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Occupational
Health

Our Occupational Health Division supports our prevent and detect approach to first-line safety management.

Below you will find our services that focus on protecting our staff, you and our partners in industry.

Drug and Alcohol Testing

Testing Services

  • Pre Employment Testing
  • Pre Access Testing
  • Post Incident Testing
  • Reasonable Suspicion Testing
  • Fully Qualified and Certified Technicians

Drug Lab Test (Urine 7 panel DOT and Non-DOT)

  • Collected and then sent for testing in a SAMHSA and DOT certified laboratory
  • Negative results will be returned within 24 hours from receipt
  • Non-negative results within 48-72 hours of receipt.

Express Drug Testing

  • Available at any of our locations
  • Mobile services available
  • Results within minutes
  • Non-negative results are lab tested – see below

Alcohol Testing- (DOT approved)

  • Legally defensible
  • Breath Alcohol Concentration (BAC) is tested immediately
  • No lab time required – mobile, immediate screening

Audiometric Testing

What We Offer

  • OH&S recognized service
  • Mobile services available

Why You Need It

Alberta requirements

  • An employer must provide, at the employer’s expense, the following audiometric tests for a worker exposed to excess noise:
    • an initial baseline test as soon as is practicable, but not later than six months after the worker is employed or within six months after a worker is exposed to excess noise because of a change in the worker’s duties or process conditions
    • not more than 12 months after the initial baseline test
    • at least every second year after the test

British Columbia Requirements

  • The employer must give workers who are exposed to noise that exceeds noise exposure limits:
    • an initial hearing test as soon as practicable after employment starts, but not later than 6 months after the start of employment
    • a test at least once every 12 months after the initial test

Respirator Fit Testing

We Offer The Following:

  • Qualitative Fit Testing
    • A qualitative fit test is a pass/fail test to assess respirator fit based on the individual’s response to a test
  • Quantitative Fit Testing
    • A quantitative fit test assesses respirator fit by numerically measuring leakage into the respirator with a PortaCount fit test machine.

A Fit Test Shall Be Carried Out

  • After completion of user screening
  • After or during training
  • Prior to initial use of a tight-fitting respirator
  • When changes to a user’s physical condition (e.g., significant weight change or changes to facial or dental features) could affect the respirator fit
  • When there is a change in respirator (e.g., make, model, size)
  • When a respirator user experiences continued significant discomfort during use or difficulty in completing a successful user seal check
  • When there is a change in PPE use that could affect the respirator
  • At least every 2 years
  • Required every year in BC

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