What this check covers

This free check links occupational health to exposure rather than to a generic annual medical. Ten questions ask whether you can identify which hazards trigger medical surveillance under the applicable regulations, whether you can reliably identify who is actually exposed by task or area, whether enrolment is based on legal and exposure triggers rather than sending everyone for the same medical, whether baseline evaluations are done at the correct stage, whether periodic examinations are scheduled at the right intervals, whether fitness outcomes are turned into clear work restrictions without exposing confidential medical detail, whether supervisors know enough to avoid assigning a restricted person incompatible work, whether abnormal findings and occupational disease concerns are referred and acted on, whether medical expiries are tracked before they interrupt safe placement, and whether records are retained and retrievable for the required periods. Four questions are safety-critical: exposure-based enrolment, translating fitness into restrictions, keeping supervisors informed enough, and acting on abnormal findings. It draws on the medical surveillance duties across the Act and the hazard-specific regulations (chemical, noise, physical agents and others) rather than one regulation. It is written for employers, HR and safety managers coordinating occupational health. Medical surveillance should be driven by exposure, not by a generic yearly check-up.