State-Based Occupational Health and Safety Surveillance in Florida

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• Personal Author:
  Reid K
• Description:
  The OHSP is relevant and impactful to other programs within the Florida Department of Health and provides public health relevance to other state agencies and partners (e.g., university partners, private industry). Data collected and disseminated by the OHSP is used by partners invested in improving worker health and safety in Florida. For example, the Miami Occupational Health Research Group, a NIOSH Total Worker Health affiliate based out of the University of Miami, has been one of the OHSP's most productive partners in work addressing injuries and fatalities in the construction industry and cancer-related risks among firefighters. Partners routinely use the occupational health indicators, hospital discharge and emergency department datasets, and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data to inform prevention and intervention activities and identify priority areas. Since 2013, the OHSP has partnered with the Florida BRFSS program to include the Industry and Occupation (I/O) optional module on the state's BRFSS survey. The BRFSS is the only population-based health survey in Florida that can provide important information about health outcomes, health behaviors, and access to health care among employed adults. The OHSP also actively supported Florida's 67 county health departments with investigations and surveillance of occupational issues, including surveillance of work-related adult blood lead cases to verify that the number of individuals with elevated blood lead levels continues to decrease. Through a variety of meetings, the OHSP engaged in collaborative projects with a diverse network of partners. In 2019, the OHSP was involved in developing a statewide human trafficking surveillance plan that necessitated involvement from a variety of state agency partners at the Florida Department of Children and Families, Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and University of Central Florida. This work led to the development of a human trafficking profile report available on FLHealthCHARTS.gov. Additionally, the OHSP worked closely with the Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety at the University of Florida on issues pertaining to the health and safety of workers in agriculture, fishing, and forestry. This included developing data tools to identify vulnerable agricultural and migrant farmworker populations who may be disproportionately impacted by public health emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communicable Diseases Construction Industry Emigration And Immigration Farmers Firefighters Mortality Occupational Health Public Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System BRFSS Construction Industry COVID-19 Farm Workers Fatalities Fire Fighters Injuries Migrant Workers Public Health Surveillance Total Worker Health TWH Work Environment Worker Safety

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• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Final Cooperative Agreement Report
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066298
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U60-OH-010900, 2022 Jul; :1-10
• Contact Point Address:
  Keshia Reid, Florida State Department of Health, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin-B01 Office of Deputy, Secretary for Operations/FCAM,Tallahassee, FL 323997017
• Email:
  keshia.reid@flhealth.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Performing Organization:
  Florida State Department of Health, Tallahassee
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20150701
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20210630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f6e8459630c735bfae627d92d383274b42b29bc49b4bcc098881de4c225b93106ca52f711092725639a6a79ed93ce83818bbabd9a2624fc11cd1005f0eae89e8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219152/cdc_219152_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 193.74 KB ]