Occuhealth News

Health Surveillance Medicals

23 January 2018

Medical assessments provide a baseline understanding of the health status of current and prospective employees.

Career Opportunity

16 January 2018

Occupational Hygiene Technician

Are they fit for the job?

09 January 2018

Pre-employment medical checks provide a baseline understanding of the health status of job applicants. They provide the prospective employer assurance of the suitability of an individual worker to a particular job role, and determine if applicants are fit and capable of carrying out the tasks of the position for which they are being recruited.

Safe Removal of non-Friable Asbestos Containing Material

21 November 2017

It is important that safe working procedures are used when handling and removing ACM to reduce asbestos fibre release, and minimise potential health risk.

Asbestos Containing Material (ACM) refers to building products that generally consist of between 5 to 15% asbestos fibres in cement or other bonding material.

Testimonials

“Hi Ethan,
On behalf of Westcorp Sandalwood, we wanted to extend our gratitude on providing the fit testing last Friday. Kerri was fantastic and extremely helpful. The fit test procedure was highly efficient and the information provided has been very valuable.”

Vanessa Periera, ISO and Safety Systems Coordinator
Westcorp Sandalwood Pty Ltd
“Sam has been a great asset to the team and completed his work very professionally.”

Tim Greay, Senior Health & Safety Adviser
KLE/PPG Brownfield Projects Woodside Energy Ltd
“Hi Giovanna,
We are having fun with the stretching program – fantastic outcome and the guys send their love and look forward to seeing you soon! The feedback across the site is glorious and the guys even went and spoke to top management giving positive feedback. Thank you.”

Erika Molnar, Safety Advisor, Gorgon Civils & Underground Services Project
Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd
“Hi Ethan,
Sam was kind enough to assist our environmental team on two occasions. He has been very professional and easy to work with during the Noise Survey – this is very much appreciated.”

Sandy Garnaut, Senior Hygiene Specialist
BP Refinery (Kwinana) WA
“Please pass our thanks on to your team who completed the monitoring programme at KLE.”

Robert Muir, HSE Manager
AGC
Just wanted to say thanks for your assistance in organising Adam to assist us with our hygiene work.

Adam did an excellent job, knocked off a massive chunk of work for us and was always willing to do more, really appreciated all his effort.

Christopher Eason

Risk and Business Resilience Specialist, HSE

Rio Tinto
Very impressed with Clint. A good mix of professional and can-do, as well as being informative about the science of what he was doing and why.

Tim Anders, Processing Manager

Santanol
I would like to compliment Kirsten on her professional manner and approach this week and Giovanna’s work over the past few months. I through Kirsten in the deep end with a NATA assessment which was rather stressful and demanding.

The professional attitude and quality of work provided through Giovanna and Kirsten has been a significant help over the past few months.

Joseph Howesmith

Occupational Hygienist / Power Plant Safety | Wagerup
Alcoa of Australia