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Working At Height Medicals

Occupational Health

Working At Height Medicals

Working at Height Definition

The HSE define Working at Height as working in any place where, if there were no precautions in place, a person could fall a distance liable to cause personal injury. For example, you are working at height if an employee is:

  • working on a ladder or a flat roof
  • could fall through a fragile surface
  • could fall into an opening in a floor or a hole in the ground

What is a Working at Height Medical?

To help you comply with Work at Height Regulations (WAHR), our qualified Occupational Health professional can carry out Working at Height medicals to establish if any pre-existing medical conditions or prescribed medication is likely to have an effect on the person’s ability to work at height.

The outcome of attending a Working at Height medical assessment is a Working at Height medical certificate which allows the individual to demonstrate their medical fitness for working at height.

How can I Arrange a Working at Height Medical for myself or for my employees?

As with most of our services, these can be at your workplace or our offices in Royal Wootton Bassett near Swindon. If it’s only a handful of people that require working at height medical assessments or just yourself, then our office works well, otherwise it makes sense to arrange at your workplace.

Complete one of the contact forms on this page or call the office on 01793 852951 to arrange your Working at Height medical now.

You may also be interested in our Working at Height online awareness course.

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Georgina Williams
April 20, 2022

John Williams Heating Services Ltd

We have worked with Safewell for many years and are retained clients, so we have developed an excellent working relationship with the team. However, this really came into its own when Covid 19 appeared.

As a Plumbing and Heating business, we were able to carry on working during the lockdown but only for responding to emergencies. We were obviously very concerned about the health and safety of our employees and before we even had chance to get in touch with Safewell, they had emailed us offering their assistance. It is hard to put down on paper how that made us feel - we like everyone else felt totally at sea, which way to turn, what to do? But Safewell were there guiding, supporting and being totally brilliant. Their attention to detail is very impressive and reassuring and we feel able to ask lots of questions without feeling silly.

During the pandemic Safewell helped us to write risk assessments, safety procedures and protocols. They kept in touch regularly, issuing new guidance as soon as it appeared and checking in with us. They held group Q&A sessions over Zoom which were helpful, and knowing other businesses were facing the same challenges and having the opportunity to discuss issues was invaluable. Their help during the preparation for a full return to work was brilliant, they enabled us to be fully prepared and feel in control, and when we had our first case of Covid within the team, because we had planned our response it felt ok.

I think our team felt very reassured by our robust approach and that our office was Covid secure.
We are extremely grateful to all the team at Safewell

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