Hello Christine
The types of initiatives you are thinking are not normally part of a core OH strategy. Have you got any OH qualifications? Are you part of a team who take care of the core OH functions? OH is a speciality and I don't want to scare you but you could easily find yourself working out side your scope of practice exposing yourself and your employer to liability and risk,
In the first instance you need to be working with the safety team on the health aspects of the risk assessments; this is the prevention/protection activities -- i.e trying to stop them becoming ill/injured from work activity in the first place which is the core of OH e..g
- looking at a musculoskeletal policy to back up any DSE and manual handling risk assessments at the very basic level and beyond that looking at any other tasks that have a musculoskeletal load with or without awkward postures e..g mechanics having to bend over/ under vehicles, production workers standing all day and reaching/twisting, delivery men having to climb stairs, walk for long periods, occupational drivers etc
- health surveillance and respiratory allergens,
- skin surveillance if risk of skin damage
- hard, arm and full body vibration syndrome
- stress (work related)
- ....to name but a few! I advise you dig into the HSE website for a few days to read about the various industries, exposures etc as a basic starting point.
BTW pregnancy risk assessments are just that .. risk assessments.. not medical or OH assessments .. they are ideally done by the line manager as he knows the work place and personal medical information should not be part of the discussion; anything highlighted by the RA can then be referred to OH, safety or HR for further advice as appropriate.
Once all the core stuff is well looked after and embedded then you need to look at organisational health promotion initiatives e..g
- adding value to the attendance management process so that employees return to work as early as possible as work is good for health and for promoting recovery from surgery, illnesses etc. As part of this we look at barrires occurring to RTW and if they can be removed, and if not can the be reduced. .. e.g. if waiting for NHS physio is delaying RTW in a physically demanding work environment then there may be a business case argument for business funding to an OH physio service to expedite RTW and re-establishment of task fitness.
- early intervention and referral programmes
- mental wellbeing policies and EAPs
- Health @ Work leaflets e..g for the pregnant employee, posture breaks for DSE workers etc
Then you look at the more individual level initiatives of disease prevention to encourage the employee to promote their own health and make healthy choices .e.g. wellness days, exercise classes etc
Remember your role is to add value to the business's bottom line by supporting the attendance and performance with OH strategies.
You may find the following (link and attachments) helpful
Good luck