To find information about protection from a particular workplace hazard, see the hazard in the list below. For information about personal protective equipment in general, such as goggles, gloves and protective footwear, click here.

Workplace hazards are arranged in the following groups:

• Biological hazards and biosafety
• Respiratory hazards
• Chemical hazards
• Physical hazards
• Safety hazards
• Stress, harassment, post-traumatic stress disorder
• Workplace violence

Biological hazards and biosafety

• Allergies, dermatitis, asthma links and news
• Anthrax links and news
• Biosafety links and news
• Bloodborne pathogens links and news

  Safer Needles: It's the Law
  Healthcare workers safety and health links and news

NYCOSH FACTSHEET: How you can use OSHA's
Bloodborne Pathogens rules to protect your safety and health

• AIDS and HIV
• Biosafety in general
• Bird, bat and rodent droppings
• Hepatitis
• Influenza
• Legionnaires' disease
• Lyme disease
• Meningitis
• Sanitation
• West Nile Disease
• Mold, fungi and toxic plants links and news
• Reproductive hazards links and news
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) links and news
• Smallpox links and news
• Tuberculosis links and news

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Respiratory hazards

• Asbestos links and news
• Indoor air quality links and news
  Indoor air quality survey
• The facts about mold
• Respiratory Hazards & Protection links and news
  Protective garments (gloves, boots, hardhats)
  Silica
• Tobacco smoke links and news
• Ventilation

Chemical hazards

• Chemical hazards and toxic substances links and news
• Formaldehyde
• Hazwaste links
• Lead links
• Machine fluids
  Safety facts
• Pesticides links
• NYCOSH testimony to the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, April 16, 2003

Physical hazards

• Confined space hazards links
• Radiation links and news
  (including radio, microwave & ionizing radiation,
  and electromagnetic fields)
  Cell phones
• Fire, heat, cold, vibration, explosion links and news
• Ergonomics, repetitive strain injuries, links and news
  
  Computer workstation OSH checklist
  Healthy computing tips
• Noise and Hearing Protection links

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Safety hazards

• Falls
• Struck by / crushed by
  (vehicle collisions, vehicle rollovers and other non-collision accidents, struck by falling objects, collapses, etc.)
• Machinery-related hazards links
  (lockout / tagout, machine guarding, boiler safety, forklifts)
  Forklift fact sheet

Stress, harassment, PTSD

• Job stress links and news
  including post-traumatic stress disorder and sexual harassment

Workplace violence

• Workplace violence links and news
Testimony, NYS Hazard Abatement Board Hearings, June 2003