Employee Medical Examination Screening Procedure .pdf

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Shopfloor Mandatory Medical Examination
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Shopfloor Mandatory Medical
Examination Requirement

It is mandatory for all shop floor employees to adhere to the Shopfloor
Mandatory Medical Examination Requirement Procedure
Safety glasses must be worn at all
times in work areas.

Long and loose hair must be contained.

Safety shoes must be worn at all
times in the shop floors

Protective clothing must be worn.

Rings and jewelry must not be worn.

Hearing protection must be worn in
areas with hearing protection signage

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PURPOSE
This aim of this procedure is to establish a medical surveillance program to safeguard
employee health through mandatory medical examination health screening at specific
interval as set forth in the WSH (Medical Examination) Regulations and as West deem
appropriate for its employees

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SCOPE
Mandatory shop floor medical examination health screening includes
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Full chest Xray for silica exposure

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Trichloroacetic acid Urine Test / Liver Function Test for Trichloroethylene exposure

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Audiometric for high noise level exposure

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Tetanus for exposure to metal rust injury

Employee who may be exposed to silica, Trichloroethylene,rust and high noise
level directly due to their job function and this include:•

Chemical Laboratory

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Compoundingdepartment

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Toolshop

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Facility department

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Maintenance department
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Employee exempted from the mandatory medical examination health screening
Typically all office employees are exempted from this requirement
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PERSONS TO BE MEDICALLY CERTIFIED FIT FOR EMPLOYMENT
New employee shall undergo a pre placement medical examination by a designated
workplace doctor and be certified fit to work in such occupation within 30 days before the
date he is to commence his employment in such occupation

Nature of occupation

Occupation relevant
to WPSS

Types of medical examinations

Occupations
involving the use or
handling of or
exposure to the
liquid, fumes or
vapour of —

Chemical Lab
technician

i)Clinical examination
ii) Urine trichloroacetic acid estimation
iii) Liver function tests including serum
bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, gamma
glutamyltranspeptidase, alanine and
aspartate aminotransferase estimations

Trichloroethylene

Occupations involving
the use or handling of
or exposure to the dust
of —

Compounding small &
large weigh up and IM
technicians

i) Clinical examination
(ii)A full size chest x-ray examination
thereafter every 12 months
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Pre-placement and
periodic medical
examinations
i)Pre-placement
medical
examination under
regulation 4 and
thereafter every 12
months
ii)Pre-placement
medical
examination under
regulation 4 and
thereafter every 12
months
iii)Pre-placement
medical
examination under
regulation 4 only
i)Pre-placement
medical examination
under regulation 4
and thereafter every
36 months

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Silica
ii)Pre-placement
medical examination
under regulation 4
and thereafter every
36 months

Occupations
involving exposure to
excessive noise

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All WPSS employees

(i)Anaudiometric examination (where
the air conduction is abnormal, to
include bone conduction testing and
auroscopic examination)

iii)Pre-placement
medical examination
under regulation 4
only
(i)Pre-placement
medical
examination under
regulation 4 and
thereafter every 12
months

FREQUENCY OF MEDICAL EXAMINATION HEALTH SCREENING
Tabulated below is the frequency of employee medical examination
health screening Vis-a-vis department and the type of hazardous exposure

Type of
exposure

Department

Section

Silica

Compoundin
g

Small weigh up
Large weigh up
Internal mixer

Type of medical
examination
health screening
Full Chest X-ray
Examination

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Frequency Affected
employee
Yearly

Applicable to
compounding
technician
performing task in
small weigh up,
large weigh up
and internal mixer

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Applicable to
engineers who
have direct
responsibility for
the shop floor
processes
TCE

QA Lab

Chemical Lab

a)Trichloro-acetic Yearly
urine test
b)Liver function
test

High Noise
Level

Production

Molding/Trimmi Audiometric
ng/
Examination
Metal/Assembly/
Maintenance/To
olshop/Facility

Yearly

Applicable to all
production
technicians who
worked 8 hours in
the shop floors in
a work
environment with
high noise level

Once
every 3
years

Applicable to all
plant engineering
technicians,
supervisors,
chargehand,
superintendent,
engineers and
managers

*exclude
chemical/micro
lab/office
employees
Tetanus

Plant
Engineering

Maintenance/
Toolshop
Facility

Tetanus Injection

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Applicable to lab
technician who
had undertaken
the TCE test

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EMPLOYEES IDENTIFIED FOR MEDICAL EXAMINATION HEALTH SCREENING
The HSE department will identified employee(s) who are required for the mandatory
medical examination health screening based on the employee job function and chemical
exposure as well as based on the requirement set forth in the WSH (Medical
Examinations) Regulations, THE SCHEDULE

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MEDICAL HEALTH SCREENING BUSINESS CONTRACT AGREEMENT
The HSE department will source for suitable medical health screening service provider
based on pricing and upon approval by the purchasing department, business contract
agreement will be established with details on the required medical health screening
services to be undertaken , the cost associated with each health screening and the
required timeline for the completion of the medical health screening by west employees

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HEALTH SCREENING REQUEST FORM
Upon shortlisting the medical examination screening service provider, the service provider
will provide West with a copy of the health screening request form which shall be signed by
the HSE department. The form shall be hand carry by west employee who will personally
call at the clinic for their medical examination health screening and be presented during the
registration

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REPORT OF EXAMINATIONS
Every worker examined should have their individual Report of Examinations as this serves
as their personal case notes. The workers’ individual forms should be completed after each
round of examinations and whenever repeat tests and other actions e.g. workplace
inspection, assessing and reducing risks, referrals, etc are carried out. It gives a
chronological record of the medical examination results and interventions, enabling you to
detect adverse trends.
Clinical examination findings and test results should be included. One form should be used
per worker per hazard. If a worker is exposed to more than one hazard, the worker’s
personal particulars need only be completed once.
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