Employee Medicals
KGM delivers occupational medicals for employees in various industries across South Africa. These industries include mining, construction, automotive, industrial, and fast-moving consumer goods to name but a few. It is important to understand what an occupational medical consists of and how it can benefit your organisation.
Employee Medicals
Occupational medicals aim to track the vital statistics of our client’s employees in order to prevent and treat work-related injuries or illnesses caused by occupational hazards. KGM’s health practitioners are doctors and nurses who specialise in occupational medicine. Our combined experience of well over fifty years in the field enables us to keep your workforce safe and healthy, and your workplace compliant.
KGM nurse will provide an educated occupational health opinion on matters pertaining to employees’ work roles and working environment, as well as issues involving his or her health. Our advice is based on comprehensive research and insight into the industry and the relevant workplace, as well as on comprehensive occupational medical exams of the workers.
Occupational medicals take approximately 30 minutes and provide a thorough report on each employee’s vital signs and bodily systems in light of the various occupational hazards that pertain to the workplace, as well as issues that can render employees unfit for duty..
The following tests can be added according to the risk assessment:
- Psychologic questionnaire for stress, anxiety, depression, and insomnia for specific high risk job categories
- Hearing test
- Lung function
- Drug testing
- ECG
- Chest X-Ray
- Biological Monitoring
- Heat or Cold Tolerance
- Working at heights test
Occupational medicals are carried by our highly qualified medical teams and occupational health practitioners, or by a doctor if and when required
In order to ensure that we provide our clients with the best possible solutions, we are also able to travel nationwide for on-site medicals.
At the end of the examination, the medical team will provide a certificate for the worker that will make clear whether the worker is:
- Fit for the job assigned with no restrictions, or
- Fit for the job assigned with certain restrictions/conditions, or
- Unfit for the job assigned and therefore needs to be reassigned into another job (if available)
Occupational medicals are carried out to ensure the fitness and general health of staff and consist of:
- Occupational History
- Medical History
- Health risk and Ergonomic Questionnaire
- Physical examination:
- BMI
- Blood pressure
- Heart rate
- Heart and lung auscultation
- Strength, range of motion and balance
- Urine test
- Blood glucose
- Eye and ear examination
- Systematic head- to- toe examination
- Vision Screening
Statutory Obligations
Case Reporting
Should an employee be found to be suffering from an occupational disease, it is required that the attending practitioner (nurse or doctor) notify the employee directly, the employer and the local office’s Department of Labour (as prescribed by Section 25 in the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Statutory reporting requires the completion of numerous documents, and a thorough understanding of the statutory mechanisms that govern these submissions. It is strongly advised that an Occupational Medical Practitioner with the necessary experience is contracted for this component of the programme.
Case Submission
This comprises further data collection to satisfy the requirements of the Workmen’s Compensation Commissioner, and the submission of a claim. This includes the completion of the following documents as a minimum:
- “Employer’s Report of an Occupational Disease” (WCl 1(e)), by the company
- “First Medical Report of an Occupational Disease” (WCl 22), by the attending medical doctor
- “Notification of an Occupational Disease” (WCl 14), by the employee with help from company.
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Contact Info
Block E
No: 04
High road and battlet road
Brixton
2091
Phone: KG Moabelo :0614286249
E-mail: kgmoabelo@kgmohssolutions.co.za