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Occupational health is important to the success of any business. The state of health of the work force is crucial for the sustained continuance of a business.

Productivity is seriously damaged by ill health and sickness absences, so it’s increasingly becoming a serious concern for companies to safeguard the wellbeing of their employees.

There is a distinction between incidents reported internally, and incidents reported externally. Internal reporting refers to the reporting and investigation of incidents inside the company itself. External reporting refers to the reporting to, and investigation of incidents by, the Department of Labour. Legislation strictly controls the latter but not the former.

We have found that many organisations do not understand what is considered to be a reportable incident by the Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993.

The services KROON OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES provides will assist employers to comply with the law. Moreover, we will assist employers with preventative measures and interventions to reduce their risk factors.

KROON OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES has a comprehensive menu of services in place with proven proficiency in executing them.

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KROON OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES will market its services as follows:

To the employer for:

  • Increasing productivity.
  • Controlling of absenteeism
  • Controlling of costs

Benefiting the employee as a result:

  • Safety in the workplace
  • Hygiene in the workplace
  • Good facilities in the workplace
  • Emergency care
  • Rehabilitation
  • Employee assistance program [e.g. occupational stress]
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Experience has taught Us that the following
factors have a far-reaching impact on businesses:

  1. Workplace injury and illness have far-reaching consequences for employees and employers alike. For example: excessive stress levels and absence can weigh not only on the affected workers themselves, but on colleagues too. Strategic steps taken to reduce employee absence minimise risks to work productivity and maximise the performance of a business. With this is mind, occupational health services are becoming an increasingly beneficial solution for companies.

Legislation relating to the workplace, such as laws regarding health & safety, discrimination and human rights has increased in recent years, placing more pressure on companies to address the occupational health needs of their employees. This, combined with economic restructuring, downsizing and the recognised costs of both absence and poor productivity, serves to focus employers on the importance of safeguarding well-being in the workplace.

  1. The potential cost to an employer from loss of employee productivity can be an unforeseen and sudden liability:
  • Direct costs
    • Lost work time
    • Damage to people and/or equipment
    • Legal action due to non-compliance with current legislation
    • Associated medical costs
    • Compensation costs
    • Costs of medical treatment to the National Health Service (so-called state  hospitals) or private health sector
  • Indirect costs
    • Hiring of additional staff to replace sick or injured staff
    • Retraining staff to fill the vacant post
    • Repairing/replacing equipment that is damaged or unfit for purpose
    • Effects on staff morale
    • Lost productivity
    • Shut down time during any investigation
    • Rescheduling

KROON OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES has a comprehensive service’s menu available for employers in answer to the above.

Our Occupational Health Audit will give your business a comprehensive review of existing hazards, risks, controls and needs regarding Health Surveillance, Medical Referrals, Pre-employment Assessments and access to ongoing advice on relevant health issues. With this crucial knowledge to hand, employers can avoid any potential risks to their workflow productivity as a result of employee absence. Our Occupational Health Audit will give your business a comprehensive review of existing hazards, risks, controls and needs regarding Health Surveillance, Medical Referrals, Pre employment Assessments and access to ongoing advice on relevant health issues.

We audit the compliance of clients to the following legislation and regulations:

  • The Occupational Health & Safety Act (Act 65 of 1993) Mine Health & Safety Act & Regulations thereto Compensation on Occupational Injuries & Diseases (COID) , adhering to the Atmospheric Pollution Prevention Act
  • Environmental Regulations
  • General Safety Regulations
  • General Administrative Regulations
  • Hazardous Chemical Substance Regulations
  • Major Hazard Installation Regulations
  • Driven Machinery Regulations
  • General Machinery Regulations
  • Noise Induced Hearing Loss Regulations
  • Audit – Occupational Health Programmes
  • Audit – Occupational Safety Programmes
  • Audit – Emergency Programmes
  • Audit – Hazard Identification & Risk Analysis (HIRA)
  • Audit – Adhering to Environmental Legislation

Above mentioned to be audited with reports on the following:

