Wisconsin Occupational Health Surveillance Program

Each workday in Wisconsin, close to 3 million residents older than 16 years report to work, and more than 300 occupational injuries or illnesses will be reported.  There are most likely more injuries or illnesses occurring, but sometimes events go unrecognized and unreported.

According to the World Health Organization (exit DHS), occupational health is the surveillance, promotion and maintenance of the well-being of workers in all occupations.  The Wisconsin Occupational Health Surveillance Program works to track and promote workers' health and work capacity.  We do this by measuring workplace injury, illness and death rates, educating employers and workers to our findings and suggesting interventions that will improve the work environment to become more conducive to worker safety and health.

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Last Revised: November 28, 2012