The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has funded the Kentucky Department for Public Health and the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center at the University of Kentucky, College of Public Health to conduct surveillance of fatal and nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses.

The goals of the KOSHS program are to:

• Identify worker populations and work environments at risk for occupational injuries and illnesses
• Develop state occupational safety and health data dissemination strategies to reduce Kentucky occupational injuries

The aims of the KOSHS program are to:

• Conduct surveillance of 14 occupational injury and illness indicators
• Establish a statewide consortium to raise awareness of occupational injuries at the local and state levels
• Analyze and disseminate surveillance data to those in a position to effect change
• Develop injury prevention strategies

KOSHS conducts surveillance research on:

Work-Related Hospitalizations
Fatal Work Injuries (FACE program)
Work-Related Amputations
Work-Related Burns
Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Workers
Occupational Motor Vehicle Collisions
Worker Pneumoconiosis
Work-Related Pesticide-Associated Illness and Injury
Worker Malignant Mesothelioma
Work-Related Lead Poisoning

For more information, contact
Terry Bunn
Occupational Injury and Surveillance Programs
Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
University of Kentucky
333 Waller Ave., Suite 202
Lexington, KY 40509
Phone: 859-257-4955
FAX: 859-257-3909

Comments to Mark Schneider, Last Modified: May 16, 2007
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