Guidance on occupational health

 

Version history

April 2024 Rev. 2.1 – Document QA check: page 2, links and layout updated; no change to content

December 2020 Rev. 2 – Further revision as part of ISO 9000 rolling programme

October 2019 Rev. 1 – To include more material and detail including additional section on mental health

June 2013 – Initial publication

 

Summary

This document provides high level guidance on occupational health programmes for marine and offshore contractors.

Occupational health programmes aim to anticipate and prevent health problems caused by work.

An occupational health programme should have in place arrangements to anticipate and prevent any health problems resulting from the work people do.

Companies should have in place appropriate arrangements for the effective planning, organisation, control, monitoring and review of the necessary preventive and protective measures for workers, taking into account the activities the worker will be undertaking.

An occupational health programme should incorporate the following proactive and reactive elements:

• early identification of any occupational ill-health risks
• prevention and mitigation of adverse effects of occupational ill-health
• rehabilitation and return to work following adverse effects of occupational ill-health.

This document will discuss each of these in turn and cover some basic requirements for consideration within an occupational health programme.

 

Contents

• Introduction
• Glossary
• Developing an Occupational Health Policy
• Identification of Occupational Ill-Health risks
• Prevention and Mitigation of Occupational Ill-Health
• Possible Factors Affecting Occupational Health
• Rehabilitation and Return to Work After Occupational Ill-Health
• Typical Occupational Health Risk Management Issues
• References and Further Reading