What Do Occupational Health Services Do?
Occupational health services work with employers at an organizational and individual employee level. As such, occupational health services aim to prevent work-related injuries by identifying potential hazards and encouraging safe work practices to avoid such risks. This is accomplished by monitoring the health status of the employees, incorporating ergonomics (i.e., the study of improving how one works), and supporting management concerning sickness absences. We work with the employee to implement policies that ensure health and safety compliance and suggest ways that the work could be done differently, conduct pre-employment physicals, provide educational material, and provide helpful advice or counseling to employees wherever relevant.
