New Mexico Occupational Health Surveillance Program

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• Personal Author:
  Paladugu S
• Description:
  Over the course of the grant period, New Mexico Occupational Health Surveillance Program (NMOHSP) was able to expand data access to allow the calculation all occupational health indicators (OHIs), both mandatory and optional. Annual monitoring of the OHIs facilitates comparison across years and can indicate areas where intervention may be warranted. NMOHSP is currently working on a new website with New Mexico Public Health Tracking Program that will allow the public to access OHI data via an interactive portal. NMOHSP identified an excess burden of injury and death in the oil and gas industry. Many of these deaths occurred on the roadway. Data from NM Department of Transportation (NM DOT), NM Department of Public Safety (NM DPS), and NM Workers Compensation Administration (NM WCA) were obtained and reviewed to identify the circumstances of these injuries and fatalities. In partnership with SENM STEPS, an organization of oil and gas industry safety professionals in the southeast corner of the state, NMOHSP ran a series of public service announcements over the radio, encouraging drivers statewide to wear their seatbelts and drive carefully. NMOHSP provided critical guidance during the state's COVID-19 response efforts. The program has been closely involved in the collection of employer and occupation data for all COVID-19 cases in the state. Data on the occupation and industry of COVID-19 cases was made available to the Governor via an interactive dashboard and was used for briefings of state officials before public press conferences. This data was also used to help guide New Mexico's COVID-19 vaccination strategy, both in the planning stages and to monitor progress during implementation. In 2020 and 2021 there was an increase in the rate of calls to New Mexico Poison and Drug Information Center (NMPDIC) regarding workplace exposure to disinfectants. NMOHSP formed a partnership with NMPDIC and the NM Asthma Program to address this issue. In May and June 2021, this collaboration aired a public service campaign on cable television and internet streaming services educating citizens statewide on the risk of occupational asthma and acute exposure to cleaners. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communicable Diseases Epidemiology Occupational Health Oil And Gas Industry Public Health Safety Transportation
• Keywords:
  COVID-19 Gas Industry Occupational Health Oil Industry Public Health Surveillance Programs
• 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:
  New Mexico ; OSHA Region 6
• 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:
  1-15
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066429
• 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-011360, 2021 Sep; :1-15
• Contact Point Address:
  Srikanth Paladugu, MBBS, MPH, MBA, Environmental Health Epidemiology Bureau Chief, 1190 S St. Francis Dr, Ste 1300, Santa Fe, NM, 87505
• Email:
  Srikanth.Paladugu@state.nm.us
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Performing Organization:
  New Mexico State Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20160701
• 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:d8e78e93a6dae7d9539aad9167bb9f96649a9bf176a0d3c9a9fc435bb9b0f33578a55d5da3ad4b3e08f75a7b70378ea9f6a7df839211d9f81bf7c2eb50cb8217
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219159/cdc_219159_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 207.84 KB ]