Washington State SHARP Workplace Safety Research Program Overview

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Occupational Safety

The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) describes the SHARP (Safety & Health Assessment & Research for Prevention) program, a workplace safety and health research and prevention initiative. SHARP conducts occupational health surveillance including musculoskeletal disorders, respiratory disease, lead exposure, heat-related illness, trucking injury prevention, and work-related fatalities, in partnership with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health since 2005. The program also publishes an internal research policy on financial conflicts of interest for Public Health Service-funded investigators under 42 CFR Part 50.