Innovative surveillance tailored to your workplace
As an employer, you’re legally obligated to assess the health of such workers throughout their careers periodically. We’ve been delivering tailored health monitoring for over a decade and have developed an innovative, cost-effective and accurate technique.Â
Benefits of health monitoring
- Minimise exposure to hazardous substances
- Prevent significant health issues, including lung disease and cancer
- Decrease absenteeism and increase productivity
- Lower your workers’ compensation premiums
- Meet your legislative requirements
- Reduce your health costs over time
Holistic monitoring services
Our occupational health management specialists can:
- Perform a hazardous substances risk assessment to identify potential dangers to worker health
- Conduct standardised testing to assess the health of workers exposed to hazardous substances
- Provide Safe Work Australia-compliant reports so you can monitor and document workers’ health over time
Assessment and testing
During our risk assessment, an occupational hygienist will visit your workplace to identify all hazardous substances used, handled, or stored in your workplace. This includes chemicals, gases and other materials such as asbestos and lead. Risks can also include noise and vibration exposure.
The occupational hygienist will then use various methods, such as snapshot air sampling and noise monitoring to measure and evaluate these hazards. Air sampling is done using an air sampling device, which attaches to a worker and draws in air. Any contaminants are then sent to an independent lab for analysis.
Visit Safe Work Australia to see Exposure Standards.
Frequently asked questions
Here are some of the most common questions we get asked about hazardous substance workplace health monitoring.
What is a hazardous substance?
A hazardous substance is any solid, liquid or gas that may be detrimental to a person’s health. These substances are categorised according to whether they have an immediate (acute) or long-term (chronic) impact on health.
What hazardous substances are in the workplace?
Occupational hazardous substances include isocyanates, lead, asbestos, crystalline silica, and 14 other dusts listed as hazardous. Visit the Safe Work website to learn more.
When should health monitoring take place?
Safe Work Australia has established a hazardous substances Code of Practice with recommended time periods for health monitoring and assessment methods as follows:
- Before a worker uses a hazardous substance in a workplace, or as soon as possible after they begin their role
- During the period of exposure while employed
- When a hazardous substance stops being used
