Occupational Health Services for Construction Companies | Occucare International
Control recordable injuries, protect your EMR, and keep your construction workforce productive – with a physician-governed occupational health program built specifically for GCs, subcontractors, and specialty trade contractors.
93% of Injuries Managed Onsite Without ER Escalation
Board-Certified Occupational Medicine Physicians
 EMR Protection Through Conservative Care
Three Houston Clinic Locations
Serving Houston & Texas Construction Employers
Clinic Hours
- Monday - Friday 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM CST
- +1 713 802 0801
What We Do
Occucare International provides physician-governed occupational health services specifically designed for construction general contractors, subcontractors, and specialty trade contractors – the employers where workforce injury rates are highest, OSHA scrutiny is most intense, and EMR scores directly determine bid eligibility on public and commercial projects.
Our construction program covers the full occupational health lifecycle – from Pre-employment physicals and Drug testing for new hire onboarding, through walk-in Injury triage and conservative care on active job sites, through Case management and Return-to-work coordination for every lost-time claim – all governed by board-certified occupational medicine physicians under our Corporate Medical Direction framework.
Who This Is For
Occucare’s construction occupational health program is built for:
General contractors managing large project workforces with high injury volume and EMR requirements tied to bid qualification
Subcontractors needing pre-employment physicals, drug testing, and injury management without the overhead of an internal occupational health infrastructure
Specialty trade contractors - electrical, mechanical, plumbing, HVAC - with safety-sensitive workforces and OSHA compliance obligations
Safety directors and EHS managers whose OSHA 300 logs are growing and whose current injury process defaults to urgent care or the ER
HR directors and workers' comp coordinators managing open claims that are running longer and costing more than the injury severity justifies
CFOs and risk managers whose EMR is above 1.0 and whose workers' compensation premiums reflect it
The Construction Industry's Occupational Health Problem
Construction carries one of the highest workplace injury rates of any industry in the United States. The combination of physically demanding work, multi-trade job site environments, heavy equipment, fall hazards, and high workforce turnover creates a constant stream of injuries – most of which are manageable as first aid cases when treated by an occupational medicine physician, and most of which become recordable cases when treated by a retail urgent care center or ER.
That distinction first aid vs. recordable is the financial divide in construction occupational health.
A recordable injury increases your Experience Modification Rate. An elevated EMR increases your Workers’ compensation premiums for three years. In construction, an EMR above 1.0 disqualifies you from bidding on federal projects, many state contracts, and large commercial projects that require EMR certification. The clinical decision made at the first medical visit does not just affect one claim. It affects your company’s ability to compete for work for the next 36 months.
Occucare’s construction program is built around one objective: keeping injuries in the first aid category wherever clinically justified, through physician-governed conservative care, accurate OSHA classification, and active case management from the moment of injury.
Construction Occupational Health Challenges - And How Occucare Addresses Each One
High Recordable Injury Rate
The problem: Construction workers are frequently sent to urgent care or the ER for injuries that an occupational medicine physician would treat as first aid minor lacerations, soft tissue strains, minor contusions. Each misclassified first aid case becomes a recordable on your OSHA 300 log.
Occucare’s answer: Every injured construction worker treated at Occucare receives physician-governed first aid vs. recordable classification under OSHA’s 29 CFR 1904 standards. Our Conservative Care protocols keep 93% of injuries managed as first aid cases without ER escalation.
EMR Exposure from Poorly Managed Claims
The problem: Even when injuries are correctly classified, poorly managed claims delayed RTW, unnecessary specialist referrals, passive physical therapy with no endpoint inflate total incurred cost and damage your EMR for three years.
Occucare’s answer: Our Case Management program activates on the day of injury and actively manages every claim toward the fastest medically justified closure keeping total incurred cost controlled and EMR exposure minimized.
Multi-Site Workforce Coverage
The problem: Construction contractors managing multiple simultaneous job sites cannot consistently route injured workers to the same occupational health provider resulting in inconsistent injury classification, fragmented documentation, and variable claim outcomes across projects.
Occucare’s answer: Our three Houston clinic locations cover the full geographic footprint of the Houston construction market. For active job sites without clinic proximity, our onsite medical staffing program deploys physician-governed clinical coverage directly to your project site with the same clinical protocols and employer reporting standards as our brick-and-mortar clinics.
Pre-Employment Physical & Drug Testing Volume
The problem: Construction employers processing large new hire classes need fast, reliable pre-employment physicals and drug testing without sending workers to multiple providers or managing complex scheduling logistics.
Occucare’s answer: Our Houston clinics provide walk-in pre-employment physicals and drug testing with direct employer billing and centralized reporting. For large new hire processing events, we schedule dedicated time slots to process your workforce efficiently. Our drug consortium management program handles DOT compliance for CDL-required positions.
