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WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF CONSTRUCTION

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF CONSTRUCTION. Introduction. A ‘not for profit’ industry scheme raising standards of workplace health risk management to improve the long-term health of the UK construction workforce How are the Construction Sector dealing with Workplace Health Issues

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WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF CONSTRUCTION

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  1. WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF CONSTRUCTION

  2. Introduction • A ‘not for profit’ industry scheme raising standards of workplace health risk management to improve the long-term health of the UK construction workforce • How are the Construction Sector dealing with Workplace Health Issues • What are the Key Health Issues • Understanding the Work Environment • Challenges of Working with construction employers & employees • Delivering Quality Services

  3. Construction Sector • Approx. 2.3 million workforce (5% of total workforce) • 250,000 employers • 82% employing less than 5 workers • Over 350 ‘Trade Bodies & Associations • Diversity – from domestic to major infrastructure projects

  4. Construction Survey:

  5. Safety versus Health 42 workers killed whilst working in construction

  6. Construction work related ill health deaths 5500 DEATHS FROM WORKPLACE ILL HEALTH

  7. Putting it into perspective Reported Road Deaths in Great Britain, 2013 1,713

  8. Challengesof working with construction Employers & Employees

  9. Traditional Health Issues

  10. Trends in Health Issues • Occupational cancers • 56% of cancer registrations in men are attributable to work in the construction industry (mainly mesotheliomas, lung, bladder and non-melanoma skin cancers) • Mental health • Fatigue risk management • Rehabilitation • 54% of our workforce are NOT still working in construction at the age of 60

  11. What about OH Provision? • Knowledge & understanding of the working environment

  12. Diversity of Working Environment

  13. OH Service Delivery • Standards of delivery teams – on site nurses (RGN’s, A&E) • Consistency of approach • Marketing & Selling to construction Well-being v Workplace Health • Medically focussed vmulti disciplinary teams • Occupational Hygienists • Physiotherapists • Ergonomists

  14. What are Construction Doing? • Funded an industry scheme – Constructing Better Health • Provide support and advice particularly to SME’s & Micros • Set Industry Standards for ‘fitness for work’ • Developed online toolkits to support employers • Linked industry database for clinical data • On-line access to fitness for work outcomes at site level • Accreditation of Occupational Health Services

  15. National Construction Adviceline

  16. Summary • OH Risk management in construction is still the • poor relation to safety risk management • OH Service Providers need to look at the way • in which they • sell to construction • take a more multi disciplinary approach • understand the work environment and • organisational structure of construction

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