RSHQ Mineral Mines and Quarries
Respiratory Health Surveillance
Specialists in Mobile and Onsite Mineral Mine & Quarry (MMQ) Medicals
Boncentric has extensive experience in onsite health assessments for mineral mines and quarries across Queensland. Our mobile MMQ medical service 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 MMQ health surveillance compliance
As a mobile health provider, Boncentric helps Queensland mineral mine & quarry operators meet RSHQ MMQ requirements without relying on fragmented clinic-based pathways. Our service provides an efficient, consistent and well-governed process from booking to final reporting.
- Our 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 MMQ health assessment to be completed in a high-quality clinical setting at the worksite.
- Our onsite MMQ medicals include occupational and exposure history review, respiratory function testing, ILO chest X-ray (dual-read), medical examination by an Examining Medical Officer, and review and final reporting by an Appropriate Doctor.
- Our proprietary Boncentric Medicals platform supports efficient end-to-end booking, documentation, reporting and follow-up / subsequent assessment workflows — helping employers maintain full visibility and control across the health surveillance program.
- Led by experienced RSHQ-registered occupational, respiratory and radiology clinicians, our program is designed to support robust clinical governance and streamlined outcomes for both workers and employers.
For MMQ workers who show abnormal findings during their baseline MMQ medical, Boncentric can also facilitate further investigations as per the Resources Safety & Health Queensland (RSHQ) Clinical Pathways Guidelines. These investigations may include a complex lung function testing (DLCO), HRCT scan and / or consultation with a respiratory specialist to confirm or exclude a dust-related lung disease.
Workforce health surveillance, wherever you operate
Boncentric delivers onsite MMQ medicals and occupational health surveillance 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 is an RSHQ-accredited X-ray clinic and spirometry practice, providing you with a "one stop shop" for completion of MMQ medicals directly at your site in our state-of-the-art mobile clinics.
- Our experienced Examining Medical Officers (EMOs) and Appropriate Doctors (ADs) are all approved providers with RSHQ.
- Boncentric is 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 MMQ health surveillance program.
Supporting Queensland's Mineral Mine & Quarry Sector
Boncentric has extensive experience delivering MMQ medical projects for mineral mine and quarry operators and contractors across Queensland.
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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 MMQ medical 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.
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 annual / periodic MMQ Medical screening campaigns across multiple sites or regional clusters.
What are the respiratory health surveillance requirements for Queensland Mineral Mines & Quarries?
Changes to the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Regulation 2017, effective from 1 September 2020, require Queensland mineral mine and quarry workers to undergo regular medical assessments to detect changes in lung function or early indicators of lung disease.
As part of the regulatory changes, site senior executives (SSEs) are required to arrange respiratory health surveillance for workers before they start work in the mineral mine and quarry industry, and subsequently at intervals of at least every five years.
MMQ respiratory health surveillance examinations must include the following components:
- Respiratory questionnaire
- ILO chest X-ray, dual-read by qualified radiologists
- Spirometry test
- Chest examination
- Further follow-up tests if required (complex lung test, HRCT scan and / or respiratory specialist review)
For more information on the MMQ health surveillance scheme, please refer to RSHQ’s MMQ Worker Information Booklet.
Who is eligible to complete an MMQ medical?
The following candidates are eligible to complete an MMQ medical:
- New MMQ workers before they start work in the industry
- Current MMQ workers (required every 5 years)
- Exiting MMQ workers
- Retired / former MMQ workers *
*Resources Safety and Health Queensland (RSHQ) covers the cost of comprehensive lung checks for eligible retired and former MMQ workers. To confirm your eligibility contact the Mine Dust Health Support Service at 1300 445 715 or info@minedusthealthsupport.com. For more information about this program visit: RSHQ Former Worker Assessment Program.
Can Boncentric act as the Appropriate Doctor?
Respiratory health surveillance programs for mineral mine and quarry (MMQ) workers must be supervised by an Appropriate Doctor. Their responsibility is to ensure that examinations are carried out by experienced and qualified physicians and to report the examination findings to the site senior executive (SSE).
Boncentric offers a team of highly experienced Appropriate Doctors to oversee health surveillance examinations for MMQ workers. If you are interested in our MMQ respiratory health surveillance programs for your organisation, please contact us to find out more about this service.
One partner. Complete workforce support.
In addition to our MMQ health surveillance program, Boncentric offers a range of preventative and occupational health and wellbeing services designed to provide consistent, holistic, and measurable health outcomes for organisations and their workforce.
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This was a far better experience than offsite testing clinics.
James O.
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I found that the staff were very professional and the quality of the service and equipment was top class.
Andrew K.
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Very professional in their approach made you feel at ease. Medical was conducted at site which eliminated travel.
Peter S.
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It helped having the service at our site as it was easily accessible, saving considerable time.
Deborah G.
A better experience for Mineral Mine & Quarry workers
Boncentric has delivered more than 10,000 onsite respiratory and occupational medicals to workers operating in urban, regional and remote environments, helping employers meet their compliance obligations while minimising disruption to normal operations.