  • Implementation
  • Maintenance
  • Legal Compliance

Medical Screening Examination (Fitness Evaluation)

  • Pre-employment Medical Examination
  • Entrance Medical Examinations
  • Periodic Medical Examinations
  • Special Medical Examinations
  • Exit Medical Examinations
  • Incapacitation Medical Examinations


Examinations consisting of:

  • Medical History
  • Physical Examination – Neurological System, Blood Pressure Measurement, Vision Testing, Including Drivers Vision Test, Urine & Laboratory Test. If required, Audiometric, Lung Function and X-Rays
  • Physical Ability Assessment
  • Psychological Questionnaire – Evaluation for Construction Worker working on elevated positions
  • Risk Based Medical Assessments
  • Medical Practitioner to make decision regarding physical fitness of employee.
  • Issuing of Fitness Certificates
  • Safe keeping of medical records as prescribed by legislation for 40 years
  • Honouring the confidentiality requirements as stipulated in the Health Act
  • Rendering of Advance Life Support Services – registered with the Board of Health Care Funders. Practice number:  0900699
  • Personnel – Advance Life Support registered with the Resuscitation Council of Southern Africa in accordance with the American Heart Association
  • First Aid Training and Equipment – to Mines according to the Mine Health and Safety Act, and to Industry according to the Occupational Health and Safety Act
  • Supply of emergency and medical equipment
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  • Adhering to all relevant legislation with regard to biological monitoring and medical surveillance
  • Providing feed back to management on medical surveillance and occupational disease investigations and tendencies
  • Assisting management with Compensation Commissioner claims
  • Injury treatment and administrative procedures in compliances with legislation – Compensation Commissioner and Department of Minerals
  • Injury and incident investigation, training, management statistics and record keeping
  • Medical job specification
  • Job profiling
  • Statistical analyses, annual report and periodic data generating reports as required by government departments i.e. Department of Minerals
  • Evaluation and reporting of health related liabilities to management
  • Compile and implementation of:
    • Mandatory Code of Practice for Minimum Standard of Fitness to perform work on a mine
    • Mandatory Code of Practice for Occupational Health Programme – Air pollutants
    • Mandatory Code of Practice for Occupational Health Programme – Noise Control
    • Mandatory Code of Practice for Occupational Health Programme – Thermal Stress
    • Incapacitation evaluation
    • Compiling of incapacitation report
    • Evaluation and recommendation to management
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  • Assisting employees in matters relating to occupational medical care
  • Establishing and monitoring of healthy, hygienic, safe mine and industrial working environment
  • Compiling , implementation and maintenance of primary healthcare , diseases prevention and treatment programmes
  • Pharmaceutical services. (under current valid license)
  • Referrals
  • Aids / HIV
    • Prevention
    • Education
    • Anti Retroviral Therapy
    • Voluntary Counselling and Testing
    • Wellness
  • Tuberculoses
  • Sexual transmitted diseases
  • Establish promote a collaborative relationships with other health professionals, community and governmental health care services
  • Health education and awareness programmes
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  • Social work programmes
  • Psychological evaluations and treatment
  • Post traumatic counselling
  • Holistic range of special products to enhance personal wellness
  • Registered Occupational Medical Practitioners
  • Registered Occupational Health Practitioners
  • Registered Audiometrists
  • Registered Hygienist
  • Registered Environmentalist
  • Factors effecting health of employees
  • Occupational and communicable diseases
  • Legislative required reports to Department of Minerals, Department of Labour and Compensation Commissioner
  • Services under current valid license
  • Safe effective and rationally use by all professionals involved in drug selection and use
  • Accessible, equitable affordable and cost effective
  • Service delivery by accountable, ethical legal compliant professionals
  • Smoking policy
  • Sick leave policy
  • Incident /injury management plan
  • Hazardous waste removal
  • Hazard identification and risk assessment
    • Incident management plan
    • Emergency procedure / policy
    • Evacuation procedure
    • Emergency alarms
    • Emergency contacts
    • Emergency plan

    Additional services – holistic benchmarking – beyond expectations from the average occupational health service provider.