EROS keeps workplace health at the forefront
For over two decades, EROS (East Rand Occupational Health Surveillances) has been helping East Rand businesses and employees maintain safer, healthier, and compliant workplaces through expert medical surveillance and comprehensive health assessments.
For more than two decades, EROS (East Rand Occupational Health Surveillances) has been helping businesses and employees prioritise occupational health and workplace safety.
Established in 2004, EROS is based at 52 B Boundary Road in Brakpan, conveniently situated between Brakpan and Springs and easily accessible from the N17 Highway.
The occupational health facility specialises in medical surveillance aimed at preventing permanent disability and adverse health effects resulting from occupational exposure to workplace hazards.
“Medical surveillance is an important addition to the control measures implemented in the workplace,” explained EROS.
Its services are designed to support employers in meeting their occupational health and safety responsibilities while helping employees maintain good health in the workplace.
EROS offers a comprehensive range of occupational medical services, including full initial, periodic, exit and transfer medicals. The facility also conducts drivers’ medicals, professional driving permit (PDP) medicals, executive medicals and aviation medicals.
Medical assessments can include lung function testing or spirometry, audiometric testing, vision screening and physical screening. The latter includes blood pressure, weight, urine, height and otoscopic examinations.
hearing health and identify potential occupational hearing risks
Blood tests can be conducted where required, while chest X-rays are available when necessary through the Netcare N17 Hospital X-Ray Department.
For Category 4 and 5 drivers and mine employees, cannabis and Gamma GT testing is also available when requested.
medical assessments to evaluate respiratory health in workplace
environments.
EROS places particular emphasis on professional standards, confidentiality and compliance.
The company works with an audited and accredited occupational medical practitioner and highly qualified staff, with the aim of delivering occupational medical services that meet high standards while remaining competitively priced.
Its guiding principles include treating personal information confidentially and ethically, maintaining a strong customer-service focus and listening to the diverse needs of both employers and employees.
For EROS, occupational health is about more than simply conducting medical examinations.
The company’s mission is to help people improve their productivity and quality of life while reducing their risk of workplace disease and injury. It also aims to empower individuals to take greater responsibility for managing their own health.
For employers, effective occupational health programmes can provide valuable insight into the health risks faced by employees and assist with identifying potential problems early.
EROS aims to build long-term relationships with businesses and individuals by providing occupational health services that support healthier, safer and more productive workplaces.
With its established presence in the Brakpan and Springs area, EROS continues to provide occupational health services to employers and employees across the region.
