Occupational Medicine

The Mercy Health Partners' occupational and environmental medicine clinic - Workplace Health is a valuable resource for employers in Muskegon County. The Center is dedicated to the health and safety of workers and workplaces.

Workplace Health offers a variety of services to its customers with the goal of injury and illness prevention, health maintenance and early rehabilitation when injuries and/or health problems occur in the workplace.

The benefit of an occupational medicine specialist is that the physician or mid-level provider has specialized training in this highly specific area of medicine. Workplace health specialists maximize functional recovery in an effort to decrease workers' compensation costs, enhance worker productivity, and improve job satisfaction.

Services Offered

Occupational illness and injury treatment
Post-offer/pre-placement physical examinations
Fitness for duty evaluations
Executive physicals
Medical surveillance examinations
Disability examinations
Job analysis
DOT examinations
Drug and alcohol testing
MRO services
Pulmonary function testing
Audiometric evaluations
Independent medical examinations
Physical and occupational therapy services
Radiological services
TB skin testing, flu shots and immunizations
Physician consultation services
Case management services

Goals of Occupational Medicine:

To maintain and improve the well being of the employee through education and early detection of illnesses.
To provide direct care for, and counseling, referral and /or rehabilitation of, those with work-related injuries and/or illnesses.
To minimize the effects of health hazards on all workers in the work place.
To reduce absenteeism, disruption in lifestyle, and delayed functional recovery by providing accurate health assessments in a timely fashion.
To comply with federal health and safety regulations, e.g., those required by OSHA.
To provide professional consultation services in an effort to meet the health care needs of workers, their employers and their claims managers.
To aid in the placement of employees into a work environment that is compatible with their physical and psychological health status.

Workplace Health - Muskegon
1675 Leahy Street, Suite 103
Muskegon, MI 49442
231-728-4915
Open Monday - Friday, 7:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.

Workplace Health - Whitehall
117 W. Colby Street
Whitehall, MI 49461
231-728-5903
Open Monday - Friday, 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Workplace Health of Grand Haven
923 S. Beechtree Street, Suite 9
Grand Haven, MI 49417
616-847-6233
Open Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.