company wish to contact my G.P.

ohreally

globalds wrote: »

I found this on line :
http://www.lra.org.uk/microsoft_word_-_consent_-_long_term_ill_health-2.pdf

Are you aware this document relates to Northern Ireland?

justanopinion

Depends on the surgery. More from personal here than professional, my Dad has worked in construction for years and had to have an operation on his back. He's nearly 60 and still working in construction, but has to essentially wear a corset for any major lifting. He tends to delegate to some of the younger gents!


I digress. Are you ok with what you're doing at the moment work wise? It sounds like they're genuinely looking out for you. (And since you had the accident at work, that should be a given anyway)

globalds

ohreally wrote: »

Are you aware this document relates to Northern Ireland?

I do ..but the one for the rest of UK seemed far less user friendly

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/28/section/10

globalds

justanopinion wrote: »

Depends on the surgery. More from personal here than professional, my Dad has worked in construction for years and had to have an operation on his back. He's nearly 60 and still working in construction, but has to essentially wear a corset for any major lifting. He tends to delegate to some of the younger gents!


I digress. Are you ok with what you're doing at the moment work wise? It sounds like they're genuinely looking out for you. (And since you had the accident at work, that should be a given anyway)

I am Fine with the work and the people I work with would always stop and change the method if I said something about the weights that were being shifted.

It is a funny job ..It is construction related and I do build stuff ..But I am building things to then test what other people build ...So it isn't like I am mauling stuff around all day ..But the bespoke nature of what I do means that there isn't always an easier way do the task. If I need to test something with a 50 kg load ..then I can't break the job into 2

ohreally

globalds wrote: »

I do ..but the one for the rest of UK seemed far less user friendly

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/28/section/10

That piece of legislation has little to do with the question you appear to be asking though.

globalds wrote: »

If I need to test something with a 50 kg load ..then I can't break the job into 2

Does a method statement and risk assessment exist for tasks manualy handling this load?

globalds

ohreally wrote: »

That piece of legislation has little to do with the question you appear to be asking though.

This is the act quoted in the letter I received from my company
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/28/contents

ohreally wrote: »

Does a method statement and risk assessment exist for tasks manualy handling this load?

I have thought about that whilst writing this thread ..
I will bring it up at my meeting ..It is not something that will be able to be answered simply ..the standards I work to are not created internally ..I work to either BSEN or other internationality recognised standards during tests I conduct.

ohreally

globalds wrote: »

I work to either BSEN or other internationality recognised standards during tests I conduct.

It matters not, loads of this mass should not be manually handled, especially by an individual already injured doing so.

Was your injury incident investigated, was there a RIDDOR report completed?

globalds

ohreally wrote: »

It matters not, loads of this mass should not be manually handled, especially by an individual already injured doing so.

Was your injury incident investigated, was there a RIDDOR report completed?

I am pretty certain a Riddor report was completed for the first injury .I am not certain about the second injury.