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Occupational Health and Surveillance Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation

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Total Assistance, FY 2008 to Present
Agency:
Assistance Type: Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements).
Popular Name: Occupational Health and Surveillance Fatality Assessment
Assistance Listing Number
93.957

Objectives: To (1) recognize new hazards; (2) define the magnitude of the problem; (3) follow trends in incidence; (4) target exceptional hazardous workplaces for intervention; and (5) evaluate the effectiveness of prevention efforts. The goal of this program is to prevent fatal work injuries in the future by identifying work situations at high risk for fatal injury and formulate and disseminate prevention strategies to those who can intervene in the workplace. The methodology for the program is based upon studying the working environment, the worker, the task the worker was performing, the tools the workers was using, the energy exchange resulting in the injury, and the role of management in controlling how these factors interact.

 
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