Cutting, grinding, drilling and breaking concrete releases respirable crystalline silica - particles small enough to reach deep into the lung and stay there. Silicosis is permanent, progressive, and can continue to worsen after exposure stops. It also raises lung cancer risk.
Your crews are breathing it alongside diesel particulate from equipment, asphalt fume on paving, drywall dust in finishing, and welding fume on structural work. A trades worker accumulates exposure across employers, across decades, and nobody holds the record.
BC does not require spirometry - unlike US requirements, which is a common source of confusion for companies working on both sides of the border. What it gives a BC contractor is a baseline recording what a worker's lungs were like when they started with you, and a series that shows real decline against normal ageing.
We are on BC construction sites most days of the week - 100+ workers at Zenterra's Solana project in Langley, 30 Edge Construction workers in four hours in Port Coquitlam, and Aecon-Emil Anderson on the Bruhn Bridge Project.
Sending fifteen trades to an appointment costs you a day of production and half of them will not go. We come to the site.
Runs on the same visit as hearing testing for construction and respirator fit testing.
Baseline and periodic testing for crews cutting, grinding, drilling or breaking concrete, and for anyone working around diesel exhaust or asphalt fume.
Every test reviewed by a licensed physician, with interpretation rather than a raw number.
Mobile testing at the job site, so nobody loses a day driving to a clinic appointment they would probably skip.
We tested more than 40,000 people last year, most of them on construction sites. Adding spirometry to a visit we are already making is the cheapest testing you will ever buy.
If you are in a WorkSafeBC classification unit starting with 72, the Construction Industry Program covers your hearing testing, and we are coming to your site regardless. Running spirometry on the same day means one mobilisation, one crew list and one interruption.
Trades move between employers constantly. If a worker joins you at 45 with twenty years of concrete work behind them and develops a respiratory problem at 50, the question of whose exposure caused it comes down to records. A baseline on their first week is the only document that answers it.
Results sit in your client portal alongside your hearing testing records.
Clear Health Group delivers mobile occupational health and RN-led home services across British Columbia - including the Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley, Vancouver Island, and the BC Interior. Our team travels directly to worksites and homes, eliminating the need for clinic visits.
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Clear Health Group supports employers with reliable, structured mobile health services designed to simplify compliance and reduce operational disruption. Families trust our RN-led team for professional in-home care delivered with consistency and clinical oversight.
We recently used Clear Health Group for our company-wide annual hearing testing and respirator fit testing across two locations and two days. … Seamless and professional.
They showed up to our jobsite in Duncan, on time and were well prepared for our team to have their fit tests done on site.
Wonderful experience! Noah was lovely to coordinate with and the testing experience was seamless for our team! Would happily book again for our next test. Cheers!
We got our mask fitting tests done by Amy. Both the service and attitude were excellent! Will definitely call them again for other services!
Great experience with Noah and Catherine. Showing up on time, very professional and on track for the schedule.
Definitely good at their job. Noah and Amy were at our construction job site and did a good job for testing. Helped all our crew on site.
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Friendly, professional and accommodating team! Pleasure to work with.
A great on-site hearing test experience. Katherine was kind, professional, and made the process quick and comfortable.
Overall it was a wonderful experience for the test. Very professional and good consultation regarding hearing loss prevention.
Ammy took my hearing test and it was an awesome experience. She was very professional, kind, and explained everything clearly. The test was done smoothly and I felt comfortable the entire time. I truly appreciate her patience and excellent service. Highly recommended!
Common questions about spirometry for BC construction crews.
No. There is no section of the BC OHS Regulation requiring spirometry for respirable crystalline silica or any other exposure - this differs from US requirements, which causes regular confusion. Where you have an exposure control plan for silica, OHSR 5.54(2)(f) lists health monitoring as an element when required.
Three reasons. Silicosis is permanent and progressive, so early detection is the only intervention available. A baseline protects you if a worker's decline is later attributed to your site. And it costs very little to add to a visit we are already making for hearing testing.
Yes, that is most of our work. We need somewhere to set up reasonably close to where the crew is working. We test 40-70 people per day and can add technicians for larger or multi-trade sites.
Yes. The Construction Industry Program covers hearing testing for classification units starting with 72, and we are on your site for that anyway. Spirometry is billed separately but shares the visit, so you pay for one mobilisation rather than two.
No interval is set in BC regulation. The usual pattern is a baseline when a worker starts in a dusty trade, then annually while exposure continues. We will recommend a schedule based on your actual work rather than a generic number.
Mobile lung function testing for crews working silica, dust and diesel exhaust. Physician-reviewed, tracked over time, and cheapest when it rides along with the hearing tests you already book.
