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Occupational Health & Wellness

Meeting The Healthcare Needs of Business & Industry

Health care for a company must include safety and sickness education and treatment pre- and post- hiring physicals emergency and routine people and paperwork. Houston's Occupational Health & Wellness offers more than expert attention to injury, illness and workers' compensation.

Our goal is to maximize your employees to their highest health status. Being able to return to the normal level of activity and regular job responsibilities is always the goal. Every effort is made to keep the patient/employee at work, possibly with job restrictions that might result in a light duty assignment. Occupational Health & Wellness offers a number of services that concentrate on getting you back to work and feeling better.

Services Include:

Physical Examinations

  • Preplacement
  • DOT
  • Medical surveillance
  • Respiratory clearance
  • Executive
  • Return to work/duty
  • Fitness for Duty
  • Hazardous materials

Substance Abuse Testing

  • LDOT-mandated and non-DOT drug
  • Breath alcohol
  • Medical Rewiew Office (MRO)
  • Occupational Health
  • Random Selection Program

Specialty Programs

  • Hearing Conservation
  • Audiometric screening
  • Tuberculosis Control
  • On-site clinical
  • Respiratory fitting
  • Travel medicine

Injury Care & Management Workers' Comp

  • Evaluation and treatment of work-related injuries
  • Work conditioning
  • Functionality testing
  • Case Management

Consulting, Prevention & Education

  • On-site ergometrics and safety evaluations
  • Health fairs and screenings
  • Quarterly meetings with health and safety personnel
  • Employee seminars
  • Speakers' Bureau
  • Health & safety video library
  • Quarterly newsletter
  • On-site nursing
  • Return to work program