Workplace Health

Beyond Risk Assessment

Medical assessments of employees with specific high risk exposures lead to the early detection of preventable ill health, improved productivity and reduced exposure to litigation.

Workplace assessments address the effects of:

• Chemical exposures leading to cancers, asthma,
• liver & kidney failure, skin disease and nerve damage
• Noise, radiation and vibration
• Infectious micro-organisms

• Shift patterns and routines of work associate with
• high rates of illness, absenteeism and accidents

Litigation & Legal Compliance

Expatriate staff can now sue the U.K parent company for illnesses contracted while working for an overseas subsidiary:

(1) Cape Asbestos - (group claim)
(2) Connelly vs. RTZ - House of Lords ruling, 1997

MSO can reduce liability to litigation by reviewing pre-employment and periodic screening procedures and advising Management on health risks.

MSO also reviews health surveillance programmes to ensure compliance with host country occupational health legislation.