Respirable Crystalline Silica Screening
Purpose-built health surveillance for crystalline silica-exposed workers
Boncentric delivers onsite respiratory health surveillance for employers managing crystalline silica exposure. Our mobile model is designed for larger workforces, regional sites and multi-site operators, helping employers complete screening efficiently, consistently and with minimal disruption to operations.
Simplifying your silica health surveillance compliance
As a mobile health provider, Boncentric helps employers meet their respiratory health surveillance obligations without relying on fragmented clinic-based pathways. Our service provides an efficient, consistent and well-governed process from booking through to final reporting.
- Boncentric's custom-built mobile clinics are equipped with air-conditioned consultation rooms, full respiratory lab and mobile ILO chest X-ray facilities, allowing all components of the screening to be completed in a high-quality clinical setting directly at your worksite.
- Our onsite crystalline silica health surveillance programs include occupational and exposure history review, respiratory function testing (including DLCO where required), ILO chest X-ray, medical examination, supervising doctor review and final reporting.
- Our proprietary Boncentric Medicals platform supports end-to-end booking, documentation, reporting and follow-up / subsequent assessment workflows — helping employers maintain full visibility and control over the health surveillance program.
- Led by an experienced team of occupational, respiratory and radiology clinicians, our crystalline silica screening program is designed to support robust clinical governance and streamlined outcomes for both workers and employers.
Workforce health surveillance, wherever you operate
Boncentric delivers crystalline silica health surveillance onsite through our fleet of custom-built mobile clinics, bringing the clinical team, equipment and systems directly to your workforce to reduce travel, minimise downtime and keep operations moving.
Advantages of partnering with Boncentric
Robust clinical governance, not just screening
- Boncentric offers gold-standard clinical oversight and coordinated end-to-end service delivery that gives employers regulatory confidence from initial referral through to final outcome.
- Boncentric’s respiratory health surveillance programs are overseen by experienced occupational, respiratory and radiology specialists, with systems designed to ensure findings are reviewed, reported and followed up promptly and accurately.
- Where abnormalities are identified, our administrative team can provide full support with any subsequent assessment pathways, including complex lung function testing, HRCT scan and respiratory physician review where required.
- This clinical governance model gives employers confidence that health surveillance is not simply completed, but properly managed from initial referral through to final outcome.
Trusted By Leading Employers
Boncentric supports a diverse range of employers across mining, resources, government, contractor and regional workforce settings.
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Boncentric provided exceptional onsite respiratory medicals for our remote drilling project, managing complex logistics with professionalism, flexibility and speed. A trusted partner we would highly recommend for compliant, efficient onsite health services.
Mark Jenkins, Operations Manager, Aztech Well Construction
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this service best suited to?
Boncentric’s mobile respiratory screening model is best suited to employers with larger worker cohorts, regional locations, multiple sites or recurring health surveillance requirements. Smaller cohorts may be considered where they align with existing travel schedules or nearby programs.
What industries do you support?
Boncentric supports employers in quarrying, construction materials, civil and road construction, infrastructure, tunnelling, demolition, concrete, mining services and other industries where workers may be exposed to respirable crystalline silica.
What does Boncentric's crystalline silica health surveillance program include?
Boncentric’s onsite Respirable Crystalline Silica Health Surveillance Program includes occupational and exposure history review, respiratory function testing (including Complex Lung Function / DLCO testing where required), ILO chest X-ray, medical examination, supervising doctor review, final reporting and coordination of follow-up investigations where required.
Do you service regional and remote areas?
Yes. Boncentric’s mobile clinic model is specifically designed to support regional and remote workforces, subject to worker numbers, scheduling and mobilisation requirements. Boncentric brings the required medical resourcing and equipment directly to your site, helping significantly reduce travel and lost productivity costs for your workforce.
Can you support multi-site employers?
Yes. We work with many multi-site employers to plan coordinated, periodic screening campaigns across multiple sites or regional clusters.
What are the respiratory health surveillance requirements for crystalline silica-exposed workers?
In accordance with Safe Work Australia regulations, workers exposed to crystalline silica must undergo regular respiratory health assessments, especially those performing tasks such as cutting, grinding, or polishing silica-containing materials. Health surveillance must be overseen by a qualified medical professional and conducted periodically, based on the level of risk and extent of exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust.
Crystalline Silica health surveillance examinations generally include the following components:
- Respiratory questionnaire
- ILO chest X-ray read by a qualified B-reader Radiologist
- Spirometry test
- Chest examination
- Further follow-up tests if required (complex lung test, HRCT scan and / or respiratory specialist review)
Can Boncentric act as the supervising doctor?
Respiratory health surveillance programs for crystalline silica exposed workers must be supervised by an appropriately qualified Supervising Doctor. Their responsibility is to ensure that examinations are carried out by experienced and qualified physicians and to report the examination findings to the Person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU).
Boncentric offers a team of highly experienced Supervising Doctors to oversee health surveillance examinations for crystalline silica-exposed workers. If you are interested in an onsite respiratory health surveillance program for your organisation, please contact us to find out more about this service.
One partner. Complete workforce support.
In addition to our respiratory health surveillance programs, Boncentric offers a range of preventative and occupational health and wellbeing services designed to provide consistent, holistic, and measurable health outcomes for your organisations and your workforce.
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This was a far better experience than offsite testing clinics.
James O.
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Team conducting the assessments were very professional.
Joshua L.
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This is perfect for the corporate environment and also remote communities with a lack of access.
Harry K.
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It helped having the service at our depot as it was easily accessible, saving considerable time.
Deborah G.
A better experience for crystalline silica workers
Boncentric has delivered more than 10,000 onsite respiratory health screenings to workers operating in urban, regional and remote environments, helping employers meet their compliance obligations while minimising disruption to normal operations.