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Hi all, An employee (HGV Driver) fell from a step ladder at home doing DIY and hit their head on the edge of table. They were in hospital for 3 days and suffered a traumatic, subarachnoid haemorrahage. They are still under the care of doctors, DVLA have instructed them not to drive, subject to a full medical etc. They still suffer fatigue, headaches and occasional dizzines.
They wish to return to work and our occupational health advisors have done an assessment, the result of which is they have recommended the employee can return to work provided it is: Supervised, under 20hrs per week for the first 3 weeks, not driving. We belive we can accomodate this in the form of them working with another driver at all times and helping out with deliveries. I am in the process of generating a risk assessment and apart from the suggestions from the OHA, I have identified the below: - Employee to notify colleage in the event of any spells of fatigue, headaches or dizziness.
- Extended symptoms would require a manager to collect the employee and take them home.
- Overexertion from manual handling
- Emergency procedures
I feel like I missing something here, could anyone suggest anything else? Thanks in advance.
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Hi Phil Looks like you are approaching this as a responsible and sympathetic employer. Obviously I am NOT going to pretend that I am an occupational health specialist!! My only thought is to check whether you have discussed the risk assessment (whatever it is called) with the injured person and those they will be working with?
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I echo Peters comments, only other thing i would check is are your insurance company happy. With the advice from Occ health they should be but always worth checking.
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Originally Posted by: HSSnail  I echo Peters comments, only other thing i would check is are your insurance company happy. With the advice from Occ health they should be but always worth checking.
I ask is that the driving insurer of liabilitycompany insurance, or both, after the three weeks the insurance company would need to know, I think.
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As someone who cares for a partner with a brain injury, I have lots of personal experience in this, but not work related. Feel free to dm if you have specific queries as he returns to work. The brain injury charity Headway have some excellent resources. I know some forum users are very suspicious of links. But you can always type this in rather than clicking on it is you don't trust me. Really helpful prompts here: https://www.headway.org.uk/media/4123/brain-injury-a-guide-for-employers.pdf
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