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Posted By Andrew Cartridge
We have just been informed that one of our employees is pregnant, I would like to compare our current risk assessment with some others to ensure we have not omitted anything, so if some of you kind people could send a few through to me, I would be very grateful
Many thanks
Andy
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Posted By garyh
This surely depends on you workplace, and the activities carried out by the lady!
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Posted By Amanda
Andrew
The advice available on the HSE website is very comprehensive. That together with the employee and the employees line manager should result in a suitable and sufficient risk assessment. To echo my colleague above the risk assessment will depend on the environment and the work undertaken. Remember this lady is pregnant not ill and therefore should be treated as such, listen to her, her midwife and GP and all should be well.
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Posted By Andrew Cartridge
Typical.............
All I ask for is an assessment to compare & get a lecture.
This forum is really going down the pan fast.
Andy
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Posted By grumpy
Andrew
I agree - I have tried a few times to get some networking of documents on this forum in order to see what is "best practise" but the "new era" of safety professionals seem to prefer to keep things to themsleves rather than share with other in the field - maybe its a "control" thing rather than trying to help each other and making the workplace safer.
If I had one I would share it with you, so there is a chance that an old style safety pro will send you one.
Good luck in your quest
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Posted By naomi
Andrew
I have sent you one of our risk assessments, hope it is of some use to you.
Naomi
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Posted By grumpy
Andrew
See I told you there were still safety pros out there willing to help
Niomi - You have restored our faith again !
And you wonder why I am signed on as GRUMPY !!!!
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Posted By Colin Reeves
"And you wonder why I am signed on as GRUMPY !!!!"
Yep, thief - I wanted that name but you beat me to it!!
Colin
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Posted By naomi
Grumpy
Always willing to help!
I'll try not to be grumpy with the spelling of my name!!! lol
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Posted By Kite
Hi Andy
you have mail
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Posted By Andrew Cartridge
Many thanks to all of you who have responded off forum with documentation for comparison.
My point has been proven, there are still those of us out there that are willing to share.
Bestest
Andy
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Posted By Kevin Drum
Have sent examlpe to e-mail.
All the best
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Posted By Peter Wright
Naomi
I apologise - spelling has neva bin mi strong poynt - and I'm not really Grumpy honestly!
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Posted By Derek J Golding
There should be nothing wrong with your current risk assessments unless there is some COSHH (often a particularly poor source of information about gravidity because there are rarely any trials done unless an effect is suspected or reported), radiological or physical hazards. Just continue to visit the RA regularly with the employee and ensure she (Oh! I love the opportunity to use differential sexist language every so often) is safe and comfortable, she should discuss her employment with her Health Professionals who should advise her on what to discuss with you. Of course it all changes if the pregnancy isn't going to plan, I hope all does go well, but again her HP advice is what should guide both of you through this. I've found its only a case keeping a sensible eye out. You can, of course, seek your own HP advice but these OccHealth firms are not cheap and HSE EMAS is virtually non existant. The term "reasonable accommodation" is the watchword.
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Posted By L.Hayes
Hi Andrew,
Haven't got another i can forward on as have recently moved jobs. just before i left we did have a spate of pregnancies. the bit that the managers missed when doing the RA was the how important agreeing review dates are, at the end of each trimester you should be reviewing as a minimum as your employees body shape and emotions change it can seriuosly affect thier ability to do a job they thought they could do. It is also important to ensure that any managers involved are aware of the legal protection that pregnant workers have. I had one that decided she would put a 8 month pregnant woman back onto a production line because she felt she wasn't pulling her weight in the office. The manager genuinly thought that she could legally do this and had the poor woman in tears before we even found up what was going on.
Rest of the basics you will pick up of the HSE site - including some good freebie publications for your managers and staff.
Good luck.
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