Guide

How is an occupational disease notified?

The duty to notify starts the moment it is learned of and applies where there is suspicion; a confirmed diagnosis is not waited for.

When it starts

The duty starts when the situation is learned of. Waiting for a confirmed diagnosis causes delay; where there is suspicion the process runs and a record is opened.

How it differs from an accident

An accident is sudden and singular; an occupational disease is the result of exposure spread over time. The investigation differs accordingly: it looks not at a moment but at exposure history — in which role, for how long, to which agent.

The backward trail

The investigation reads the person's role history, environmental measurements, use of protection and periodic examination findings together. Where those records were not kept, the exposure link cannot be established; missing records work against the person.

Looking at the same place

A disease found in one person is a warning for everyone doing the same work. The investigation does not end with one person; the group under the same exposure is reassessed.

In Optifora

The incident module opens the notification; it gathers health surveillance and environmental measurement records in the same file, lists workers under the same exposure, and ties corrective action to a task.

  1. Open the recordOpen it when it is learned of; do not wait for a confirmed diagnosis.
  2. Derive the exposure historyCollect role history, durations and agents.
  3. Bring the records togetherPlace environmental measurements, use of protection and examination findings side by side.
  4. Make the notificationCarry out the required notification within its period.
  5. Assess the groupReassess other workers under the same exposure.
  6. Tie the controlTie the finding to corrective action and measurement.

Manage this in Optifora

Optifora is not a single program but a compliance platform assembled from modules. The catalogue states which module is ready today and which is on the roadmap.

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