Crystalline Silica Health Surveillance

Onsite Crystalline Silica Health Surveillance Services

Boncentric has extensive experience delivering onsite respiratory health surveillance programs to crystalline silica exposed workers across Australia.

As a mobile health service provider, Boncentric brings the required medical resourcing and equipment directly to your site, helping significantly reduce travel and lost productivity costs for your workforceOur crystalline silica screening program is overseen by leading physicians and cutting-edge software applications that together provide unprecedented efficiency and clinical oversight for employers and workers alike.

Boncentric has extensive experience in delivering mobile spirometry and partners with accredited radiology providers to ensure the highest standards of respiratory testing for crystalline silica exposed workers. Our Examining Medical Officers and Supervising Doctors are leaders in their field, supported by senior specialists in radiology, occupational health, and respiratory medicine. These experts bring extensive experience in dust-related lung diseases, strengthening the quality and reliability of our crystalline silica health surveillance program.

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Advantages of partnering with Boncentric for Onsite Crystalline Silica Screening:

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:

Who is eligible to complete a Crystalline Silica medical?

The recommended schedule for health monitoring of crystalline silica exposure is as follows:

  • Pre-Employment: A baseline crystalline silica medical assessment should be completed before employment to establish a reference point for future comparisons of lung function changes.
  • Periodic (Annually): An annual crystalline silica medical assessment is required while the employee remains in the hazardous work environment.
  • Post-Employment: A final crystalline silica medical assessment should be conducted once the employee leaves the hazardous environment.

Crystalline Silica Health Surveillance Service Locations

As a mobile service provider, Boncentric has the capacity to perform onsite Crystalline Silica medicals anywhere in Australia. Boncentric brings the required medical resourcing and equipment directly to your site, helping significantly reduce travel and lost productivity costs for your workforce.

Partner with one of Boncentric’s Experienced Supervising Doctors

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 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.

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