Health Surveillance & Workplace Medicals in Adelaide
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Onsite health surveillance for Adelaide and South Australia
South Australia’s economy mixes advanced manufacturing and defence work in Adelaide with mining and smelting in the north, and wine, grain and food production across the regions. Each brings its own exposures. Employees Health has provided doctor-led occupational health services since 1996, and we run health surveillance programs for South Australian employers onsite at their workplace or through clinics, with the same reporting whether you have one site or several.
Health monitoring under South Australian law
South Australia uses the model WHS framework through the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (SA) and the Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012 (SA). The regulator is SafeWork SA. A business must provide health monitoring for workers carrying out ongoing work with a hazardous chemical listed in Schedule 14 of the regulations where there is a significant risk to their health. Monitoring is paid for by the business, supervised by a registered medical practitioner with experience in health monitoring, and reported back to the business in a way that protects each worker’s privacy.
Silica rules since 1 September 2024
The SA regulations were amended in line with the national changes on crystalline silica substances, which took effect on 1 September 2024. Businesses that process materials containing crystalline silica now have prescribed duties, including documenting whether the processing is high risk and preparing a silica risk control plan where it is. This applies to engineered stone legacy work, which is all that remains permitted after the national prohibition from 1 July 2024, and to natural stone, concrete, brick, tiles and other silica-containing products.
SafeWork SA is actively checking compliance. Its 2025–26 compliance campaigns include one on crystalline silica substances in mining and quarrying, monitoring how sites are meeting the amended regulations. The South Australian Silica Plan 2024–2030 sets out the state’s wider approach to preventing silica-related disease.
Our silica health surveillance medicals fit within your silica risk control plan, with an exposure history, a respiratory questionnaire, lung function testing and chest imaging where the program requires it.
South Australian industries we support
- Defence, shipbuilding and advanced manufacturing in Adelaide’s north and west, where welding fumes, isocyanate coatings, solvents, metals and noise are common exposures.
- Mining, quarrying and processing across the Far North, Eyre Peninsula and the Upper Spencer Gulf, including the dust, metals and noise risks that come with drilling, crushing and smelting.
- Wine, horticulture and agriculture in the Barossa, Clare Valley, McLaren Vale, the Riverland and the Limestone Coast, where pesticides, machinery noise and sun exposure are everyday risks.
- Construction, demolition and maintenance, including work around asbestos-containing material in older buildings.
- Food processing, forestry and timber in regional centres.
Services for SA workplaces
Our health surveillance and monitoring programs cover silica, asbestos, lead (including blood lead monitoring for lead risk work), isocyanates, organophosphate pesticides, solvents and other Schedule 14 substances. Lung function testing is included where respiratory exposures are involved, and chest imaging can be coordinated where it is clinically required.
We also provide audiometric testing for noise-exposed workers in manufacturing, processing and mining, and onsite skin cancer checks for vineyard, farm and outdoor crews. For Adelaide head offices, our corporate and executive health assessments offer doctor-led health checks for leaders and staff.
Adelaide and regional South Australia
We work across metropolitan Adelaide, the Adelaide Hills and the Fleurieu Peninsula, and travel to the Barossa, the Clare Valley, the Riverland, Whyalla, Port Augusta, Port Pirie, Port Lincoln, Mount Gambier and remote mine sites. Delivering assessments at your site keeps workers close to their tasks, and for seasonal workforces such as vintage crews we can time visits to suit your calendar. Shift-based and FIFO operations can be scheduled around rosters so workers are not called in on rostered days off.
What you receive
Every assessment is reviewed by a doctor. You receive a health monitoring report for each worker, a workforce summary that helps you check whether your silica, noise and chemical controls are working, and clear advice where follow-up is needed. Workers receive their own results and are referred to their GP or a specialist where appropriate. If SafeWork SA has asked to see your health monitoring arrangements, we can help you work out what is required for the tasks on your site.
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Frequently Asked Questions
SafeWork SA regulates health monitoring under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (SA) and the Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012 (SA). Businesses must provide health monitoring for workers doing ongoing work with Schedule 14 hazardous chemicals where there is a significant risk to their health.
From 1 September 2024 the SA regulations include prescribed duties for processing crystalline silica substances, including documenting whether processing is high risk and preparing a silica risk control plan where it is. This followed the national prohibition on engineered stone benchtops, panels and slabs from 1 July 2024.
Yes. SafeWork SA’s 2025–26 compliance campaigns include one on crystalline silica substances in mining and quarrying, monitoring compliance with the amended regulations. Health monitoring is one part of a site’s overall silica controls.
Yes. We travel to the Barossa, the Clare Valley, the Riverland, the Upper Spencer Gulf, Eyre Peninsula and the Limestone Coast. Visits can be timed around vintage, harvest or shift rosters.