WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF CONSTRUCTION
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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
• What are the Key Health Issues
• Understanding the Work Environment
• Challenges of Working with construction employers & employees
• Delivering Quality Services
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
Construction Survey:
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20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
YesNo
Do you think the construction industry in general treats employee health issues differently from safety issues?
Large
Medium
Small
Safety versus Health
42 workers killed whilst working in construction
Construction work related ill health deaths
5500 DEATHS FROM WORKPLACE ILL HEALTH
Putting it into perspective
• Reported Road Deaths in Great Britain, 2013
1,713
Challenges of working with construction
Employers & Employees
Traditional Health Issues
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
What about OH Provision?
• Knowledge & understanding of the
working environment
Diversity of Working Environment
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 v multi disciplinary teams
• Occupational Hygienists• Physiotherapists• Ergonomists
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
National Construction Adviceline
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