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Ongoing Major Research Projects at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan

Safety Research Area (Kiyose District)

1. Elucidation of the Mechanism of Ultra-High Friction of Soft Materials in Oil and Development of Ultra-Slip Resistant Soles
2. Challenge to development of an innovative slip resistance evaluation system based on the estimation of the friction coefficient using images of shoe soles and floor surfaces
3. Study on safety requirements of ground bearing capacity for prevention of overturning by large construction machineries
4. Study on the Risk of Labor Accidents during Construction Works and the Safety Measure
5. Safety Countermeasure by using Personal Fall Equipment
6. Prevention of labour accidents due to soil collapse using advanced technology
7. Study on the improvement of hazard information on chemicals and its use in risk assessment for preventing fire and explosion accidents
8. Association between methods of event progress evaluation based on chemical hazard information and risk assessment and risk reduction for preventing fire and explosion accidents
9. Improvement of chemical substance hazard information in line with technological progress and suggestion of safety measures
10. Study on enhancement of countermeasures against electrostatic disasters caused by electrification of insulators
11. Study on electrostatic disasters caused by electrification of insulating vessels and piping
12. Visualization of charge distribution in loaded powder and development of electrostatic elimination technologies
13. Experimental study on electrostatic risk assessment and prevention measures for industrial flexible intermediate bulk container
14. Safety evaluation for ropes and components used in next-generation cranes
15. Damage evaluation for fiber ropes used as rope for crane
16. Effect of Resin Sheaves on Wire Rope Damage

Occupational Health Research Area (Noborito District)

1. The experimental investigation on the effect of workplace verbal aggression on workers
2. Effects of occupational physical activity on the cardiac autonomic nervous system
3. Health effects of night shift work
4. Sleep and recovery from occupational fatigue for preventing overwork-related death health issues
5. Study on prediction of industrial chemical substances of concern for health hazards due to dermal exposure and their exposure control methods
6. Study on real-time monitoring of chemicals in workplaces,　and analysis for multi-phase and/or multi-chemical species.
7. Study on measurement and evaluation methods for coarse aerosol particles related to exposure in the work environment
8. Relationship between physical disparities of caregivers and care recipients and low back load in care work with assistive device
9. Application for effective equipment to reduce heat strain
10. Research on physical workload assessment in senior workers
11. Comprehensive study for the current status and preventive strategies of overwork-related disorders
12. Epidemiological study concerning health effects of radiation wokers
13. Research on health monitoring methods that prevent delayed onset health effects caused by chemical substances
14. Development of a Permeation Measurement Method and Analysis of the Permeation Mechanism for Chemical Protective Gloves Based on a Survey of the Working Environment

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