# Minnesota Occupational Health and Safety Surveillance Program

> **NIH ALLCDC U60** · MINNESOTA STATE DEPT OF HEALTH · 2021 · $160,000

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
A strategic surveillance goal of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is to strengthen the
capacity of state health departments to conduct occupational surveillance and related prevention activities. The
purpose of this project is to enhance the capacity of the Minnesota Department of Health to promote
occupational health and safety through surveillance of a core set of occupational health indicators and
dissemination of the findings to appropriate stakeholders for use in setting priorities for education and
prevention activities. The project will expand the use of industry and occupation reporting in established
datasets and will explore new sources of data in order to include previously underserved worker populations in
surveillance of occupational health and safety.
The major aims of this program include: (1) Collect, analyze, disseminate and utilize Minnesota data for 24
occupational health indicators (OHIs) based on criteria established by the Council of State and Territorial
Epidemiologists (CSTE); (2) Collaborate with the MDH Lead and Healthy Homes Program to participate in the
Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance (ABLES) program; (3) Advance the inclusion and use of industry
and occupation information in health informatics; (4) Disseminate surveillance findings to appropriate
audiences; (5) Build and maintain collaborations and partnerships to improve state surveillance activities; (6)
Develop and use new data sources to address underserved worker populations, including agricultural workers,
gig workers, and salon workers; (7) Evaluate the Minnesota Occupational Health and Safety Surveillance
Program using CDC guidelines to continuously improve the program; (8) Assess COVID-19 outcomes and
experience by industry and occupation sector by comparing risk of infection, comparing case outcomes, and
studying the impact of safety measures and business closures; and (9) Measure the impact of statewide
agricultural safety policies and rural mental health interventions by developing consistently trackable indicators
of farm injuries and farm community mental health status.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10318845
- **Project number:** 2U60OH009855-11
- **Recipient organization:** MINNESOTA STATE DEPT OF HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** Erik Zabel
- **Activity code:** U60 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** ALLCDC
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $160,000
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2021-07-01 → 2026-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10318845

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10318845, Minnesota Occupational Health and Safety Surveillance Program (2U60OH009855-11). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10318845. Licensed CC0.

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