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Posted By amb
Does anyone have a good risk assessment for night workers? It needs to be in a format that identifies any medical problems and points them in the direction of Occupational Health if there is a genuine problem, but doesn't allow for anyone to opt out without due cause.
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Posted By The toecap
Why not just get them to have a medical instead? I believe if you work nights you are more likely to have a heart attack. Perhaps somebody can confirm this
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Posted By steve e ashton AMB : Check the Working Time regs 1989 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1998/19981833.htm#7Night workers are entitled to a free health assessment before starting night work and at regular intervals(Reg 7). Reg 7.6 refers to medical practitioners, so I don't think a simple questionnaire will suffice as a health assessment. Steve
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Posted By willhiem
different people react differently to working at nights, it also depends on if their shifts change between days and nights. its to do with i think its carcadian rhythms(if i remember correctly) in the body, your body takes normally 4 days to adjust to night shifts but you'll never reach the peak performance as you would with day work, i think you only ever get to abot 80%.
my response is a bit vague because its ages ago since i did that and it wasnt even that in depth.
as far as heart attacks being more prevalent with night time work, i'm not sure, i presume there are increased chances but i'm sure you'll find some journal somewhere on that.
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Posted By Kieran J Duignan
Wilheim's reference to individual differences in their 'circadian rhythms' is relevant.
As the physiology can be tricky when people are exposed to variations in shift patterns, it's worth reading a well-researched and well-written guide by Simon Folkard and Tim Monks, published by Taylor & Francis.
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Posted By Ian_P
Just completed a Risk Assessment with an employee who has epilepsy. Their attacks are more frequent at night-time - I had a dig around the epliepsy associations / websites and found that this is quite common.
Don't know if this is relevant to your assessment but it just goes to show that there are a lot of health implications / effects that can have their risk increased by night working. These are not blanket (excuse the pun!) rules but each individual is exactly that...individual.
In my opinion this backs up the post advice, and legislative requirements, of formal medicals over questionaires.
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Posted By Andy Brazier There is a sample health questionnaire, along with other guidance regarding working time regulations, at http://www.berr.gov.uk/e...28979.html#sample_healthIt used to be the DTi, but now seems to be BERR and not easy to find. It may be some help.
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