Invitation Letter

Attachment 4a

Survey Invitation

[FOR EMAIL]

SUBJECT LINE: Survey on the Impact of NIOSH’s ENM Safety and Health Guidance

[FOR REGULAR MAIL]

[NAME]

[TITLE]

[ORGANIZATION]

[STREET ADDRESS]

[CITY] [STATE] [ZIPCODE]

Dear NAME:

A few days ago you should have received a message from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) about the Survey on the Impact of NIOSH’s ENM Safety and Health Guidance.

NIOSH is interested in your thoughts about information you find helpful for protecting your workers from the possible effects of working with engineered nanomaterials. NIOSH is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and is not a regulatory agency. Its mission is to eliminate work-related illnesses and injuries through a focused program of research and prevention. The information gathered from this survey will help NIOSH understand whether and how its efforts are influencing occupational safety and health across a range of engineered nanomaterial-related businesses.

NIOSH contracted with RTI International to carry out this survey. RTI is a not-for-profit research firm based in North Carolina.

To access the survey, please use this link: [INSERT LINK]

Your PIN code is [CODE]

Your code can only be used by you to complete the survey.

We identified your company through publicly available information. Your name was identified through a recent telephone conversation with a [company/ organization] contact person as the person most knowledgeable about the safety and health programs at this [company/ organization] location. If you believe we have contacted you in error, please send us the name and email address of the person at your [company/organization] who is the appropriate person to participate in this survey.

The survey is voluntary and takes no longer than 20 minutes to complete. The survey resides in a protected environment and contains measures to prevent a breach of the information collected. The information we collect will be summarized in an internal document. We will not identify you or your [company/ organization] in any documents or reports without your prior approval.

For additional information about this survey, please contact the RTI survey manager, Ryan Weber, at [INSERT TOLL FREE NUMBER]. If you have any difficulty with the survey, you may also contact the survey Help Desk at [INSERT HELP DESK EMAIL].

Thank you in advance for your contributions to this important study.

[RTI Signature]