Working at Height Medicals

Selecting Synergy for your working at height medical assessments is a choice in expertise and excellence.

Why Choose Synergy for your Working at Heights Medical

Our skilled clinicians bring a wealth of experience, ensuring thorough and accurate evaluations. With a commitment to precision and adherence to industry standards, we provide reliable insights that enable informed decisions about your workforce’s health and fitness. Synergy stands as your trusted partner for comprehensive and reliable medical assessments, prioritizing safety and well-being.

What Can You Expect from a Medical with Synergy?

Our company specializes in offering tailored assessments that cater to varying levels of height exposure. We understand that different tasks require different levels of readiness. From Basic assessments for moderate heights to Intermediate evaluations for tasks involving equipment, and Advanced assessments for high-risk or specialized work at significant heights. Our approach ensures that employees are fit and capable, promoting safety and efficiency across diverse working environments.

Basic Working at Height Health Assessment:

Geared for tasks at moderate heights, such as ladder work or platforms with guardrails.
Covers fundamental checks including eyesight evaluation, blood pressure measurement, and mobility assessment.
Identifies any existing health conditions that might impact safe work at these heights.

Intermediate Working at Height Health Assessment:

Designed for tasks involving moderate heights and equipment like harnesses or fall protection.
Thorough evaluations encompass comprehensive eyesight and blood pressure assessments.
Coordination and balance assessment ensures capability for tasks requiring agility.
Includes musculoskeletal assessment, lung function testing, grip strength and urinalysis.

Focuses on fitness for physically demanding tasks.

Advanced Working at Height Health Assessment:

Tailored for high-risk tasks performed at significant heights or specialized work.
In-depth assessments encompass advanced eyesight and cardiovascular evaluations.
Complex coordination and balance testing, lung function testing, grip strength and urinalysis.
Chester Step Test assesses cardiovascular fitness for demanding tasks.
Ensures fitness for challenging tasks in demanding environments, considering both health and performance.

By conducting these assessments, employers ensure that employees are physically fit and capable of safely performing tasks at varying heights, with each assessment level matching the job’s complexity and the heights involved. The assessments guide decisions to create a secure and efficient working environment.

What are the Benefits of Conducting these Assessments?

Working at Heights Medicals offer numerous benefits, ensuring the safety and well-being of employees engaged in elevated tasks:

Risk Mitigation

Identify health concerns that might affect performance or safety at heights.

Task Suitability

Determine if employees are physically capable of handling tasks at varying heights.

Regulatory Compliance

Align with industry standards and regulations to ensure legal compliance.

Preventive Measures

Address potential health issues before they escalate, reducing future risks.

Efficiency

Ensure employees are fit for tasks, reducing accidents, downtime, and associated costs.

Performance Enhancement

Promote optimal physical conditions for improved task performance.

Employee Confidence

Employees are assured of their fitness, leading to increased confidence.

Health Awareness

Raise awareness about health-related risks associated with working at heights.

What Sectors might need this service?

Industries that involve tasks at elevated positions often require working at height medicals to ensure the safety and well-being of their employees. These sectors include:

Construction: Workers on scaffolding, roofs, and high structures.
Telecommunications: Tower climbers and technicians.
Oil and Gas: Offshore platforms and rig workers.
Utilities: Electricians working on power lines and transformers.
Renewable Energy: Wind turbine maintenance personnel.
Transportation: Aircraft maintenance, railway track maintenance.
Manufacturing: Equipment installation, maintenance on elevated platforms.
Facility Management: Building maintenance, window cleaning.
Emergency Services: Firefighters, rescue workers dealing with heights.

In these industries, working at height medicals help ensure that employees are physically capable of performing tasks safely at elevated positions.

Key UK Legislation Related to Working at Height

Work at Height Regulations 2005: Establishes the requirement to assess risks and implement measures to ensure the health and safety of individuals working at height.
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974: Lays out the general duties of employers and employees to ensure health, safety, and welfare at the workplace, including working at heights.
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH): Addresses exposure to hazardous substances during tasks at height, ensuring management of health risks.
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999: Requires employers to assess and manage risks to health and safety, including those associated with working at heights.
Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER): Pertains to the health and safety aspects of work equipment used for tasks at height, ensuring their safe use.
Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992: Specifies the use of personal protective equipment like harnesses and helmets to ensure the health and safety of individuals working at height.
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015: Addresses health aspects of working at heights in construction projects, emphasizing planning for health and safety.

Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER): Focuses on the health aspects of using lifting equipment, including those related to tasks at height.