Corporate Health Check

Overview

Corporate health check Is your organisation using ‘coping’ strategies to deal with work related stress? Have you considered how beneficial it would be to identify and deal with the root cause of the stress, instead of ‘firefighting’ the symptoms?

The costs of Annual work related health incidents to the economy are estimated at £10-12 billion. Musculo-skeletal disorders and 'Stress' factors account for nearly 80% of these. The HSE estimate combined figures for MSD and Stress at: 1.7 million sufferers; 17 million days lost annually; at a cost of £9 billion. The underlying theme identified amongst these is Human Error, Human Factors or Ergonomics. Conducting a 'Corporate Health Check' assessing these Ergonomic factors (Psychology, Physiology, Anatomy, Biomechanics, Engineering) will find out where these problems exist and more importantly how to deal with them.

Key Elements

Personal Details

Biographical and physical characteristics
Work-life balance analysis
Employment roles & responsibilities
Accident/injury history
Medical/clinical diagnosis, musculo-skeletal analysis
Positive/negative aspects of work

Task Analysis

Job description and tasks undertaken
Mental workload analysis
Physical workload analysis
Work/rest patterns analysis
Training/experience analysis
Static and dynamic posture analysis

Organisational Psychology

Communication culture analysis
Management culture analysis
General company cultural values analysis
Group Interaction analysis

Work Environment Analysis

Thermal environment assessment
Noise assessment
Workspace assessment
Equipment, workstation and tools assessment
Workplace hazards analysis