Health Surveillance Medicals Australia | On-Site WHS Compliance Programs
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What our health surveillance programs can support
Employees Health can support employers with health surveillance and health monitoring programs for a range of workplace exposures, including:
- Noise exposure and audiometric testing
- Skin cancer checks for outdoor workers
- Respiratory testing and spirometry
- Mobile chest X-ray coordination where clinically required
What employers receive
Depending on the program and exposure type, employer reporting may include:
- A fitness-for-work or suitability outcome where appropriate
- Exposure-specific health surveillance reporting
- Recommendations relevant to workplace risk management
- Identification of workers requiring follow-up or further assessment
- De-identified workforce summary reporting where appropriate
- Documentation to support WHS and compliance processes
What workers receive
Workers are supported through a confidential clinical assessment pathway, which may include:
- Medical and occupational history
- Exposure-specific questionnaire
- Physical examination where required
- Spirometry or respiratory testing where relevant
- Audiometry where relevant
- Blood or urine testing where clinically required
- Chest X-ray referral or mobile chest X-ray coordination where required
- Doctor review and follow-up recommendations where indicated
Our team of medical doctors are experts in all types of exposures and chemicals.
Employees exposed to hazardous chemicals are required by Worksafe to be enrolled in a Health Surveillance or Health Monitoring Program every one to two years. Health monitoring is legally required for a workplace that uses hazardous substances. Employees Health provides hazardous substance screening for a range of toxic substances including:
WHAT WE MONITOR
- Crystalline silica (construction & engineered stone)
- Asbestos exposure
- Inorganic lead
- Benzene & solvents
- Cadmium & heavy metals
- Chromium exposure
- Isocyanates (manufacturing & spray painting)
- PAHs (industrial processes)
- Mercury exposure
- Organophosphate pesticides
- Vinyl chloride
- Antimony
- Arsenic (inorganic)
- Benzene
- Beryllium
- Butanone (methyl ethyl ketone, MEK)
- Carbon disulfide
- Chromium (inorganic)
- Cobalt
- Creosote
- Dichloromethane
- Ethyl benzene
- Fluorides (including soluble fluorides and aluminium fluoride)
- Isocyanates
- 4-methylpentan-2-one (methyl isobutyl ketone) MIBK
- Nickel
- Organophosphate pesticides
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)
- Styrene
- Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene)
- Toluene
- Trichloroethylene
- Vinyl chloride
- Uranium
- Xylene
Workers exposed to lead-containing substances in manufacturing, demolition, infrastructure, painting, or industrial environments may require workplace health monitoring under WHS regulations.
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As detailed in Schedule 14 of the Work Health and Safety Regulation (2011) health monitoring for hazardous chemicals including asbestos, silica, scheduled chemicals, this review has found that approximately 13.8% of cancer deaths in males and 2.2% of cancer deaths in females are caused by occupational exposures. This means that, every year, about 5000 invasive cancers and about 34 000 non-melanoma skin cancers are being caused by occupational exposures in Australia and 1.5 million workers are exposed to known carcinogens.
These estimates are considerably higher than previous Australian estimates, and should act as a spur to elevate the importance of occupation as a cause of cancer in order to decrease the population burden of cancer.
To discuss your Worksafe and legal obligations contact our medical team today.
WHAT THE PROGRAM INCLUDES
✔ Respiratory symptom screening
✔ Occupational exposure history
✔ Pathology testing (where required)
✔ Longitudinal health tracking
✔ Clinical review by occupational doctors
✔ WHS compliance reporting
Asbestos Medical Checks for Workplaces
Employees exposed to asbestos-containing materials may require workplace health monitoring and medical surveillance in accordance with WHS regulations. Employees Health provides asbestos medical checks for workplaces across Australia through on-site occupational health assessments and exposure monitoring programs.
Inorganic Lead Exposure Testing
Employees Health provides inorganic lead exposure testing and workplace health monitoring programs for workers exposed to hazardous lead substances in industrial, construction, manufacturing, and infrastructure environments.
Monitoring programs may include pathology testing, medical assessments, exposure reviews, and compliance reporting.
Benzene Exposure Monitoring in the Workplace
Employees Health supports organisations requiring benzene exposure monitoring in workplace environments where employees may be exposed to fuels, solvents, chemical processing agents, or industrial fumes.
Our workplace medical surveillance programs help businesses meet WHS health monitoring obligations while supporting early detection of occupational illness.
We work in accordance with state legislation
Onsite health monitoring means minimal downtime and disruption.
With years experience in health monitoring and health surveillance across industries, our medical practitioners are experts in all types of exposure and chemicals. They will select the correct pathology and medical tests and assessments to ensure your organisation meets legislative and Worksafe requirements.
Employees Health provides health monitoring programs across all states in Australia including NSW, Victoria, ACT, WA, Queensland and New Zealand.
WHY THIS MATTERS
- early detection of occupational disease
- identification of exposure trends
- validation of control measures
- regulatory compliance confidence
It is a legal requirement for employees exposed to specific hazardous substances to undergo health surveillance.
In industries where employees may be exposed to noise or vibration, ionising radiation, solvents, fumes, dusts, biological agents and other substances hazardous to health. When there are workplace hazards with predictable risk, employers are required by law to establish a health risk management program. An important part of this program is health monitoring. Employees Health also provides information to your organisation if control measures are not effective or if a worker’s health is being affected by exposure to hazardous chemicals, so that action can be taken. (Safework Australia Act, schedule 14)
Let our team guide you to ensure you are meeting your Worksafe responsibilities.
INDUSTRIES WE SUPPORT
- Construction & engineering
- Manufacturing & fabrication
- Infrastructure & utilities
- Transport & logistics
- Industrial services
- Government contractors
What are the benefits?
These medical tests help detect health problems at an early stage which prevents employees from developing serious illnesses. Health monitoring also provides data to better evaluate workplace health risks.
To better understand the risks and requirements for health surveillance for your organisation, contact our friendly team.
Many studies report increased risk of lung cancer in welders or other workers exposed to welding fume. The International Association for Research on Cancer (IARC) conclude that all welding fume can cause lung cancer and may cause kidney cancer, classifying all welding fume as Group 1 carcinogenic substances.
What are the benefits?
These medical tests help detect health problems at an early stage which prevents employees from developing serious illnesses. Health monitoring also provides data to better evaluate workplace health risks..
To better understand the risks and requirements for health surveillance for your organisation contact our friendly team