Post-incident health surveillance
Control Measure Knowledge
Health surveillance allows for early identification of ill health and helps identify any corrective action needed. Regulations exist for workplace exposure to:
- Noise
- Vibration
- Solvents
- Fumes
- Dusts
- Biological agents
- Other substances hazardous to health
- Compressed air
Regulations include:
- Control of Noise at Work Regulations
- Control of Noise at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland)
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (Northern Ireland)
- Control of Asbestos Regulations
- Control of Asbestos Regulations (Northern Ireland)
- Control of Lead at Work Regulations
- Control of Lead at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland)
- Ionising Radiations Regulations
- Ionising Radiations Regulations (Northern Ireland)
- Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
- Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (Northern Ireland)
Appropriately trained and competent health professionals should carry out appropriate health surveillance, especially where there is a regulatory requirement to monitor the health of employees.
Employers should also provide for the effective monitoring of mental health and wellbeing of all employees to ensure that any exposure to psychological hazards can be monitored. Critical incident stress management procedures should be considered as part of an intervention to minimise the impact of traumatic incidents on individuals, and to reduce work-related stress.
All employees, should follow service protocols to report any symptoms of mental or physical health illness they experience.
Employees with supervisory or managerial responsibilities should follow service protocols for raising concerns about the mental or physical wellbeing of individuals.