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Digitising Employee Health Data

Digitising Employee Health Data

Some industries have embraced the move to the digitisation of data; others have remained slow off the mark and potentially stuck in a data vacuum – not knowing what data they actually have, or how best to use it. While the mining industry is a known innovator in many areas, according to Brian Borowsky of My Occ Health Record (MOHR), managing employee health data may not be one of them. “We are bringing powerful technology to the challenge of efficiently managing employee health data,” Brian said. My Occ Health Record is seen as the next generation of occupational health data automation, management, and storage. My Occ Health Record has successfully created a platform that gives employers and businesses a single…

Units enable on-site virus checks

Units enable on-site virus checks

A BREAKTHROUGH in Australian-made integrated hardware and digital technology can now be used as a tool for the remote management of onsite workforce COVID-19 transmission risk in real-time. The digital enablement of the units, named Bat Booths, manufactured by Mideco and developed by Pulse Mining Systems, will not only assist mining and quarrying operations to keep rolling during the pandemic, but also help to protect frontline workers from dust-related respiratory illnesses and other on-going work-related health threats. Bat Booth was originally marketed as a simple but effective device for reducing the risk to workers from dust-related respiratory illnesses such as CWP (black lung disease) and silicosis. The strategic alliance between Mideco and Pulse led to the development of real-time business…

Coronavirus screening for FIFO workers

Coronavirus screening for FIFO workers

FLY-IN, fly-out workers may undergo a special coronavirus screening as part of new measures to protect rural and remote communities from the spread of the virus. The Australian Principle Health Committee will present a management plan to the Federal Government, which will include special measures for FIFO employees. Chief medical officer Brendan Murphy said the health risks posed by the virus affected metropolitan and rural areas differently. “In metropolitan areas the health system would be able to cope… but in isolated communities this could have pretty devastating consequences,” he said. “They present a particular risk and so we’re planning a range of approaches to staffing and screening of people coming into community so that we can prevent it coming…