Occupational Health Management Archives – December 1, 2009
December 1, 2009
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Make this 'business case' for mental health interventions
If an employee is newly diagnosed with diabetes, he or she would likely be able to obtain a significant amount of resources for prevention, screening and treatment of this condition. Would this also be true if that employee suffered from depression? -
Screen employees for depression, anxiety
Since employees with medical conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer often have co-morbid mental conditions, it makes sense to screen these workers for depression... -
If a worker is badly injured, what happens next?
It's a moment dreaded by every occupational health manager-learning that an employee was seriously injured at work. It's also the "moment of truth" for how well the occupational health manager does his or her job. -
OSHA will want to see this after an accident
When inspectors from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) arrive on the scene to investigate a workplace injury, their primary concern is finding out how the accident occurred. -
Never do these things after a worksite injury
Avoid trouble with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) by never doing any of the following things after a worksite injury occurs, warns Mary (Penny) B. Nicholls, RN, CCM, COHN-S, a disability consultant with Alabama Power Company in Birmingham and a member of the advisory board for the Deep South Center for Occupational Health & Safety at the University of Alabama at Birmingham: -
Get workers to commit to short bouts of exercise
Getting employees to commit to hour-long workouts at the gym might be expecting the impossible in many cases. However, new research shows that short bouts of exercise also have significant benefits. -
Don't ignore the health impact of job insecurity
These days, many workers have a high amount of anxiety over job security, with good reason. Now, a new study shows this poses a major threat to worker health. -
Step up and take the lead on flu pandemic
However this flu season plays out in your workplace, occupational health will be in the "hot seat" when it comes to keeping both employees and senior leaders up to date on H1N1. At least, that is how it should be. -
Workplace is the target for 'obesity prevention'
The nation's rising rate of obesity has required hospitals to rethink patient care, including different beds and lift equipment. But obesity also poses issues for hospitals as employers. -
OSHA steps up inspections of record keeping
The new focus on record keeping by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration - OSHA's National Emphasis Program (NEP) - zeroes in on workplaces with the highest rate of serious injury. Those include injuries that lead to days away from work, restricted activity or job transfer (DART). -
Two-thirds of hospital workers accept vaccine
In an intense effort to improve influenza vaccination rates, more hospitals and health systems are moving toward mandatory policies for immunizing health care workers.