Jon Holt UK & Ireland Market Unit Manager
ANTICIPATION IS THE KEY TO FALL
John Addis
The importance of financial wellbeing. John Addis, senior associate director and chartered financial planner at Amber River True Bearing delivered a masterclass that looked at a wide range of issues, including pension provision and ‘life landscaping’ for a happy retirement. He also highlighted that one in five employees say financial stress impacts on their productivity.
PROTECTION To protect against falling from height the starting point in the risk formalisation process is the creation of a Single Risk Assessment Document.
Anticipating the potential causes of falls can greatly reduce their occurrence.
As part of a prevention plan, it is important to ask the following:
• Can the employee work from the ground rather than from a height?
• Can I set up permanent collective protection?
• Can I use mobile equipment? • If not, can I use PPE?
Looking at the construction sector, many jobs require working from height. Work situations, including movement and working at height, can be diverse. It is important to consider elements such as air draught (the free distance between the user’s feet and the first obstacle in the event of a fall) or fall factor (at what level will my anchor point be).
Sliding fall arresters will allow progression when moving on a roof. They are used on flexible anchor lines and their advantage is their very short fall arrest distance.
There are many factors that contribute to falls at ground level. If it is not possible to eliminate the risk, several actions can be considered including surfacing, lighting and suitable PPE.
Dr Adrian Wright
those strategies were proving more productive, were more attractive to prospective employees and were also seeing retention rates improve.
Dr Adrian Wright, director of the Institute for Research into Organisations, Work and Employment, and deputy head of the School of Management at UCLan, was one of the authors of the ‘Work in Lancashire’ report.
He said one of the most striking findings of the study, which surveyed a cross section of more than 200 workers in a range of industries and sectors, was the impact that work has on health and wellbeing. The report’s authors say the results suggest that organisations need to work harder to consider that impact.
Dr Wright told the conference: “We know that things like long hours, poor pay and how the job is designed have a major impact on health and wellbeing.
“If people have the ability to do their job well and are motivated, they are going to perform better.
“There’s a link between health and wellbeing and productivity. Those companies that engage in the health and wellbeing conversation and have a strategy have better productivity.”
John Addis, senior associate director and chartered financial planner at Amber River True Bearing, told the conference: “One in five employees say financial stress impacts their productivity.”
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