Montana Occupational Health and Safety Surveillance Program

Details

• Personal Author:
  Healy E
• Description:
  The Montana Occupational Health and Safety Surveillance (MOHSS) Program accomplished three main goals in order bridge the gap between occupational health surveillance and prevention and safety activities and provide valuable information to lead to occupational health improvement across the state. MOHSS collected, reported, and analyzed the NIOSH Occupational Health Indicators as a baseline for occupational health surveillance. Collection of the indicators allowed for analysis of state trends in occupational health, monitoring of Montana's occupational safety and health landscape, revealed areas in need of more in-depth surveillance, and guided prevention efforts. MOHSS also used interagency collaborations to improve the quantity and quality of occupational health data collected and used for occupational health surveillance. MOHSS worked to improve access to and quality of existing systems as well as explored new data sources. In order to accomplish this, MOHSS collaborated with other agencies and bureaus within Montana to take advantage of the large variety of surveillance systems already in place. These included the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS), Montana Department of Transportation (MDT), and the Montana Occupational Safety and Health Statistics (OSHS) Program. Finally, MOHSS created and maintained active communication with stakeholders in occupational safety and health to provide avenues through which information from MOHSS can reach agencies able to act on the findings. Findings from MOHSS guided interventions and preventive policy targeting occupational health and safety hazards. These relationships also provided external guidance to MOHSS and provided council on aspects of occupational health of particular importance or concern. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Communication Systems Hazards Intervention Monitoring Systems Occupational Health Preventive Measures Surveillance Work Environment Workers
• 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:
  Montana ; OSHA Region 8
• 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:
  1-19
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066313
• 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-010902, 2021 Sep; :1-19
• Contact Point Address:
  Emily Healy, Montana Department of Labor & Industry, 1805 Prospect Ave, Helena, MT 59601
• Email:
  emily.healy@mt.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Performing Organization:
  Montana Department of Labor and Industry, Helena
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20150701
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9b88e46efc443b6245e6d38cdf65bc0a1981fad8160443666d7fedb6c2d724ce33781bb57eeca8246381b9134f68a26bad3baf25932f4f8d4b0ce4fe52850a32
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219155/cdc_219155_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 246.17 KB ]