Jaqqui,
You reminded me on a conversation I had with the recruitment officer for the
army after I qualified. I have restricted vision in one eye and tried to
explain that it bi-nocular vision was not a requirement of putting a plaster
on. Needless to say the MOD did not change the rules for me...LOL
Frank
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From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Jacqui Livock
Sent: 15 February 2007 21:38
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Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] employing people of certain height
Hi all
firstly may i say that i was "to short" to join the armed forces as a
student nurse in the 1980's! and i am in the "petite" section of the
clothing market!
i can feel my head rising above the parapet on this one (using correct PPE
for work at height, of course, as i cant see over it normally!)
i recall attending a lecture (The finer points i forget) where a speaker
described a person (i cant remember how tall but deemed to be "short
stature") going to court over the height of a counter in a bank or some such
institution and was trying the DDA under access to services, i believe the
legal person residing concluded that just because the person was short in
stature did not make them disabled just "disadvantaged in society" and the
bank won.
Given that this was over 5 years ago there may have been cases since, I am
unsure of the DDA application in relation to height these days and i havent
read about the case mentioned previously. whilst one can agree it is long
term, is it an impairment?...this will be argued both ways, does it have a
substantial and long-term adverse effect on ones ability to carry out normal
day-to-day activities? (just thinking out loud!- i suppose it depends on the
individual's perception)
we have a warehouse with a job requirement of a person between 5 ft 5 inches
and 6 feet 2 inches i think it is....this recruitment issue is managed by
the interviewers. it has overhead fixed height lines this restriction was
introduced because we had several employees (all less than 5ft 2 ins)
working in that area who pulled their chest muscles due to over reaching
...one (4ft 9 ins) used to jump to reach the overhead line!it was OH that
picked up the problem instantly on a workplace visit and passed it to
H&S/management to deal with.it surprised me that no one had seen the lady
jumping.
when this height restriction was introduced people who were working in there
outside these height limits were redeployed to another warehouse on the same
site.
the number of accident reports from striking objects reduced as the taller
staff moved too!
jacqui
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