When it comes to safety and health in the workplace, occupational medicine protects the well-being of employees. By offering clinical and on-site employer services, the occupational medicine program at UT Health North Campus Tyler helps prevent workplace and environmental hazards. Our goal is to provide information and resources to prevent occupational and environmental diseases, injuries and illnesses. When accidents and illnesses happen, we are dedicated to diagnosing and treating patients who are hurt on the job.
As a member of the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics, our occupational medicine clinic promotes research, education, prevention and treatment involving occupational and environmental diseases. For more information, call 903-877-7930.
Services we commonly provide:
- Clinical
- Pre-placement examinations
- Medical surveillance (benzene, asbestos, lead, hazardous materials, etc)
- Periodic health assessments
- Urine drug screening with certified Medical Review Officer
- Department of Transportation (DOT) exams
- Certified B-reading capability
- Consults
- Respirator-clearance exams
- Breath-alcohol testing
- Insurance physicals
- Immunizations
- Post-injury evaluation
- Testing
- Pure tone audiometry (meeting OSHA standards)
- Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC) certified technicians
- DOT drug screen collections
- DOT breath-alcohol testing
- Respirator clearance evaluations and respirator fit testing
- Tuberculosis (TB) surveillance and monitoring.
- Chest X-ray
- Electrocardiogram (EKG)
- Spirometry
- Tonometry
- Ishihara color vision testing.
- Consultative
- Plant walk through
- Ergonomics assessment
- Industrial hazard evaluation
- Assistance with regulatory compliance
- Bloodborne pathogens
