Tennessee Occupational Health and Safety Surveillance Program

TN Occupational Health Surveillance Program PAR-20-312 PROJECT SUMMARY The Tennessee Occupational Health and Safety Surveillance Program’s (TN-OHSSP) goal is to provide basic information about the risks faced by Tennessee workers that is fundamental for effective policy and interventions. The program also provides more in-depth surveillance on topics relevant to stakeholders. The program looks to cultivate its nascent partnerships with such groups as the department of labor, TOSHA, and safety groups, as well as groups within the Department of Health. In service to its goals and its partners, TN-OHSSP endeavors to produce several reports: - An annual Occupational Health Indicator report which conforms to standards set by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), - An annual State of Worker Health report which reviews time trends for the OHI indicators, and other related data points. - A review of workplace related spread of COVID-19 in TN - Special topic reports on the underserved high-mortality risk occupations, and requests from partners, such as causes of work-related hospitalizations. In addition to developing reports, the program works to improve the available data and indicators. The program advocates for health data sets to collect occupational data. Under this project, TN-OHSSP is working closely with the team that gathers laboratory reports of blood lead levels to gather occupational data for individuals with elevated blood lead levels.