Provides education and support in areas of disease and injury prevention. Areas may include nutrition, dental health in children, STDs, worksite wellness, HIV/AIDS, cancer screening and education, teen pregnancy, family planning, lead poisoning prevention, physical activity, communicable and chronic diseases, rabies control, tobacco use prevention and cessation, and car seat safety.

Works to ensure worker safety and health through worksite enforcement, education and compliance assistance, and cooperative and voluntary programs. To report unsafe working conditions or Safety and Health violations contact the OSHA office nearest to you or call the toll free number listed below.

Operates programs that protect the public from adulterated food, unhealthy living conditions and health nuisances. The department is also responsible for enforcing the Suffolk County Sanitary Code and the Local Laws of Suffolk County. The Bureau of Public Health Protection is comprised of five units: Food Protection, General Sanitation, Radiation Control, Temporary Residences, and Training & Plan Review. The Bureau of Public Health Protection covers a wide range of services including: Food Protection (Food Permits Food Safety Training, Food Manager Course, Restaurant Inspection Database); Temporary Residences (Hotels/Motels/Cottages, Migrant Farm worker Housing, Mobile Home Park, Children Camps/Campgrounds); General Sanitation (Garbage Storage, Sewage Overflow, Animal Manure, Vermin Infestation, Inadequate Heat/Utilities); Body Art Establishments (Article 14, Certification, Course Schedule, Resource Materials); Petting Zoos (Article 17, Permits, Bites, Zoonotic Disease); Radiation Control (X-Ray Equipment, Exposure, Release of Materials, Sampling, Transportation); Enforcement (Formal Hearings, Stipulations, Fines) and Children's Camps & Campgrounds (Inspections, State Resources). Call for detailed information.

WNYCOSH provides occupational safety & health training and technical assistance for employers, unions, and community groups throughout WNY on over 80 topics.

Inspects workplace environments to make sure that buildings are safe and have a good working area for employees. Investigates complaints of health and safety violations/hazards in the workplace. Also educates employers and employees on the safe and hazard-free work spaces and the rules to follow based on the type of work facility.

Provides education, technical assistance and advocacy around workplace health and safety issues.

Offers various courses in first aid for people and pets, CPR, Occupational Health and Safety (OSHA) training, Automated External Defibrillator, EMT training, and Defensive Driving.

Offers services to improve your company's productivity with customized employee training at your site or ours. The Training Source at Western Suffolk BOCES offers: Customized training to improve employee skills, competitively priced classes, instructors with business and academic backgrounds, convenient locations at your site or a BOCES center, daytime or evening classes, free consultation of your training needs and a databank of well-trained job seekers. Call to discuss the education and training needs of your employees. Sample training offerings include: Computer Training; Health & Safety; Online Training; Professional Development; Technical-Industry Specific and Workplace Literacy. Call for more detailed information regarding the needs of your company.

Provides services focused on occupational health and industrial medicine, which are branches of medicine that promote the health and physical well-being of employees in all occupations. Programs include immunizations, drug testing, physicals, respirator fit testing, audiograms, etc. Works to help companies comply with the medical regulations of OSHA, MSHA, and the DOT.

The Environmental Health Division is dedicated to protecting the citizens and visitors of Erie County from biological, chemical, and physical hazards that may be present in food, water, and the built environment. Environmental Health sanitarians, engineers, nurses, educators and vector control workers: - Conduct inspections and investigations - Educate and motivate the public to prevent environmental hazards - Provide medical case management for children diagnosed with lead poisoning - Provide timely environmental health information in times of emergency - Provide assistance and information in cases of potential rabies exposures - Review plans and advise the public in environmentally safe construction, development and upgrades to facilities - Assist in the control of disease-causing vectors - Enforce applicable local, state, and national codes, and regulations to protect public health

Responsible for septic systems, inspections and permit issuance, drinking water testing, public health hazards and nuisances, clean indoor air enforcement, onsite wastewater treatment system regulation, rabies investigations and vaccinations, insect control, West Nile Virus surveillance. Rabies vaccinations: Conducts free rabies vaccination clinics for dogs, cats and domesticated ferrets in several locations across Cattaraugus County. All Cattaraugus County residents are eligible for these free vaccinations. Notices will be posted on the Cattaraugus County website, through radio, newspaper ads, fliers on community boards around the County. May also contact us to find out when and where the next clinic will be held.

Provides physicians and other health care practitioners with office space, equipment, and support staff at reasonable fees and with highly flexible hours. Functions with the purpose of making providers of medical specialities accessible locally. Currently offers services of specialists in nephrology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, general surgery, laproscopic surgery and nutrition. Also provides a neo-natal clinic.

Conducts inspections and issues citations for health violations and safety standards. Also provides education, training and consultation of New York state health and safety work standards.

Inspects workplace environments to make sure that buildings are safe and have a good working area for employees. Investigates complaints of health and safety violations/hazards in the workplace. Also educates employers and employees on the safe and hazard-free work spaces and the rules to follow based on the type of work facility.

Offers a course that is designed for personnel in the private and public sector interested in teaching the 10- and 30-hour construction safety and health outreach program to their employees and other interested groups. Special emphasis is placed upon those topics that are required in the 10- and 30-hour programs, as well as on those that are most hazardous, using OSHA standards as a guide. Course participants are briefed on effective instructional approaches and the effective use of visual aids and handouts. This course allows the student to become a trainer in the Outreach Program and to conduct both a 10- and 30- hour construction safety and health course and to issue cards to participants verifying course completion. Call for detailed information.

Provides mandated training in safety/health areas such as OSHA/TB, American Red Cross basic first aid, OMRDD Incident Reporting, HAZ Communication, driving issues, Hands on Driving, Defensive Driving. Also provides training in infection control, CPR, medication administration, crisis intervention, seizure control, stress management, and other related topics.

* Provides health and safety information and referrals to local health departments. * Offers information on a variety of health topics that include: Diseases and general health information. Vaccine and vaccine-preventable diseases. International travelers health information and cruise ship scores. Workplace safety and health. Toxic or environmental exposure. Birth and death certificates.

Ensures safe and healthful working conditions for workers by setting and enforcing standards

* Helps prevent workers from becoming sick or injured on the job. Services may include: Assess potential workplace hazards Recommend engineering controls and safe work practices Provide ergonomic assessments Assist in developing health and safety programs Provide worker health and safety training and education* Helps with social, psychological, and financial difficulties as a result of work-related illnesses, social workers by providing: Community Resource Referrals Short-term Individual and Family Counseling Social, Psychological and Financial Counseling Stress Reduction and Crisis Intervention

* Provides fire suppression, first response medical, and rescue services. * Offers safety planning, home and work safety assessments, and education. * Assists with detector installations. * Assists with child seat installations.

* Conducts safety and health field inspections in private industry to assure safe and healthy workplace for American workers.* Inspects construction sites and conducts complaint inspections.* Provides outreach programs relating to occupation safety and health issues.