KEY TASK |
DETAILED ACTIVITY |
REQUIRED OUTCOME |
WHO? |
BY WHEN? |
1. Review current and all future risk assessments to ensure health issues arising for activities are effectively addressed. |
Identify and list all activities which may have an adverse effect on the health of those involved or others if not properly controlled.
Examine existing risk assessments for activities identified in above and if deemed inadequate, ask contractor to submit a revision.
Liaise with Company Procurement/ Buying Department to ensure contractors tendering for work packages are aware of the need to effectively control health issues arising form their work packages. |
All risk assessments to adequately detail the control measures to manage health issues arising from work packages in Project. |
Health Champion
Company Health and Safety Professional.
Buyers/Procurement Team. |
By 31/01/08 in respect of existing risk assessments.
Ongoing for future work packages as and when let. |
2. Monitor and review ill health related absences on project with a view to establishing cause. |
Contact Company HR department to establish extent of ill health absence on project.
Encourage contractors to monitor and report ill health cases.
Establish cause of ill health as recorded.
Review identified ill health cases with Company Health and Safety Professional with a view to introducing more effective control measures to eliminate cause and reduce absence. |
Reduced incidence of ill health related absence. |
Health Champion.
Company Health and Safety Professional.
H.R. Department. |
Achieve reduced incidence by 31/12/08. |
3. Review Company procedures in relation to occupational health with particular reference to facilitating earlier return to work. |
Health Champion to make himself/ herself more familiar with Company occupational health procedures e.g. pre start medicals, health surveillance, absence management and return to work.
Review all those employees who have been off work with health problems for more than 1 month and seek to facilitate their return to work by way of light duties, part time working and other ways. |
Health Champion to suggest ideas to his/her line manager as to how procedures can be improved to facilitate more effective management of occupational health.
Health Champion to seek earlier return/rehabilitation of two long term absentees (over 1 month absence due to illness/ill health). |
Networking with other Health Champions to review procedural improvements.
Health Champion
Line Manager
H.R. Department
Health and Safety Professional |
Achieve required outcome by 31/12/08. |
4. Ensure workers involved in safety critical work meet appropriate fitness standards. |
Health Champion to identify and list safety critical work.
Establish appropriate fitness for work standards and those involved in safety critical work including health surveillance arrangements and frequency.
Liaise with Buying Department/ Procurement Team to ensure contractors are aware of the standards expected.
Liaise with H.R. Department and agree implementation of standards for relevant employees. |
Health Champion to monitor compliance of contractors with required fitness for work standards.
Health Champion to put in place, with help of H.R. Department, arrangements to meet fitness for work standards. |
Health Champion
H.R. Department
Buying Department/Procurement
Contractors |
Achieve required outcome by 31/12/08. |
5. Facilitate the delivery of regular health related tool box talks. |
Establish frequency of health related tool box talks and source appropriate material.
Brief Section Manager/others on material and content.
Gauge effectiveness of talks by way of uptake/implementation of control measures in risk assessments designed to protect health. |
Delivery of at least 1 health related tool box talk to all site employees each month.
Better understanding/awareness among site employees of health issues at work by way of spot checks and other methods. |
Health Champion
Section Managers
EMAS (as source of material) |
Achieve required outcome by 31/12/08. |
6. Successfully deliver a health promotion initiative(s) on Project. |
Select a health promotion initiative(s) from menu provided by Buildhealth.
Liaise with provider and establish best method to promote the initiative on site, the outcomes and possible follow up initiatives. |
Delivery of 1 initiative in year to 31/12/08.
Positive impact on health awareness among site employees.
Where appropriate, early detection of health problems in individual employees. |
Health Champion
H.R. Department
Health Initiative Provider
EMAS |
Achieve required outcome by 31/12/08. |
7. Health Champion to host visit by other Contractors to showcase and promote the benefits of effective occupational health. |
Health Champion to organise 2 hour visit to his/her project.
Programme to include:-
• Method of risk assessment review.
• Managing ill health.
• Effective HR procedures.
• Safety critical work/fitness for work standards.
• Health related tool box talks.
• Health promotion initiative. |
Delivery of showcase visit in quarter 4 of 2008 to nominated contractors. |
Health Champion
H.R. Department
BuildHealth Committee
EMAS |
Event to be hosted in quarter 4 of 2008. |
8. Health Champion to attend periodic meetings with other Health Champions to network and share experiences and ideas. |
Health Champion to be supported by BuildHealth Committee and other Health Champions by attending quarterly meetings and networking.
Common problems, concerns and issues to be discussed and resolved.
Standardised occupational health procedures to be devised also at these meetings. |
Champions to attend quarterly meetings chaired by BuildHeatlh Committee member.
Development of standardised occupational health procedures across six companies taking part in pilot based on a "what works" philosophy.
Sharing of knowledge and experiences for the overall benefit of all employees in Pilot. |
All Health Champions
Members of BuildHealth Committee. |
4 meetings to be held in 2008. |
9. Health Champion to prepare a brief report on occupational health management on his/her project during 2008. |
Health Champion to include the following in his/her report:-
• Current occupational health status in January 2008.
• Development/implementation of Occupational Health Plan.
• Procedural review/ improvements.
• Safety critical work.
• Raising awareness/tool box talks.
• Outcomes.
• Towards Best Practice. |
Champion's report to focus on outcomes, learning points, and 'way forward' for occupational health management in his/her company. |
Health Champion with assistance from BuildHealth Committee. |
Report to be completed and returned to BuildHealth Committee by end February 2009. |
