Employee Health Monitoring..

[benedmonds]

As a caring employer we need to undertake some monitoring of the health of our staff, mainly for HAVS and hearing... but I guess also other muscular skeletal issues..

 

To be honest I do not want to go down the route of full on medicals... Does anyone have a form they use or have used?

 

What do other companies that do something do.?

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

Hi Ben, hope yer well.

 

Remember its not only about being a caring employer, but that's a very good premise for starters, but also about legal compliance too

 

So, HAVS - you can do the Stage 1 assessment in-house using the 'initial' form on the HSE website see Hand arm vibration - Health surveillance and if nothing flags up then repeat annually using the 'annual' form. If anything does flag up it should go to a suitably qualified / competent OHS for the Stage 2 assessment (not a GP.)

 

Noise is a little more challenging and the only real way to do this effectively is by accessing a audiometry unit, often mobile. However, as a first stage indicator you could use the online hearing test at Action on Hearing Loss seehttps://www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk/your-hearing/look-after-your-hearing/check-your-hearing/take-the-check.aspx and record the outcome. This should however be supplemented every 3rd year I would suggest by a formal hearing test such as Boots, for instance, offer and a record of findings obtained.

 

Hope this helps.

Paul

[benedmonds]

Hi Ben, hope yer well.

 

Remember its not only about being a caring employer, but that's a very good premise for starters, but also about legal compliance too

 

Cheers Paul, We use the new starters (Appendix 2) but I had not seen the annual review (appendix 3)..

 

"Caring employer" could easily be replaced by an employer who wishes to be legally compliant...

 

I am interested to hear what other folk do and pay..

[Steve Bullman]

Could monitoring for muscular and skeletal issues be admitting to causing them through the work you are employing them to carry out?

 

 

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[Will Heal]

As a caring employer we need to undertake some monitoring of the health of our staff, mainly for HAVS and hearing... but I guess also other muscular skeletal issues..

 

 

 

To be honest I do not want to go down the route of full on medicals... Does anyone have a form they use or have used?

 

 

 

What do other companies that do something do.?

 

 

Pardon?

 

 

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[benedmonds]

Pardon?

 

 

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If you are not doing it and you are an employer you should be..

 

HSE: Is health surveillance required in my workplace?

[Will Heal]

Thanks, I realise that. It was only a joke, I don't employ anyone yet, just use subbies, may do in the future, I'm just going to see how the next few months pan out.

 

 

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[AA Teccie (Paul)]

Could monitoring for muscular and skeletal issues be admitting to causing them through the work you are employing them to carry out?

 

 

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Hi Steve, an interesting comment.

 

This approach is deemed as preventative and its also an employer duty (management regs.) The reality is that the work we, you, do does cause stresses on the body and to ignore that would be considered negligent by an employer.

 

Cheers, n hope you're well.

Paul

[Steve Bullman]

Cheers, n hope you're well.

Paul

 

Nope, my bodies knackered

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

Nope, my bodies knackered

 

Clearly you shudda been working for a "caring" employer like Ben

 

"Ibuleve" anyone

 

Cheers,

Paul