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Hi all,
Have recently started at a demolition/asbestos removal contractor having spent the last 10yrs working for a management contractor. As such, i'm now much more involved in the looking after of individuals rather than whole companies (if that makes sense!) which is a bit of a change of pace for me.
On thing i'm keen to implement as soon as possible is a simple but effective occupational health monitoring system for the demolition side of the company (asbestos guys are fully covered already with their medical surveillance so nothing needed there).
I've been looking about online and there seems to be a lot of examples of questionnaires for new starters but not an awful lot in the way of ongoing monitoring.
Does anybody know of any decent examples for ongoing monitoring or, on the flipside, have any suggestions of alternative approaches other than questionnaires?
Many thanks as always
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I suggest that you have to look beyond questionnaires. They are, of course, essential as a record, but, depending upon what you need to monitor, you will need to consider active monitoring techniques, such as:
Respiratory (inhalation) exposure (dust, chemical vapour, etc.) = Lung Function Testing (spirometry)
Noise = audiometry
Chemical exposure - depending upon the nature of the chemicals and the exposure(s) this could be visual skin assessment by a trained person, skin condition measurement or (combined with inhalation exposure) biological monitoring for systemic uptake/exposure.
For me this is a field for an occupational health specialist.
If you wish to contact me off line for more thoughts on this and to discuss what you should be considering PM me with your contact details.
Chris
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The Question is what is it you wish to monitor and for what reasons.
Once you have that then you can look at possible system, if any at all, or required.
Fit for Work do offer some good advice, but they may not be experts in occupational hygiene.
Ian
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All,
Thanks for taking the time to respond. I've managed to put together what i think is a pretty robust management system. Just got to get firm prices from a local occ health specialist we currently use for our asbestos medicals and then get it past the bean counters!
ALL OPERATIONAL STAFF
-Health questionnaire: Start of employment (just an in-house document)
-Health monitoring (HAV, hearing, lung function, eye sight etc): 1 year (every Jan)
ASBESTOS STAFF
-Non-Licenced medical: 2 years (i know we're allowed 3 but we're happy to do it more often)
-Licenced medical: 2 years
PLANT OPERATORS
-More in depth health check (in line with CBH): 2 years
I think that should prove quite effective and covers all of our site staff for the most common occ health issues they may encounter.
Of course, if anyone has any more suggestions then feel free to jump in!
Stern
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