The Workplace Walk-Through

This volume provides the physician or occupational health specialist with direction in three areas of practice: how to perform a workplace walk-through, how to organize occupational health and industrial hygiene information, and how to perform an occupational medical causality determination.

Kornberg\, James P.

Foreword. Introduction. The Walk-Through Operational Guidelines. Indications for the Walk-Through. Preventive Services. Program Status. Walk-Through Guidelines. Program Development. Investigative Services. Causality Determination. Risk Management or Cost Containment Activities. Regulatory or Audit Services. Formulation of Accommodation Options for Disabled Workers. Background. The Americans with Disabilities Act. Financial Considerations. Summary. Appendix I: PATHMAXTM (Parametric Approach Toward Health Maximization). Appendix II: The Challenge and the Fundamentals of the Occupational Medical Causality Assessment. Appendix III: Caveats to Consider When Performing a "Walk-Through" in a Smaller Company. Appendix IV: A Physician's Walk-Through Check List. Appendix V: Additional Topics to be Discussed at the "Pre-Walk-Through" Orientation Session. Appendix VI: Walk-Through Imperatives Technical Guidelines. Glossary. References. List of Tables.