Corporate

We provide the IT technology, including software and access to our servers to capture and maintain personnel health records. Access to the confidential data is strictly controlled. Information stored can include demographics, medical history, current problems, medications, assessments, workplace injury details and workers compensation claims, and other relevant information.

The data is also used to provide statistics, excluding confidential employee medical information, to corporate management of accidents, injuries, absenteeism, and other pertinent statistics.

Where more than 10 employees are employed at a workplace, the employer needs to appoint a first aider. Shops and offices – one first aider for every 100 employees, other workplaces – one first aider for every 50 employees. This is a compulsory legal appointment and the first aider should be readily available during normal working hours.

Designated employee(s) will be trained and must demonstrate an acceptable level of competence to be Certified as First Aider(s). Training may also incorporate additional first aid procedures specific the industry or workplace practice the Certified as First Aider(s) work.

The Certified as First Aider(s) will also be trained to use our electronic equipment and technologies designed to assess, document, record and report accidents and injuries however minor or serious they may be. This data may be used by management to prevent further accidents and injuries, and for the management of workers compensation claims where applicable.

Our accredited partners can carry out the Occupational Safety survey, which involves risk analysis, risk assessment and risk control practices.

Risk analysis – Identification of hazards present in the workplace and work environment, hazards discovered in any previous risk management; potential consequences of the recognized hazards – risks, i.e. the potential causes of injury to workers, a work accident, an occupational disease, or a work related disease.

Risk assessment – The evaluation of the risks arising from a hazard, taking into account the adequacy of any existing controls and deciding whether or not the risks is acceptable. Risk assessment involves evaluating, ranking, and classifying risks.

Risk control – The stage where the actions to identify and implement safety measures to control risks are performed having in mind the protection of workers’ health and safety, as well as their monitoring over time.

• Prevention measures
• Protection measures
• Mitigation measures

Health Risk integration – A medical surveillance programme will then be developed and implemented based upon identified risks – these could include physical, biological, chemical, psychosocial and ergonomical risks.

These are carried out to determine the employee’s health status in terms of their job specifications.

Pre-employment examinations determine correct placement of workers according to their physical and mental compatibility.

Exit examinations record the health status of employees on termination of service in order to prevent subsequent litigation. This includes a full assessment based on medical history.

Fitness tests determine an employee’s suitability for their specified job. Emphasis is placed on chronic diseases which could include Psychiatric, Hypertension, Diabetes, Epilepsy, Asthma, and Ante-natal.

A medical surveillance programme continuously monitors the health of workers exposed to identified risks in the workplace. Special medical screenings are undertaken as required. Tests can include, blood, urine, lung function and hearing tests.