Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
@ucberkeleycoeh.bsky.social
Protecting workers and communities from health hazards through teaching, research, and service since 1978.
Berkeley | Davis | San Francisco
coeh.berkeley.edu
Berkeley | Davis | San Francisco
coeh.berkeley.edu
5/ Help #saveNIOSH today. Call your legislators and urge them to express support for reinstating NIOSH and its role in safeguarding the health & safety of American workers. Find our guide at coeh.berkeley.edu/save-NIOSH.
April 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
5/ Help #saveNIOSH today. Call your legislators and urge them to express support for reinstating NIOSH and its role in safeguarding the health & safety of American workers. Find our guide at coeh.berkeley.edu/save-NIOSH.
4/ No matter your job—construction, farming, healthcare, tech—NIOSH's work and research help keep you safe.
If you use a computer, NIOSH-funded education & research centers (like us) with industry partners led to the ergonomic keyboards & mice you use today.
NIOSH improves work health & safety.
If you use a computer, NIOSH-funded education & research centers (like us) with industry partners led to the ergonomic keyboards & mice you use today.
NIOSH improves work health & safety.
April 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
4/ No matter your job—construction, farming, healthcare, tech—NIOSH's work and research help keep you safe.
If you use a computer, NIOSH-funded education & research centers (like us) with industry partners led to the ergonomic keyboards & mice you use today.
NIOSH improves work health & safety.
If you use a computer, NIOSH-funded education & research centers (like us) with industry partners led to the ergonomic keyboards & mice you use today.
NIOSH improves work health & safety.
3/ #NIOSH stands for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
They identified critical workplace issues, set national research agendas, studied emerging workplace hazards, & ran safety program priorities that protected workers from harm.
They identified critical workplace issues, set national research agendas, studied emerging workplace hazards, & ran safety program priorities that protected workers from harm.
April 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
3/ #NIOSH stands for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
They identified critical workplace issues, set national research agendas, studied emerging workplace hazards, & ran safety program priorities that protected workers from harm.
They identified critical workplace issues, set national research agendas, studied emerging workplace hazards, & ran safety program priorities that protected workers from harm.
2/ Increased risk of injury, illness, & death just by going to work.
Working Americans spend at least 1/3 of their day at work, potentially exposed to workplace hazards. NIOSH is what helps keep workplaces safe.
But what exactly is NIOSH?
Working Americans spend at least 1/3 of their day at work, potentially exposed to workplace hazards. NIOSH is what helps keep workplaces safe.
But what exactly is NIOSH?
April 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
2/ Increased risk of injury, illness, & death just by going to work.
Working Americans spend at least 1/3 of their day at work, potentially exposed to workplace hazards. NIOSH is what helps keep workplaces safe.
But what exactly is NIOSH?
Working Americans spend at least 1/3 of their day at work, potentially exposed to workplace hazards. NIOSH is what helps keep workplaces safe.
But what exactly is NIOSH?
Work shouldn't hurt.
April 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Work shouldn't hurt.
Want to help #SaveNIOSH? Call your legislators and urge them to express strong support for reinstating NIOSH and its critical role in safeguarding the health & safety of American workers and promoting the overall health of the US economy. Visit congress.org/members to find your legislators. 5/
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April 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Want to help #SaveNIOSH? Call your legislators and urge them to express strong support for reinstating NIOSH and its critical role in safeguarding the health & safety of American workers and promoting the overall health of the US economy. Visit congress.org/members to find your legislators. 5/
NIOSH is the only dedicated federal investment in research and services that prevent work-related injuries & illnesses for our nation’s 168.4 million workers. 4/
April 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
NIOSH is the only dedicated federal investment in research and services that prevent work-related injuries & illnesses for our nation’s 168.4 million workers. 4/
"NIOSH's research has saved the lives, lungs, and limbs of millions of workers, preventing work illnesses, injuries, and deaths among coal miners, chemical workers, firefighters, hospital and healthcare workers, and countless other workers," @drdavidmichaels.bsky.social wrote on LinkedIn. 3/
April 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
"NIOSH's research has saved the lives, lungs, and limbs of millions of workers, preventing work illnesses, injuries, and deaths among coal miners, chemical workers, firefighters, hospital and healthcare workers, and countless other workers," @drdavidmichaels.bsky.social wrote on LinkedIn. 3/
NIOSH’s budget is only about $2.20 per worker annually ($338 million), yet work-related injuries & illnesses cost the US economy an estimated $250 billion each year.
Small prevention efforts reduce lost time & lost wages & lost productivity. Eliminating programs will cost Americans & businesses. 2/
Small prevention efforts reduce lost time & lost wages & lost productivity. Eliminating programs will cost Americans & businesses. 2/
April 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
NIOSH’s budget is only about $2.20 per worker annually ($338 million), yet work-related injuries & illnesses cost the US economy an estimated $250 billion each year.
Small prevention efforts reduce lost time & lost wages & lost productivity. Eliminating programs will cost Americans & businesses. 2/
Small prevention efforts reduce lost time & lost wages & lost productivity. Eliminating programs will cost Americans & businesses. 2/