* Helps prevent workers from becoming sick or injured on the job. Services may include: Assess potential workplace hazards Recommend engineering controls and safe work practices Provide ergonomic assessments Assist in developing health and safety programs Provide worker health and safety training and education* Helps with social, psychological, and financial difficulties as a result of work-related illnesses, social workers by providing: Community Resource Referrals Short-term Individual and Family Counseling Social, Psychological and Financial Counseling Stress Reduction and Crisis Intervention

The Environmental Health Division is dedicated to protecting the citizens and visitors of Erie County from biological, chemical, and physical hazards that may be present in food, water, and the built environment. Environmental Health sanitarians, engineers, nurses, educators and vector control workers: - Conduct inspections and investigations - Educate and motivate the public to prevent environmental hazards - Provide medical case management for children diagnosed with lead poisoning - Provide timely environmental health information in times of emergency - Provide assistance and information in cases of potential rabies exposures - Review plans and advise the public in environmentally safe construction, development and upgrades to facilities - Assist in the control of disease-causing vectors - Enforce applicable local, state, and national codes, and regulations to protect public health

Offers a course that is designed for personnel in the private and public sector interested in teaching the 10- and 30-hour construction safety and health outreach program to their employees and other interested groups. Special emphasis is placed upon those topics that are required in the 10- and 30-hour programs, as well as on those that are most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide. Course participants are briefed on effective instructional approaches and the effective use of visual aids and handouts. This course allows the student to become a trainer in the Outreach Program and to conduct both a 10- and 30- hour construction safety and health course and to issue cards to participants verifying course completion. Call for detailed information.

Inspects workplace environments to make sure that buildings are safe and have a good working area for employees. Investigates complaints of health and safety violations/hazards in the workplace. Also educates employers and employees on the safe and hazard-free work spaces and the rules to follow based on the type of work facility.

Conducts inspections and issues citations for health violations and safety standards. Also provides education, training and consultation of New York state health and safety work standards.

Helps reduce workplace hazards and other health issues that can affect employee productivity. Also provides OSHA medical surveillance, Department of Transportation, drug and alcohol testing, international travel immunizations. No appointment necessary except for immunizations.

Represents flexibly structured approach to comprehensive outpatient health care service for employed persons. Services include: worker's compensation; drug/alcohol testing compliance program; medical director program; OSHA required examinations; rehabilitation services and screenings; physicals; drug testing; and many other health care services for area businesses.

Provides monitoring, evaluation, and control of health hazards affecting military and civilian personnel.

* Conducts safety and health field inspections in private industry to assure safe and healthy workplace for American workers.* Inspects construction sites and conducts complaint inspections.* Provides outreach programs relating to occupation safety and health issues.

* Provides health and safety information and referrals to local health departments. * Offers information on a variety of health topics that include: Diseases and general health information. Vaccine and vaccine-preventable diseases. International travelers health information and cruise ship scores. Workplace safety and health. Toxic or environmental exposure. Birth and death certificates.

* Provides lifesaving instruction and certification in skills such as First Aid CPR/AED, Basic Life Support (BLS), Water Safety Instruction (WSI), Lifeguard Training, and Babysitter Training.

* Provides fire suppression, first response medical, and rescue services. * Offers safety planning, home and work safety assessments, and education. * Assists with detector installations. * Assists with child seat installations.

Provides access and advocacy to eligible health and human services to farmworkers and their families in Jefferson, Lewis, Onondaga, and Oswego counties.

Provides services focused on occupational health and industrial medicine, which are branches of medicine that promote the health and physical well-being of employees in all occupations. Programs include immunizations, drug testing, physicals, respirator fit testing, audiograms, etc. Works to help companies comply with the medical regulations of OSHA, MSHA, and the DOT.

Works to ensure worker safety and health through worksite enforcement, education and compliance assistance, and cooperative and voluntary programs. To report unsafe working conditions or Safety and Health violations contact the OSHA office nearest to you or call the toll free number listed below.

Provides education, technical assistance and advocacy around workplace health and safety issues.

Provides physicians and other health care practitioners with office space, equipment, and support staff at reasonable fees and with highly flexible hours. Functions with the purpose of making providers of medical specialities accessible locally. Currently offers services of specialists in nephrology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, general surgery, laproscopic surgery and nutrition. Also provides a neo-natal clinic.

Inspects workplace environments to make sure that buildings are safe and have a good working area for employees. Investigates complaints of health and safety violations/hazards in the workplace. Also educates employers and employees on the safe and hazard-free work spaces and the rules to follow based on the type of work facility.

Offers various courses in first aid for people and pets, CPR, Occupational Health and Safety (OSHA) training, Automated External Defibrillator, EMT training, and Defensive Driving.

Operates programs that protect the public from adulterated food, unhealthy living conditions and health nuisances. The department is also responsible for enforcing the Suffolk County Sanitary Code and the Local Laws of Suffolk County. The Bureau of Public Health Protection is comprised of five units: Food Protection, General Sanitation, Radiation Control, Temporary Residences, and Training & Plan Review. The Bureau of Public Health Protection covers a wide range of services including: Food Protection (Food Permits Food Safety Training, Food Manager Course, Restaurant Inspection Database); Temporary Residences (Hotels/Motels/Cottages, Migrant Farm worker Housing, Mobile Home Park, Children Camps/Campgrounds); General Sanitation (Garbage Storage, Sewage Overflow, Animal Manure, Vermin Infestation, Inadequate Heat/Utilities); Body Art Establishments (Article 14, Certification, Course Schedule, Resource Materials); Petting Zoos (Article 17, Permits, Bites, Zoonotic Disease); Radiation Control (X-Ray Equipment, Exposure, Release of Materials, Sampling, Transportation); Enforcement (Formal Hearings, Stipulations, Fines) and Children's Camps & Campgrounds (Inspections, State Resources). Call for detailed information.