20 September 24 October 2014 Making the link between health and safety There is a clear link between a persons health and their safety A very high percentage of injuries are a result of a deviation from the safe system of work often from an individual having a slip or lapse in ID: 274748
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‘Halt for health’ stand down
20 September – 24 October 2014Slide2
Making the link
between health and safetySlide3
There is a clear link between a person’s health and their safety.
A very high percentage of injuries are a result of a deviation from the safe system of work, often from an individual having a slip or lapse in concentration because they feel tired or from taking unnecessary risks when they feel stressed or frustrated.
By recognising this link and understanding the benefit of looking after our health and wellbeing we can achieve safer and more effective control of the risks in our business.
Making the link between health and safetySlide4
Poor health and wellbeing = poor safetySlide5
Clapham rail disaster
Compared to their normal energised state, a fatigued person will:
Find it hard to concentrate, make clear decisions or take in and act on information
Have more frequent lapses of attention or memory
React more slowly (e.g. to hazards in the workplace)
Make more errors in judgement
Occasionally fall asleep at work momentarily, or for several minutes
Have little motivation or interest in their work
Effects of fatigue
Local IncidentSlide6
Compared to normal, a stressed person will:
Find it hard to concentrate, make clear decisions or take in and act on information
Have more frequent lapses of attention or memory
Have little motivation or interest in their work
Make more errors in judgement
Be more likely to take time off work, increasing demands on colleagues
Be more likely to suffer from symptoms of fatigue
Have changes to their behaviour, such as being withdrawn, irritable and
less communicative
Buncefield
fire
Effects of feeling stressed
Local IncidentSlide7
Compared to normal, a frustrated person will be more likely to:
Deviate from the safe system of work
Rush their task and take unnecessary risks
Display negative behaviours such as angry outbursts or being irritable
Make mistakes more easily
Find it harder to concentrate or make clear decisions
Lose focus and be less motivated in their work
Make more errors in judgement
Be less observant and aware of immediate hazards and risks
Suffer from symptoms of stress
Effects of feeling frustrated
Gulf of
M
exico
Local IncidentSlide8
Good health and wellbeing = good safetySlide9
Personal Medical Assessments
For all employees
Body composition
Blood pressure
Heart rate
BMI and body fat percentage
Metabolic rate
Lung function (lung age vs actual age)
Total cholesterol and HDL cholesterol level (the ‘good’ cholesterol)
Diabetes check
Cardiac risk
PSA test (prostate cancer) – males over 40 years of age only
Health questionnaire and advice –lifestyle, smoking, perceived stress level and sleep
Bowel test (colon cancer)Slide10
Building resilience
For all employees
Emotional resilience for managers
Building personal
r
esilience for all employees
Having the ‘
c
ritical
c
onversation’Slide11
Team health challenge 2014
What are you going to do as a team
?
Go for a walk?
Visit a nature reserve?
Try a new sport?