Colorado Occupational Health and Safety Surveillance Program

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Occupational Health Surveillance Program conducts surveillance and research to characterize and track occupational injuries, illnesses, hazards, and exposures that are specific to Colorado.

The program collects, compiles and disseminates information on a variety of work related injuries, illnesses and hazards such as:

• Work-related fatalities;
• Work-related pesticide poisonings;
• Work-related hospitalizations;
• Work-related injuries such as amputations, and burns;
• Work-related illnesses such as mesothelioma and pneumoconiosis;
• Occupational lead and pesticide exposures; and
• High risk industries and occupations in Colorado.

The surveillance program uses this data to develop Colorado’s Occupational Health Indicator Report. These reports are used to inform and guide Colorado’s occupational safety and health programs.

Read about program updates in our newsletter, The Monitor :

• February 2011
• October 2010
• April 2010

November 2011 – Lead Test Reporting Proposal: 

In December, the OHSS Program will go before the Colorado Board of Health to propose a change in Colorado’s adult lead test reporting rules. We invite interested parties to review the proposal, and provide comments through this online survey link: www.surveymonkey.com/s/PYL3NNT 

More Information about State-based Occupational Health Surveillance

• Guidelines for Minimum and Comprehensive State-Based Public Health Activities in Occupational Safety and Health
  
• Occupational Health Indicators
  
• Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists
  
• National Institute for Occupational Health
  
• Colorado Occupational Health Indicators
  
• Putting Data to Work: Occupational Health Indicators from Thirteen Pilot States for 2000
  
• Other State Occupational Health Surveillance Program Websites

Funding for this program is made possible (in part) by award number 1-U60-OH-009842-01 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The views expressed in written materials or publications and presentations by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the CDC-NIOSH; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.