Workplace Assessments
Business Health Resources cover a wide range of workplace assessments
Health surveillance is a requirement of much health and safety legislation. For instance regular hearing tests are a requirement of the Noise at Work Regulations 1989 and respiratory tests or skin inspections may be needed by those working with certain chemicals under the Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH 1988).
Health Surveillance ensures compliance with legislation thus avoiding the associated costs and implications for litigation and insurance. It also ensures a sense of employee well being and of a caring employer. It means that the company takes its responsibilities seriously. It also means that you do not pay for someone else's poor working conditions; e.g. if someone has noise induced hearing loss at the pre employment stage this record means that you cannot be found liable for the same loss at a later stage.
Finally for those working in a safety critical environment (such as drivers, fork lift truck operators) ensuring that minimum health standards are maintained means that should an accident occur for health reasons the employer will have done all that is reasonably practical.
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Business Health Resources cover a wide range of workplace assessments
Health surveillance is a requirement of much health and safety legislation. For instance regular hearing tests are a requirement of the Noise at Work Regulations 1989 and respiratory tests or skin inspections may be needed by those working with certain chemicals under the Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH 1988).
Health Surveillance ensures compliance with legislation thus avoiding the associated costs and implications for litigation and insurance. It also ensures a sense of employee well being and of a caring employer. It means that the company takes its responsibilities seriously. It also means that you do not pay for someone else's poor working conditions; e.g. if someone has noise induced hearing loss at the pre employment stage this record means that you cannot be found liable for the same loss at a later stage.
Finally for those working in a safety critical environment (such as drivers, fork lift truck operators) ensuring that minimum health standards are maintained means that should an accident occur for health reasons the employer will have done all that is reasonably practical.
Return to the Summary of Occupational Health Services
