Hi Joanna,

 

Interesting question and perhaps not strictly an occupational health solution .

It should be a Duty of Care approach.

 

You would be required to show that all reasonble efforts had been taken to protect that person e.g. changes in duty to lower risk work, provision of 'stab-jackets' etc. Residual risks would have to be evaluated, here you could use actuarial tables and injury statistics etc.

 

Only if the residual risks were uacceptable would it be required to move that person to 'desk-jjockey' work........................provided the risks of office work were acceptable.

 

Some years ago in a woodworking factory, I assessed a person with monocular vision. I advised that when working with wood working machiners he should wear both safety glasses and a face shield.