TABLE 4.

Contributions of nonemployer stakeholders

Asphalt milling	Coal miner PDM
Critical roles of milling machine manufacturers in designing and implementing control, and OSHA in motivating control development and use through silica rule	Some of original impetus for development came from outside NIOSH; and industry, labor, and MSHA contributed to development and testing. Implementation required in new MSHA rule
Firefighter cancer	Ambulance redesign
Critical roles of firefighter industry and worker representative organizations in developing and promoting recommendations based on NIOSH findings	Large number of public and private partners contributed to design development, and standard setting organizations adopted standards
Safety grants	Amputations
Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation proactive in seeking program evaluation and supported NIOSH evaluation in kind	OSHA used the amputation information to target workplace inspections

Abbreviations: MSHA, Mine Safety and Health Administration; NIOSH, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; OSHA, Occupational Safety and Health Administration; PDM, personal dust monitor.