Testing Details:
Milne Safety can visit you premises and conduct Lung Function Testing for your employees. Working with certain substances can cause occupational asthma. Occupations at risk include bakeries and food processors, beauty services, cleaning services, healthcare services, painters sprayers, repairers (including electronics), welders and woodworkers (including forestry) are all associated with occupational asthma and lung function testing is recommended. The whole process take around 15 – 20 minutes per person.
Main causes include Isocyanates (eg two-pack spray paints), flour dust, grain dust, glutaraldehyde, wood dust, latex (powdered natural rubber latex gloves), rosin-cored solder fume, laboratory animals or glues and resins can all cause occupational asthma.
Duration: 1/2 day or 1 day for group testing
Location: Testing can be completed at your Company Site or for smaller numbers of employees at our open days at Milne Safety.
Higher Level Health Surveillance may include:
- Assess workers’ respiratory health before they start a relevant job to provide a baseline (perhaps using a questionnaire and lung function assessment).
- Introduce regular testing on an annual basis or as advised by the health professional. This could involve further questionnaires and lung function assessments. The health professional must explain the test results to the individual and report to you on the worker’s fitness to work.
- Health Surveillance providers should be suitably qualified.
- You health providor should interpret the results and identify any need to revise the risk assessment.
- You should appoint a responsible person, supported by the health professional, to report any symptoms that occur between tests.
- Keep a health record, and encourage workers to keep a copy of their results in case they change jobs.
- Keep simple attendance records to identify any patterns in sick absence.
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