 |
 |
Good grief My opinion would be unequivocally fit for all duties with no requirement for any adaptations or modifications to duties A new recruit with one kidney would not be barred from joining the service in the frontline She should resign if she does not want to be a Police officer IMO £0:02p Mark On 22 February 2010 13:59, owen donnelly <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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. > > Owen Donnelly > > > > ******************************** Please remove this footer before > replying. > > OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html > > CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH > > OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING EDUCATION http://www.aohne.org.uk > > -- -- Dr Mark O'Connor 07970 386 379 ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING EDUCATION http://www.aohne.org.uk