Tetra Tech partnered with a specialist fuels manufacturer to deliver tailored occupational-health analytical services—including rapid sample logistics, flexible turnaround options and an automated high-result flagging system—enabling compliant, timely lead surveillance and faster remedial action to protect workers and reduce litigation risk.
Challenge
The use of harmful chemicals in the manufacturing of specialists fuels, including organo lead during work processes, means that companies are required by law to comply with current legislative guidance, including the Lead at Work Act 2002.
Complying with guidance in relation to health surveillance means our client can quickly identify potential health risks to employees and contractors on site and allow them to take swift action to avoid litigation.
Tetra Tech delivers laboratory analysis services where communication, adaptability and meeting agreed service levels are paramount.
Solution
We meet regularly with our client to identify and prioritise their key areas of importance. Their priorities include structured collection dates and times; it is important that the laboratory works around their shift patterns, which maximises the available time for our client to hold clinics, but also ensures our ability to deliver results to agreed deadlines isn’t compromised. We use our internal collection and delivery van to provide this service.
As part of our contract we modified our software programme to automatically flag high level results. This supports our client with their fast track action plan for employees with elevated results – thus providing a greater level of protection for employees and reducing litigation risk. This in turn provides our clients with an above industry standard delivery service which gives them the competitive edge.
Benefits
Services provided to all employees included:
- Annual testing of urine and blood for lead
- Routine 5-weekly urine lead and increased blood lead for employees working in areas designated as high-level lead working areas
- All employees have an annual biochemistry suite of analyses
We also provide services to the following employees and contractors:
- New starters pre-placement screening for lead workers
- Additional contractors coming to site who also require blood and urine lead analysis
- Drug and alcohol evidential screening
At a glance
Client
Anonymous
Location
South Wales
Services
Health surveillance, biological analysis
The project featured in this article was undertaken by RPS, A Tetra Tech Company and originally published on RPSgroup.com. In March 2026 RPS rebranded to Tetra Tech.