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This report has been written for 'Smiths Builders Ltd' who wish to focus and improve on Occupational Health within their organisation.
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This report has been written for 'Smiths Builders Ltd' who wish to focus and improve on Occupational Health within their organisation. Work related ill health; also known as occupational ill health describes any illness an employee suffers because of the hazards they have been exposed to at work1. The European Construction Institute (ECI) recognises that there is a fundamental need to examine the extent, causes and management of the problem of occupational ill health in the construction industry and to improve the health culture. Clients, designers, contractors, other experts and the workers themselves need to be involved. Historically, less effort has been directed towards health matters in the construction industry in favour of the more immediate, high profile (and perhaps more solvable) problem of safety. Nevertheless, ill health continues to disable and kill large numbers of construction workers. In fact, the delay in the effects becoming obvious is one of the...
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