.5: Transfer current knowledge and best practices on fall prevention and protection to construction special trade contractors, general building contractors, and Hispanic construction workers including current standards, PPE (personal protective equipment)
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From page 192...
... Intermediate Goal 1.2.5: Provide the scientific basis for and facilitate the development of public health campaigns on fall prevention in the health services industry. 1.3: Reduce fall-related injuries in the wholesale and retail trade industry.
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From page 193...
... Intermediate Goal 1.4.2: Develop innovative fall prevention strategies that mitigate fall initiation hazards, especially during roofing, framing, scaffold ing, and ladder-using jobs. Intermediate Goal 1.4.3: Develop new and improved fall protection systems and devices to reduce the forces to the human body during fall arrest and fall termination.
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From page 194...
... Intermediate Goal 2.2.6: Provide the scientific basis for campaigns to promote widespread usage of effective prevention measures in the road construction industry. [Construction Intermediate Goal 2.6]
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From page 195...
... Intermediate Goal 3.2.1: Increase the reliability and availability of surveil lance data sets for workplace violence in high-risk wholesale and retail trade industries and occupations. Intermediate Goal 3.2.2: Identify factors that increase the risk of workplace violence among wholesale and retail workers who are employed in high-risk wholesale and retail establishments.
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From page 196...
... 3.2.4.2: Develop and implement communication plans for effective work place violence intervention strategies that are demonstrated to have reached target audiences in the wholesale and retail trade sector. 3.2.4.3: Utilize partnerships with employers, trade associations, government agencies, police departments and their associations, and crime prevention organizations to increase knowledge of workplace violence prevention among police departments, and implement a successful community po licing program that increases business compliance with interventions and reduces robbery-related assaults in three communities.
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From page 197...
... 3.3.1.3: Evaluate the factors associated with fatal and nonfatal workplace violence incidents among youth worker populations in high-risk service sector industries. Intermediate Goal 3.3.2: Conduct studies to increase the reliability and avail ability of surveillance data sets for workplace violence in high-risk service sector industries and occupations.
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... 3.3.4.1: Utilize partnerships with employers, labor unions, trade associa tions, and government agencies in the service sector to increase the knowl edge of workplace violence risks and potential strategies to limit risks. 3.3.4.2: Develop and implement communication plans for effective work place violence intervention strategies that are demonstrated to have reached target audiences in the range of small to large employers.
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... 4.2: Reduce occupational injuries and deaths due to machines and industrial vehicles in the construction industry. Intermediate Goal 4.2.1: Quantify worker exposure to being run over by construction vehicles and equipment operating inside roadway construction work zones.
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... Intermediate Goal 4.3.3: Identify work situations at high risk for machine-re lated fatal injury, and develop prevention strategies for those who can intervene in the workplace by conducting Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) investigations of targeted occupational fatality incidents.
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... 4.4: Reduce occupational injuries and deaths due to machines and industrial vehicles in the mining industry. Intermediate Goal 4.4.1: Develop interventions for preventing injuries related to machine safety and powered haulage equipment.
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... Intermediate Goal 5.3.4: Partner with government agencies, safety groups, envi ronmental justice organizations, social organizations, and others to communicate safety information to employers and high-risk ethnic and minority workers. 5.4: Reduce occupational injuries and deaths among immigrant workers.
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  • retail trade
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  • emergency response

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  • identify work
  • public safety
  • market development

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