LINKS NYS OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH CLINIC NETWORK New York State Department of Health ALBANY/EASTERN NEW YORK Occupational & Environmental Health Center 1873 Western Avenue Albany, NY 12203 518-690-4420 800-419-1230 BUFFALO (site under construction) Union Occupational Health Ctr. 450 Grider Street Buffalo, NY 14215 (716) 894-9366 COOPERSTOWN New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health 1 Atwell Road Cooperstown, NY 13326 (607) 547-6023 LONG ISLAND Long Island Occupational and Environmental Health Center 625 Belle Terre Road, Suite 207 Port Jefferson, NY 11777 (516) 476-2719 Long Island College Hospital 340 Hick Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 (718) 780-2805 NEW YORK CITY Bellevue Hospital/NYU Occupational Health and Environmental Medicine Clinic 27th Street and 1st Avenue CD Building, Room 349 New York, NY 10016 (212) 562-4574 MT. SINAI/US OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Clinical Center 1391 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10029 212-987-6649 ROCHESTER Finger Lakes Occupational Health Services 919 Wesfall Road, Building 8, Ste 200 Rochester, NY 14618 (716) 256-0853 SYRACUSE Central New York Occupational Health Clinical Center SUNY Health Science Center 6712 Brooklawn Pkwy - Ste 204 Syracuse, NY 17211 (315) 432-8899 WESTCHESTER Mt. Sinai - Hudson Valley Ctr. 701 N. Broadway N. Tarrytown, NY 10591 (914) 366-3670

Occupational Health Clinics:
Valuable Resources
NYSUT Occupational Health and Safety Field Directory.

In 1985, a coalition of labor and public health advocates realized the need for a state network of occupational health clinics. Each year thousands of workers in New York were becoming seriously ill and dying from toxic exposures in the workplace, with insufficient resources allocated to the prevention of occupational diseases.

As a result of the coalition's efforts, in 1987 the New York State Legislature established the New York State Network of Occupational Health Clinics, coordinated by the New York State Department of Health.

The primary purpose of these clinics is to prevent occupational diseases by providing diagnostic medical screening, treatment and educational services for workers exposed to toxic substances and occupational hazards. According to the New York State Department of Health, the mandate of the clinics is to:

• Provide medically objective diagnoses of suspected work-related medical problems.

• Conduct medical screening for groups of workers who are at increased risk of occupational diseases and illnesses.

• Perform industrial hygiene evaluations of workplace areas of concern to assist with diagnoses.

• Make referrals for treatment to other medical specialists.

• Provide educational programs.

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