Summary
In short
- An exit health assessment is an assessment used in KnowHealth that records a worker's health status when they leave a role with hazardous exposure. It is built against OSHA recordkeeping and forms part of the Occupational Health Surveillance programme.
- Run at exit or role change. Carried out by an occupational health provider.
- The template holds 39 fields across 3 sections.
- OSHA recordkeeping is injury and illness recordkeeping. The rules on logging, classifying and retaining injury records.
- It connects to the rest of the library: links Worker, SEG.
What it is
What it is
What is an exit health assessment?
An exit health assessment is an assessment used in KnowHealth that records a worker's health status when they leave a role with hazardous exposure. It is built against OSHA recordkeeping and forms part of the Occupational Health Surveillance programme.
When is an exit health assessment completed?
An exit health assessment is completed when the task, area or population being assessed is new or has materially changed. Run at exit or role change.
When to use it
When to use it, and when not to
This assessment is one step in a larger programme. Using it for work that belongs to a neighbouring template produces records that are hard to report on later.
Use it for
- The event or activity this assessment covers has occurred, or is about to
- A new record is needed; each one gets its own ID in the form EHA-2026-000
- You are running the Occupational Health Surveillance programme and this is one of its steps
- A linked record needs this one to exist: links worker, seg
Not for
- Health Surveillance Plan, which sets out which workers need which health checks, how often and why.
- Pre-Placement Health Assessment, which assesses whether a worker can safely perform the physical demands of a role, before they start.
- Periodic Health Assessment, which a scheduled health check for workers exposed to specific hazards.
- Anything outside KnowHealth, which belongs in the workspace that owns that process
Standards
What it is built against
OSHA recordkeepingInjury and illness recordkeeping
The rules on logging, classifying and retaining injury records.
OSHAOccupational Safety and Health Administration
The United States workplace safety regulator. Its standards are law where they apply.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is the exit health assessment template based on?+
It is built against OSHA recordkeeping. OSHA recordkeeping is injury and illness recordkeeping. The rules on logging, classifying and retaining injury records. OSHA is occupational Safety and Health Administration. The United States workplace safety regulator. Its standards are law where they apply.
What sections does the exit health assessment contain?+
There are 3 sections: header, assessment, records and reporting. Together they hold 39 fields, 23 of which are required.
How often is an exit health assessment raised?+
A new record is raised when the task, area or population being assessed is new or has materially changed. Each one is given an ID in the form EHA-2026-000, so it can be traced and referenced from other records.
Which programme does the exit health assessment belong to?+
It is part of Occupational Health Surveillance, Worker Onboarding and Offboarding. A monitoring plan per exposure group, with surveillance findings feeding back into the controls.
Can the exit health assessment template be changed?+
Yes. Every field, option, score and conditional rule is editable, and the links to other templates come with it. Most teams install it as it is, run it for a cycle, then adjust.
The agents
What the agents do with it
The form is the easy part. Keeping it current, routing it to the right owner and holding the evidence together is the work that actually slips.
Holds the exit health assessment library against your registers, routes each record to its owner, and keeps the evidence trail together.
Coordinates the crew, rolls completion and exceptions into one view, and holds every write for your approval before it touches a record.
This template lives in KnowHealth — employee wellbeing. Exposure monitoring, health surveillance, case management and return to work.
Meet KnowHealth→Sources
Sources
- OSHA recordkeeping — Injury and illness recordkeeping
- OSHA — Occupational Safety and Health Administration