James Craner, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACP

Occupational & Environmental Medicine
Internal Medicine

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Consultation

• Medical Director/Advisor to employers in
  • Industry: Manufacturing, mining (gold/silver, fire assay), service, gaming
  • Government agencies (state, county, municipal, and federal)
  • Schools and universities

  

• Medical surveillance examinations and biological monitoring

  

  • OSHA- and MSHA-regulated substances (lead, arsenic, cadmium, mercury, asbestos, hazardous materials) and other exposures (e.g., isocyanates, solvents, pesticides, silica)
  • Firefighter (NFPA 1582) and HazMat (29CFR 1910.120) examinations
  • Respirator medical clearance (29CFR 1910.134)

  

• Independent medical evaluations and review of medical and environmental records
  • Workers’ compensation cases
  • Environmental exposures and diseases
• Site evaluations
  • Workplace (industrial; office)

  

  • Environmental (residential, pollution)

  

• Epidemiological and clinical investigation of suspected or confirmed occupational or environmental diseases or hazardous exposures
  • Indoor air quality/mold contamination (see EpIAQ)
  • Workplaces
  • Environmental pollution
• Written programs for medical surveillance, exposure/hazard monitoring and control, and disease prevention
• Consultation to employers on:
  • OSHA/MSHA/EPA and other regulatory compliance issues
  • Risk management/loss control issues
  • Other employee health and safety issues
• Employee training on medical surveillance for: lead, arsenic, mercury, HazMat, and other regulated substances and hazards

• Expert consultation and testimony (plaintiff and defendant)—qualified in state (NV, CA) and federal courts as an expert
• Research and development of software applications for epidemiological investigation, medical surveillance, and other complex occupational health and safety issues (see Verdi Technology Associates)

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