Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Section, American Public Health Association
The ICEHS section embraces all professionals interested in unintentional injury, violence, emergency health services and emergency preparedness.
ICEHS Promotes the Exchange of Knowledge and Experience through:
- Scientific programs at the APHA Annual Meeting
- Workshops, round table discussions, continuing education and training courses
- Sessions on methodological advances in injury science
- Interactive poster sessions
- Electronic Newsletters
- Networking socials
- Identification of and advocacy for key issues in the field
National Center for Health Statistics (CDC)
The mission of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is to provide statistical information that will guide actions and policies to improve the health of the American people. As the Nation’s principal health statistics agency, NCHS leads the way with accurate, relevant, and timely data.
National Center For Injury Prevention and Control (CDC)
Mission: to prevent injuries and violence, and reduce their consequences
National Institute For Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
As part of the Centers For Disease Control And Prevention (CDC), NIOSH is responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related illnesses and injuries.
Regional Injury Prevention Research Center
The Regional Injury Prevention Research Center (RIPRC) was established to provide a multidisciplinary program for the prevention and control of injuries, including catastrophic and long-term disabling injuries, with attention to the rural environment. The overall goal of this Center is to develop injury control programs, which will ultimately reduce mortality, morbidity, and disability from injury in rural and other areas using a comprehensive and integrated approach that incorporates research, education, and intervention efforts.
Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR)
Mission: to promote scholarly activity in the prevention, control, acute care, and rehabilitation of intentional and unintentional injury.
Society For Epidemiologic Research (SER)
The Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) was established in 1968 as a forum for sharing the latest in epidemiologic research. The SER is committed to keeping epidemiologists at the vanguard of scientific developments.
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mission: The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics.
US Bureau of Labor and Statistics – Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities
The Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) provides data on illnesses and injuries on the job and data on worker fatalities.
United States Department of Labor
Mission: The Department of Labor fosters and promotes the welfare of the job seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the United States by improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment, protecting their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements. In carrying out this mission, the Department administers a variety of Federal labor laws including those that guarantee workers’ rights to safe and healthful working conditions; a minimum hourly wage and overtime pay; freedom from employment discrimination; unemployment insurance; and other income support.
Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (UMASH)
The Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (UMASH) is a Center of Excellence in Agricultural Disease and Injury Research, Education, and Prevention funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). This ag center is a multidisciplinary collaboration of five leading research and health care institutions, bringing together unique expertise to address existing and emerging occupational health and safety issues in agriculture in the upper midwest region.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Data Resources
OSHA collects and maintains a wide range of data related to workplace safety and health. This includes OSHA inspection and citation data, injury and illness data electronically submitted to OSHA, work-related severe injury and fatality data, and chemical exposure health data. Employers, workers, safety professionals, and other interested parties may view and download OSHA’s publicly available data provided online.



