Construction
Health surveillance for construction.
Breakers, saws, silica dust, noise and plant: construction workers face more surveillance-triggering hazards than almost anyone. We bring the clinic to your site.
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What we see in construction.
- Loud noisePeople have to shout to be heard 2 m away, or use noisy tools
- Vibrating hand toolsBreakers, grinders, cut-off saws, chainsaws, impact wrenches
- Dust, fumes or flourWood or stone dust, welding fume, flour, spices, solvents
- Skin irritants or wet workCutting fluids, cement, cleaning chemicals, frequent hand washing
- Forklifts or lift trucksCounterbalance, reach trucks, pallet movers
- Safety-critical rolesDriving, machinery, working at height, public safety
Construction has some of the highest rates of occupational ill health in the UK, from hand-arm vibration and noise-induced hearing loss to respiratory disease from silica and wood dust. Much of it is preventable, and most of it carries a legal duty to provide health surveillance.
We run clinics on-site or at your yard, sending questionnaires through the portal in advance so each assessment takes as little time out of the programme as possible.
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Services for construction.
Noise Regs 2005 · Reg 9
AudiometryHearing checks for anyone exposed to workplace noise. A 20-minute on-site assessment.Learn more
Vibration Regs 2005 · Reg 7
Hand-arm vibrationHAVS health surveillance for anyone using vibrating hand-held tools such as breakers, saws and grinders.Learn more
COSHH 2002 · Reg 11
COSHH surveillanceAnnual skin and lung-function checks for people who work with dust, fumes, vapours, flour or spices.Learn more
ACoP L117
Forklift driver medicalsDriver medicals in line with ACoP L117: vision, hearing, mobility and urinalysis.Learn more
On-site testing
Drug & alcohol testingOn-site oral, urine and breath testing for pre-placement, random, for-cause and post-incident checks.Learn more
Surveillance checker
Pre-filled for construction.
We’ve ticked the hazards most common in your sector. Adjust them to match your sites.
Step 1 · Tick everything your people are exposed to
Step 2 · What you’re likely to need
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Select the hazards in your workplace and we’ll show which health surveillance applies, the regulation behind it and how often it’s due.
General guidance based on HSE regulations. Your risk assessment decides what’s required, and we’ll confirm it with you.