(1) Without prejudice to section 22 of the Act, an employer shall ensure that appropriate health surveillance is made available to those employees for whom a risk assessment referred to in Regulation 136 reveals a risk to their health, including employees exposed to mechanical vibration in excess of an exposure action value.
(2) The purpose of health surveillance referred to in this Regulation is to prevent or diagnose rapidly any disorder linked with exposure to mechanical vibration, and shall be regarded as being appropriate, when -
(a) the exposure of an employee to mechanical vibration is such that an identifiable illness or adverse health effect may be related to the exposure,
(b) there is a reasonable likelihood that the illness or effect may occur under the particular conditions of his or her work, and
(c) there are valid low risk tested techniques available to the employee for detecting indications of the illness or the effect.
(3) An employer shall ensure that -
(a) the result
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