Apps and eTools Resource Center

The following software tools provide the practicing industrial hygienist with quick and easy access to the information necessary to evaluate exposure profiles and determine if the exposures are acceptable, not acceptable or if more data is needed to make the determination of acceptability.

The following NIOSH apps and software tools provide the practicing industrial hygienist with quick and easy access to the information necessary to evaluate exposure profiles and determine if the exposures are acceptable, not acceptable or if more data is needed to determine acceptability.

Tools to help you avoid heatstroke. Watch out for heatstroke. You should be able to recognize the signs and symptoms, take preventive measures and, if need be, decide on an alternate work/rest regimen for working in hot environments. The 'Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail(IRSST) has tools to help you avoid heatstroke in the workplace.

Safety Climate – Safety Management System (SC-SMIS)

Research has shown that a strong job site safety climate can improve safety and health outcomes for workers, including lowering injury rates.

With extensive input from the construction industry, researchers at CPWR and Washington State University Vancouver developed the Safety Climate Assessment Tool (S-CAT), which companies can use to assess their progress towards strengthening eight leading indicators of safety climate.

SARS-CoV-2 Exposure Assessment Tool, CEAT

Thumbnail of CEAT toolThis simple-to-use tool, released as a Beta version, allows users to estimate a group-wide relative exposure to SARS-COV-2 associated with various activities. The tool facilitates understanding of the relative importance of factors that contribute to increased exposure. It incorporates both scientific principals and recent findings regarding virus characteristics to assess relative exposure based on the key mechanistic and epidemiological factors.