Occupational Health Services

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Gadsden Regional Medical Center's Occupational Health Center partners with employers throughout northeast Alabama to offer workers the services they need to put workplace safety procedures and policies in place as well as maximize the health and wellness of their employees.

Occupational health services focus on preventive medicine and management of illness, injury or disability in the workplace. We help employers create a safer work environment with a focus on health education and injury prevention for employees.

The Occupational Health Center
1007 Goodyear Ave.
Gadsden, AL 35903
(256) 494-4500
Monday - Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. & 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Walk-ins are accepted in the morning until 11:30 a.m. and in the afternoon until 3:30 p.m. The Center is located inside Gadsden Regional Medical Center.

What can you expect from the occupational services team?

• We develop an understanding of your business, occupational health care goals, work environment and employee job functions so that we can better meet your needs.
• We provide easy access to clinical care and valuable information.
• We consider the employer's needs.
• We perform services that improve the workplace environment, the health of your employees and the relationship between employer and employees.
• We offer health and injury treatment at competitive prices.
• We have a professional staff that gives you personal attention.

Occupational health care services include:

• Acute injury care
  • 24-hour care through the emergency room
  • Complete diagnostic testing
  • Return-to-work authorizations
• Medical evaluations
  • Breath alcohol testing
  • Department of Transportation (DOT) physicals
  • Drug screening 5 and 10 panel and DOT 5 panel
  • Employee physicals
  • FIT testing
  • Functional capacity evaluation
  • OSHA annual review
  • Pre-placement physicals
  • Pulmonary function test
  • Screening and diagnostic audiology
  • TB skin test
• Referrals
  • Focus on timely return to work
  • Network of referral specialists who understand employer needs
  • Occupational health providers to coordinate care for workers
  • Referrals for physical and/or occupational therapy or other specialists
  • Timely reporting of outcomes of drug/alcohol tests
  • Work status called in to your office following an employee's visit