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Occupational Health Assessments at Air Force Bases

Air Combat Command and HQ USAF Europe, U.S. Air Force, Department of Defense
LOCATION: MULTIPLE LOCATIONS – U.S. AND EUROPE

OVERVIEW

• Comprehensive Occupational Health (OH) program evaluation on ACC and USAFE bases.
• Focused resources on OH compliance and potential health related problems.
• Developed tools and checklists to provide consistent and comprehensive evaluations.
• Results have been fully integrated into ACC and USAFE ESOHCAMP databases.
• Avatar staff has lead OH assessments since 2000.
• Developing next generation of OH checklists for HQ Air Force for worldwide deployment.
  

DESCRIPTION

Avatar led the integration of occupational health into the Environmental Compliance Assessment Management Program (ECAMP) process for the Air Combat Command and U.S. Air Force Europe. These occupational health evaluations identified high-risk areas likely to result in an injury, illness or OSHA enforcement action Technical areas evaluated under ESOHCAMP include ergonomics, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, chemical hazards, hazard communication, hearing conservation, occupational health management, personal protective equipment, respiratory protection, thermal stress, and ventilation systems.

The new format allows the Air Force to focus resources on OH compliance deficiencies and potential health related problems, and put an OH resource directly in the hands of the base-level OH program managers. All protocols and findings have been integrated into the ESOHCAMP information system database. To date, Avatar has completed 25 ESOHCAMP assessments at installations in the U.S. and Europe to include Portugal, Spain, and multiple locations in Germany and the UK. Avatar is contracted to provide ten ESOHCAMP assessments in 2008 for ACC and USAFE including Turkey, Spain and Italy.

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“You have been extremely supportive, response second to none, flexibility second to none, breadth and depth of technical ability second to none, communication and personal skills second to none. We at the HQ (based on our interface and feedback from the bases) are thrilled to have Avatar’s continued support for the OH piece of our ESOHCAMPs both for the ESOHCAMPs themselves and for the ESOHCAMP auxiliary support (modernization, training, etc).”

— Rebecca L. Brown, Colonel, USAF
BSC, HQ Air Combat Command