New Jersey Occupational Health Surveillance

项目总结/摘要 新泽西卫生部（NJDOH）职业健康监测（OHS）部门 建议对已建立的职业健康进行基于人口的监测 指标（OHIs），以估计和描述特定工作相关的负担 伤害和疾病，并将比率与国家估计数进行比较，并评估一段时间内的趋势。 我们建议加强和评估我们的监测系统，以扩大数据收集， 在新泽西州的预防和干预活动。OHS将继续对成年人进行监测 血铅砷汞镉新泽西州有监管机构收集职业 所有职业病和伤害的健康监测数据。的具体目标 项目如下： 1.维护和分析收集的23项指定职业健康指标（OHI）数据 并开展教育和外联工作，重点是减少接触石棉。 2.分析指定的职业健康指标，以描述职业健康伤害和疾病， 弱势群体制定干预战略。其中包括一个具体的 该项目侧重于青少年伤害，并普遍关注弱势工人群体， 这些关键基础设施工人。 3.保持成人血铅和其他重金属的数据收集。进行监视 对受影响的个人进行评估，以确定有风险的工作场所，采取进一步有针对性的干预措施， 作为教育和推广以及转介给监管机构。 NJDOH OHS部门提出了两个基本附加项目，以加强我们的 通过利用和评估新的数据来源进行职业健康监测， 将实时数据转化为公共卫生行动。OHS还将制定框架， 纳入工作场所的突发传染病职业健康监护 非传统数据集中的变量，旨在改善监测和减轻 在当前的疫情中，COVID-19在工作场所传播。职业健康安全股工作人员将进行 在这些非传统领域收集行业和职业信息的培训 监测系统，包括传染病、接触者追踪和中毒 控制查询"基本补充"项目的具体目标如下： 1.促进在非传统领域纳入和分析职业和行业变量 通过现有的和新的伙伴关系，加强对 突发性疾病和危害。 2.加强EpiCenter综合征监测系统作为实时监测 与工作有关的非致命伤害和中毒的制度。 从这些新的数据源中建立和评估关键发现将使NJ 国家监测项目，以加强我们进行监测的能力， 建立伙伴关系，保护工人的健康和安全。该项目将培养现有的 与罗格斯大学，我们的区域NIOSH教育和研究中心， 新泽西州毒物控制中心和NJDOH内的其他主要合作伙伴，包括公众 员工职业安全与健康计划与传染病 的服务.继续与现有合作伙伴以及潜在的新合作伙伴合作 和利益相关者，将改善我们未来对工伤的应对工作， 在国内中毒。

Project Summary/Abstract The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH), Occupational Health Surveillance (OHS) Unit proposes to conduct population-based surveillance of established occupational health indicators (OHIs) in order to estimate and characterize the burden of specific work-related injuries and illnesses and compare rates to national estimates and evaluate trends over time. We propose to enhance and evaluate our surveillance system to expand data collection, prevention, and intervention activities in NJ. OHS will continue to conduct surveillance of adult blood lead, arsenic, mercury and cadmium. NJ has regulatory authority to collect occupational health surveillance data for all occupational diseases and injuries. The specific Aims of the project are as follows: 1. Maintain and analyze data collected for 23 specified occupational health indicators (OHI) and conduct an education and outreach effort focused on reducing exposure to asbestos. 2. Analyze specified OHIs to characterize occupational health injuries and illnesses among vulnerable populations to formulate strategies for interventions. This includes a specific project focused on youth injuries and a general focus on vulnerable worker populations, such essential critical infrastructure workers. 3. Maintain data collection of adult blood lead and other heavy metals. Conduct surveillance of exposed individuals to identify at-risk workplaces for further targeted interventions, such as education and outreach and referral to regulatory authorities. The NJDOH OHS Unit proposes two Fundamental Plus projects to enhance our occupational health surveillance by utilizing and evaluating new data sources and translating real-time data to public health action. OHS will also develop a framework for occupational health surveillance of emergent infectious diseases by including workplace variables in non-traditional datasets, which aims to improve surveillance and mitigate workplace transmission of COVID-19 in the current pandemic. OHS Unit Staff will conduct trainings for the collection of industry and occupation information in these nontraditional surveillance systems, including communicable diseases, contact tracing, and poison control inquiries. The specific Aims of the Fundamental Plus projects are the following: 1. Promote inclusion and analysis of occupation and industry variables in nontraditional data sources, through existing and new partnerships to enhance surveillance of emergent diseases and hazards. 2. Enhance the EpiCenter syndromic surveillance system as a real-time surveillance system for work-related nonfatal injuries and poisonings. Establishing and evaluating key findings from these new data sources will position the NJ state-based surveillance project to strengthen our capacity to conduct surveillance and build partnerships to protect worker health and safety. This project will cultivate existing relationships with Rutgers University, our regional NIOSH Education and Research Center, the NJ Poison Control Center, and other key partners within NJDOH, including the Public Employee Occupational Safety and Health program and the Communicable Disease Service. Continued collaboration with current partners, as well as potential new partners and stakeholders, will improve our future response efforts to work-related injuries and poisonings in the State.