These are required under the current Health and Safety legislation as employers have a duty of care to safeguard the health and safety of their employees. This becomes especially important in the construction sector as more of the jobs are higher risk with the potential to cause significant harm.
By ensuring that your workers are well and do not have any underlying medical conditions (or take any medication that could cause a loss of consciousness or incapacity whilst working) reduces this risk and helps to evidence that all reasonable steps have been taken.
The term ‘safety-critical work’ is defined as:
“Where the ill health of an individual may compromise their ability to undertake a task defined as safety-critical, thereby posing a significant risk to the health and safety of others.”
Health is important and sometimes neglected in the work environment. We work closely with organisations to implement wellbeing strategies to support management and staff. This can
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