The Construction Medical is the evolution of the Safety Critical Medical. The aim is to bring more clarity and understanding of what Occupational Health is and how it needs to be operated within the Construction industry. To provide employers with correct guidance and assessment, which is strictly relevant and specific to the construction industry that requires Occupational health support.
Its very much in its infancy, so watch this space for updates.
The medicals include:
A baseline questionnaire to establish current and previous medical history and/or treatment ongoing treatment
Blood Pressure checks – Cardiovascular
Height, weight and BMI
Audiometry -hearing tests
Lung Function tests
Skin Assessments
HAVs assessments (if required)
Visual Acuity, colour vision and peripheral vision
Muscular-skeletal assessment
The outcome is a ‘Fitness for Work’ certificate issued to the employee and the employer.
Where can a Construction Medical be Carried Out?
Construction Medicals can be carried out at our offices in Royal Wootton Bassett or at your site. We aim to get Construction medicals turned around quickly as we find they tend to have fairly critical timelines too!
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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.
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