OSHA Medical Surveillance Compliance
The problem: Construction employers with workers exposed to silica, lead, asbestos, noise, and respiratory hazards have OSHA-mandated medical surveillance obligations that are frequently missed or managed inconsistently.
Occucare’s answer: Our OSHA medical surveillance program covers audiometric testing, respirator medical evaluations, silica and lead exposure monitoring, and hazardous substance surveillance with physician-reviewed results, compliant recordkeeping, and annual scheduling managed through our occupational health reporting system.
How Occucare's Construction Program Works
Step 1
Program Setup
Our team reviews your OSHA injury history, workforce size, job site locations, and compliance obligations. We establish direct billing, employer reporting protocols, and clinic routing instructions for your safety team.
Step 2
Pre-Employment Processing
New hires are routed to the nearest Occucare Houston clinic for pre-employment physicals and drug testing – walk-in, direct billed, with results reported to your HR team same day.
Step 3
Injury Routing
When a worker is injured on your job site, your supervisor routes them to Occucare rather than urgent care or the ER. Walk-in services available at all three Houston locations.
Step 4
Conservative Care & Classification
Our clinical staff treat the injury under physician-governed conservative care protocols. First aid vs. recordable classification is made by an occupational medicine physician – not an administrative default.
Step 5
Same-Day Employer Reporting
Your safety manager receives a work status report the same day – clinical findings, OSHA classification, work restrictions, and modified duty assignment where applicable.
Step 6
Case Management Activation
 Any case requiring follow-up care is assigned to an Occucare case manager on day one – actively coordinating treatment, Return-to-Work planning, and claim documentation through closure.
Step 7
Ongoing Program Reporting
Monthly reporting on injury volume, recordable rates, claim status, and cost trends – giving your safety and operations team the data needed to manage workforce health performance.
Why Occucare - Not a Walk-In Clinic, Not a Staffing Agency
Most occupational health providers used by construction companies fall into one of two categories: a retail urgent care clinic that happens to do DOT physicals, or a medical staffing agency that places nurses on job sites.
Occucare is neither. We are a physician-governed occupational health program the same board-certified occupational medicine physicians overseeing your injury triage are governing your case management, your OSHA reporting, your return-to-work decisions, and your drug consortium compliance. One integrated program, one physician team, one set of clinical protocols applied consistently across every worker and every job site in your operation.
That integration is what produces 93% onsite injury management and what protects your EMR from the misclassified first aid cases that drive most construction companies’ claims costs.
Frequently Asked Questions - Construction Employers
Your EMR is calculated from your three-year claims history total incurred costs and lost-time incidents. Occucare's conservative care model reduces recordable incidents by keeping injuries in the first aid category wherever clinically justified. Fewer recordables with lower total incurred cost produces direct EMR improvement within the first full policy year of the program.
Yes. Our three Houston clinic locations Galleria, North Houston, and Deer Park cover the full geographic footprint of the Houston construction market. Workers can be routed to whichever location is closest to their job site. For active project sites where clinic proximity is not practical, our onsite medical staffing program deploys physician-governed clinical coverage directly to your site.
Retail urgent care clinics treat injuries as they present they have no occupational medicine training, no OSHA recordability framework, no RTW planning process, and no connection to your workers' compensation program. Every injured worker they treat is evaluated by a general practice provider who defaults to conservative duty restrictions. Occucare's physicians are trained specifically in occupational medicine the clinical specialty focused on work-relatedness, functional capacity, and return-to-work outcomes. The difference is not convenience. It is clinical governance.
Yes. Our Houston clinics process pre-employment physical and drug testing programs for contractor new hire groups walk-in or scheduled, with direct billing and same-day results reporting. For very large onboarding events, contact our employer services team to schedule dedicated processing time.
Yes. Our onsite medical staffing program deploys EMTs, paramedics, and occupational health nurses to active construction projects operating under our physicians' Collaborative Practice Agreements and standing orders. This gives your onsite medical staff the clinical authority to treat injuries conservatively on your site without requiring workers to leave for every case that exceeds basic first aid.
Related Services
Workplace Injury Management
Physician-governed injury triage, conservative care, and OSHA classification
Onsite Medical Staffing
Deployed clinical coverage for active construction projects
Drug Consortium Management
DOT compliance for construction employers with CDL-required positions
Corporate Medical Direction
Physician oversight of your entire workforce health program
Houston Clinic Locations
Three locations serving the Houston construction corridor
Ready to protect your EMR and take control of construction injury costs?
Occucare’s physician-governed construction occupational health program is built for the specific injury patterns, compliance requirements, and workforce demands of Houston and Texas construction employers.