Lead

• What to Know About Occupational Lead Exposure
• Don't Take Lead Dust Home From Work! [English] [Español]
• Health Alert: Lead Poisoning in NJ Firing Range Workers
• Health Alert: Take Steps to Prevent Lead Poisoning (Firing Range Workers)
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA): Lead
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH): Lead, Information for Workers

Other Heavy Metals

• Your Mercury Exposure
• OSHA
  • Mercury
  • Arsenic
  • Cadmium
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
  • Mercury
  • Arsenic
  • Cadmium
• Information on Reducing Exposures to Other Sources of Heavy Metals 
  • Arsenic Exposure: Health Effects, Sources, & Prevention
  • Mercury Exposure from Consumer Products, Sources, Health Effects, & Prevention
  • Lead Exposure from Consumer Products, Sources, Health Effects, & Prevention
  • More information on Human Exposure

Fatal Work-related Injuries

• Report on Fatal Work Injuries in NJ, 2023
• US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI)
• Hazard! Unprotected Trench
• Two Construction Workers Fall to their Death through Temporary Wooden Bridge Platforms
• Solid Waste and Recycling Workers
• Adult School Crossing Guards 
• Tree Work is Dangerous Don’t Get Hurt, Get Trained! English Español
• Hazard Alert - Wood Chippers, English Español

Nonfatal Work-related Injuries

• Needlestick Injuries
• Falls in the Workplace (NIOSH)
• Ladder Safety on the Job

• Sulfur Mustard Exposure:

  • Guidance for Emergency Medical Response NEW!

  • Guidance for Commercial Fishing Industry NEW!

  • MMWR Report on exposure incidents and response actions in NJ NEW!

    

    
    
    
• Protection of Veterinary Workers from Hazardous Substances
  • Toolkit: Preventing Hazardous Exposures Among Veterinary & Animal Care Workers
  • Poster #1: Veterinary Health & Safety
  • Poster #2: Recommended Cleaning Protocols
  • Poster #3: Prevent Needlestick Injuries
    
    
• Aim for Safe Gun Cleaning: Learn about the health hazards associated with trichloroethylene (TCE), an ingredient found in gun-cleaning products.  

• Silica Dust-Producing Tasks by Industry
• Controlling Exposures to Silica Dust
• Silicosis – Learn the Facts! English Español
• Dry Cutting and Grinding English Español
• Health Alert! Stone Countertop Fabrication Workers At Risk for An Incurable Disease, English Español
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH): Crystalline Silica Worker Information
• OSHA Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard for Construction
• Frequently Asked Questions on the New Silica Standards
• Dental Technicians

• NJDOH Asbestos FAQ
• NJDOH Asbestos Training Agency Requirements
• NJDOH Asbestos Abatement Worker
• OSHA Asbestos Overview
• NIOSH Asbestos Overview
• Guidance for schools on protecting teachers and staff from asbestos exposure through AHERA compliance
  
  • AHERA Quick Guide for NJ Schools
  • Findings from Study on AHERA Compliance in NJ Schools
    

• Industries and Asthma Causing Agents
• Don’t Get Sick When Applying Pool Chemicals
• Asthma and Cleaning Products English Español
• Health Alert: Fogging Ambulances with Toxic Disinfectants May Cause Illness

• Protection of Outdoor Workers
  • Beat the Heat! [English] [Español]
  • Prevent the Burn! [English] [Español]
  • Quench the Thirst! [English] [Español]
  • Farmworkers [Español]
  • Infographic on Acclimatization [English] [Español], an important step in reducing risk of heat-related illness in workers
• NIOSH Heat Stress
• NIOSH Workplace Recommendations, HRI
  • Worker Acclimatization
• NIOSH Limiting Heat Burden While Wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• OSHA Working in Outdoor and Indoor Heat Environments 
• OSHA National Emphasis Program on Heat
• NIOSH Occupational Safety and Health and Climate
• Tree Work is Dangerous Don’t Get Hurt, Get Trained! English Español
• Hazard Alert: Wood Chippers English Español
• Flood Safety Fact Sheet

• Physicians in New Jersey Specializing in Occupational and Environmental Illness
• Workers’ Compensation (NJ Department of Labor)