Occuhealth News

Functional Capacity Assessments

30 May 2017

A fitness assessment (otherwise known as a pre-employment functional capacity evaluation) is a series of tests that determine the ability of an individual worker. This comprehensive report is to determine if the worker is able to perform the physical tasks required by their role in the workplace.

Noise Induced Hearing Loss

23 May 2017

Noise Induced Hearing loss is the #1 work related disease in Australia!

Workplace and recreational noise are the most common source of noise injury and, according to the Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgeons (ASOHNS), the most common form of preventable hearing loss in the western world.

Rail Medical

16 May 2017

Rail Safety Workers Health Assessment is a requirement of the National Standard for Health Assessment of Rail Safety Workers 2012, designed to ensure that rail workers are deemed healthy and fit in order to perform their job safely and protect themselves, the public, fellow workers and the rail network.
 

Exercise Right Week 23-29 May

09 May 2017

Do you exercise right? Workers within the Farming, Agriculture and Mining Sectors all come with a variety of different skill sets, but one thing they all have in common is their need for a well-functioning, healthy body to complete their work.

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