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Occupational Health Surveillance & Evaluation Program

A worker checks a piece of welded metal The Occupational Health Surveillance and Evaluation Program (OHSEP) tracks work-related injuries and diseases, assesses occupational exposures to hazards, and makes prevention recommendations for workers and employers. The program's findings are used to promote safer and healthier work environments.

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Fatality Assessment Control & Evaluation Program

The California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (CA/FACE) program identifies and studies workplace deaths throughout the state, and provides prevention recommendations that can be implemented at the workplace.

FACE Program

Occupational Pesticide Illness Prevention Program

The Occupational Pesticide Illness Prevention Program (OPIPP) identifies the kinds of jobs and types of pesticides that cause health problems in workers.

Pesticides Program

Work-Related Asthma Prevention Program

The California Work-Related Asthma Prevention Program (WRAPP) aims to identify industries, occupations, and exposures that put workers at risk for work-related asthma.

Work-Related Asthma Prevention Program

Women's Occupations & Risk from Chemicals

OHSEP and the University of California, San Francisco, with support from the California Breast Cancer Research Program, are researching chemical exposures faced by the Golden State’s working women to better understand hazards they face and ways to protect them.

Work-Related Breast Cancer Risk Project

Safer Alternatives to Toxic Chemicals in the Workplace

Eliminating or reducing the use of toxic chemicals at the jobsite protects workers and prevents exposures to the community, consumers, and the environment.

Safer Alternatives Page

Silicosis in Stone Fabrication Workers

Cutting, grinding, chipping, sanding, drilling, and polishing engineered stone, quartz, granite, or other stone products can harm you. OHB has developed resources countertop fabrication employers and workers can use to prevent exposure to dangerous silica dust.

Silica Safety Resources for Stone Fabricators

Page Last Updated : September 30, 2019

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