Sentinel Event Notification System for Occupational Risk (SENSOR)
NIOSH has a longstanding commitment to State-based surveillance efforts dating from the early 1980s. This commitment is reflected in (1) NIOSH funding of State-initiated occupational safety and health activities; (2) increased occupational disease, injury, and fatality surveillance; and (3) increased occupational and environmental capacity building activities; i.e., assisting State health departments to increase the capacity for investigating problems related to occupational and environmental health issues.
In 1987, NIOSH began the SENSOR program. The goal was to develop models for State-based disease or injury condition-specific surveillance and enhance the capability of the participating States to direct appropriate and effective intervention and prevention efforts. In addition to ongoing disease and injury surveillance, NIOSH/State collaborative efforts have supported the standardization of variables collected by the State programs, the creation of software to facilitate capacity building of surveillance systems by additional States, the evaluation and comparison of SENSOR surveillance data with other surveillance data sources, and publication and dissemination of SENSOR reports.
Contact the office listed below each topic for further information.
State-based asthma and silicosis surveillance
Public Health Surveillance Team
Surveillance Branch
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1095 Willowdale Road, MS–HG900
Morgantown, WV 26505–2888
Telephone: 304–285–6115
State-based surveillance of carpal tunnel syndrome, noise-induced hearing loss, and pesticide poisoning
Surveillance Branch
Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
4676 Columbia Parkway, MS–R17
Cincinnati, OH 45226
Telephone: 513–841–4589
State-based surveillance of injuries to working teens
Surveillance and Field Investigations Branch
Division of Safety Research
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1095 Willowdale Road, MS–1808
Morgantown, WV 26505
Telephone: 304–285–6009
California SENSOR program surveillance of work-related asthma and carpal tunnel syndrome
Occupational Health Branch
Division of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control
California Department of Health Services
1515 Clay Street, Suite 1901
Oakland, CA 94612
Telephone: 510–622–4300
www.dhs.ca.gov/ohb/
Massachusetts SENSOR program surveillance of work-related asthma and injuries to working teens
Occupational Health Surveillance Program
Bureau of Health Statistics, Research and Evaluation
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
250 Washington Street, 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02108–4619
Telephone: 617–624–5621
www.state.ma.us/dph/bhsre/ohsp/ohsp.htm
Michigan SENSOR program surveillance of work-related asthma, noise-induced hearing loss, and silicosis
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Michigan State University
117 West Fee Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824–1315
Telephone: 517–353–1846
www.chm.msu.edu/oem/
New Jersey SENSOR program surveillance of work-related asthma and silicosis
Occupational Health Surveillance Program
Division of Epidemiology, Environmental and Occupational Health
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
P.O. Box 360
Trenton, NJ 08625–0360
Telephone: 609–984–1863
www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/survweb/
Ohio SENSOR program surveillance of silicosis
Silicosis Surveillance
Ohio Department of Health
246 North High Street
P.O. Box 118
Columbus, OH 43216–0118
Telephone: 614–466–4183
www.odh.state.oh.us/ODHPrograms/SILSUR/silsur1.htm
