Grinnell Regional Medical Center Occupational Health Services offers comprehensive services for businesses of all sizes. Our goals are to help you improve your employees’ health while preventing occupational injuries and illnesses, thus reducing your workers’ compensation costs and increasing productivity. We’re here for you to:

• Assess employees before and after injury.
• Manage occupational and environmental injuries.
• Provide solutions to help prevent workplace injuries.
• Help your organization comply with OSHA standards.
• Promote the health and wellness of your workforce.

Why Occupational Health Services?

Early screening and education can help participants make lifestyle choices that may reduce their risk of injury or future disease—and can actually reduce healthcare costs to both employer and employee.

Work injury prevention and intervention can decrease hidden costs such as lost productivity and retraining. Post-injury attention assures the employer that the injured employee is ready and capable of returning to the job. Measuring the results ensures that the employer is receiving cost savings as a result of their efforts.

Our team of health professionals can assist you in your endeavors by offering services ranging from information and risk identification to education and intervention.

Occupational Health Services Provided

We offer the following services to keep your business and employees in top shape:
Prevention Services

• Blood Screens
• Weight loss programs
• Personal coaching
• CPR/First Aid, and AED training and certification
• Blood Borne Pathogen Education
• Tobacco Cessation Programs
• Physical Fitness Assessment and Counseling
• Immunizations (hepatitis, tetanus, measles/mumps/rubella, etc.)
• Flu shots
• Tuberculosis (TB) Mantoux testing
• Health Risk Appraisal

Work Injury Prevention

• Key Method Job Assessments
• Key Method Job Placement Assessments
• Workstation Ergonomic Assessments
• Back Injury Prevention Training

OSHA/Company Required Testing – Pre-Employment and Periodic

• DOT Physicals
• Pre-employment Physicals
• Urine Drug Screens – pre-employment, random, post-accident
• Blood Alcohol Testing
• Respiratory Mask Medical Evaluation and Fit Testing
• Pulmonary Function Assessments

Work Injury Treatment

• Independent medical exams
• X-rays
• MRI/CT scans
• Physical/occupational therapy
• Work Hardening
• Case management
• Disability and return-to-work evaluations

Services that Come to You

For even greater convenience, GRMC’s Occupational Health Services can save you time and work interruptions by coming to your work site. When you have groups of 10 or more, let us come to you! Among the services we can perform at your location are:

• Flu and other immunizations
• Blood Screens
• CPR/First aid/AED instruction
• Health promotion and wellness programs
• TB skin testing

Our Staff

• Sheryl Rutledge, MS, CHES, RCEP, Director of Occupational Health Services
• John Bambara, MD, DC, Occupational/Emergency Medicine Director