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From: Stephanie Foster <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:01:20
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Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] D4 Changes
Hi Tracy
Sorry if this sounds as if I've swollowed the dictionary, I've cut and pasted from our policy.
My understanding is while there is no official legislation regarding medical screening of potential fork lift truck operators, Health and Safety Executive Guidelines recommend a health assessment to assess medical fitness of individuals to ensure that they are safe to undertake rider operated forklift truck training and subsequent operation. 'Rider-operated' means any truck that can carry an operator and includes trucks controlled from both seated and stand-on positions.
People selected to operate forklift trucks should be free from physical defects that might pose a threat to their own health and safety or the safety of others who might be affected by their operation of lift trucks. Fitness to operate should be judged on an individual basis, as some people with disability have developed skills to compensate for their disability and should not therefore automatically be excluded from operating folk lift trucks without assessment.
Medical Assessment will be based on the regularly updated medical standards of fitness to drive produced by the DVLA, “At a Glance”. This lists separate medical standards for group 1(ordinary driving licence holders) and group 2 (HGV and PSV licence holders). In most cases a medical standard equivalent to group1 entitlement would be appropriate
From Gov website for class 1 drivers ( updated Feb 13) https://www.gov.uk/driving-eyesight-rules
"Standards of vision for driving
You must be able to read (with glasses or contact lenses, if necessary) a car number plate made after 1 September 2001 from 20 metres.
You must also meet the minimum eyesight standard for driving by having a visual acuity of at least decimal 0.5 (6/12) measured on the Snellen scale (with glasses or contact lenses, if necessary) using both eyes together or, if you have sight in one eye only, in that eye.
You must also have an adequate field of vision – your optician can tell you about this and do a test."
Hope that helps
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