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 Home Health and Safety Health and Safety Toolkit
Body mapping – telling where it hurts
27 February 2008
Body mapping - telling where it hurts
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One of the key functions of union safety representatives elected under the Safety Representative and Safety Committee Regulations is to investigate potential hazards. They are also entitled to talk with the members they represent in order to identify any concerns they may have.
But sometimes it can be difficult to establish the link between the work members do and their health.
- People may not report certain symptoms to management because they fear for their job.
- Individuals may blame their symptoms on getting older or being unfit, without realising that others are being affected as well.
- People may just accept symptoms as 'part of the job' without realising that they could develop safer ways of working if they put their heads together and think about it.
- The commonest work-related health problems - musculo-skeletal disorders, stress - can have non-work causes too. Separating effects that are work-related from general wear and tear can be difficult.
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Body Mapping - telling where it hurts [ pdf ]
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Health and Safety section
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Fax: 0161 249 2475
Email: healthandsafety@usdaw.org.uk
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