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Directorate of Technical Support and Emergency Management
Resident Projects

Over the years, the OSHA Occupational Medicine Elective residents have been involved in a variety of projects. For example, former resident projects have addressed the scientific connection between welding and bacterial pneumonia, medical surveillance for worker populations, transmission of tuberculosis among elephants and animal handlers, and a repeat outbreak of histoplasmosis among excavation workers.

For a more complete list of projects, see below...

Asbestos exposures during hospital renovations
Automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
Benzene in drinking water
Beryllium medical surveillance
Biologic agents for WMD incidents
Bloodborne pathogens
Cadmium medical surveillance for workers with renal disease
Carbon dioxide fatality investigations
Carbon monoxide exposures
Chemical agent attacks
Chemical plant explosion
Chromium neurologic and dermatologic effects
Coke oven emissions and urologic cancer
Cold exposure in migrant workers
Decompression tables for hyperbaric exposure
Elephant tuberculosis transmission to animal handlers
Ergonomic analysis of beverage and grocery distribution centers, and nursing homes
Ergonomic injury in poultry workers 		Hair lead sampling
Heat stress
Heat injuries and fatalities
Histoplasmosis outbreak among construction workers
Hydrogen sulfide fatality investigations
Ionizing radiation exposure
Impact of upper respiratory infections in the workplace
Infection control in dental offices
Isocyanate exposure and occupational asthma
Laser plume and electrocautery surgery
Latex allergy
Legionella exposure
Lyme disease Hazard Information Bulletin
Nanotechnology health and safety challenges
Manganese, welding and pneumonia
Magnetic resonance imaging
Medical surveillance for WMD incident responders
Mercury exposure
Metalworking fluids-medical surveillance
Methylene chloride exposure amoung bathtub refinishers
 Occupational noise exposure
Pandemic influenza
Pepper spray for training security personnel
Personal protective equipment for agents of terrorism
Popcorn lung among food flavoring workers
Pregnancy-occupational exposure to paint chemicals
Russian space station scientists
Sick building syndrome
Silica exposure among pottery workers
Toluene exposure
Tuberculosis in nursing homes
Welding hazards
Uranium
Tunneling and compressed air work
Vaccine recommendations for WMD incident responders
Workplace violence in healthcare

The projects assigned to the Office of Occupational Medicine frequently represent the most difficult health and safety challenges faced by OSHA. Residents will work one-on-one with the OOM staff on emerging Occupational Medicine issues.