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Occupational Health Surveillance

The goal of the Occupational Health Surveillance Program is to promote the health, safety and quality of life of people working in Louisiana. Program activities include the following:

• Collect, analyze, interpret and disseminate information about work-related injuries, illnesses, and hazards in Louisiana.
• Educate workers, employers, and health care providers about occupational health and safety issues.
• Use surveillance information to guide the development of prevention and outreach activities.

Occupational Health Activities:

• CDC/NIOSH Occupational Health Indicator Cooperative Agreement

The cooperative agreement's purpose is to strengthen the Louisiana's Office of Public Health's Occupational Health Surveillance Program's capacity to conduct population-based surveillance of specified occupational health indicators using existing data systems.

The 13 occupational health conditions for study have been identified by NIOSH in collaboration with the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologist (CSTE). These conditions were selected based on the availability of data, their public health importance, and the opinion that these conditions should be prevented.

The 13 health conditions are as follows:

• Work-related hospitalization
• Hospitalizations from work-related burns
• Hospitalizations from Pneumoconiosis
• Mortality from Pneumoconiosis
• Elevated blood lead levels
• Pesticide Poisoning
• Amputations
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Incidence of malignant mesothelioma
• Non fatal work-related injuries & illnesses
• Work-related fatal injuries
• Work-related amputations
• Muscoskeletal disorders

For more information about CSTE's Occupational Health Indicators, click here for CSTE's Occupational Health home page (http://www.cste.org/dnn/ProgramsandActivities/OccupationalHealth/tabid/70/Default.aspx)

To view a report on Louisiana's Occupational Health Indicators click here.