{"id":736,"date":"2022-08-16T07:54:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T07:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hazardco.bbtdevelopment.com\/au\/?p=736"},"modified":"2024-04-10T04:36:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T04:36:01","slug":"the-importance-of-looking-after-you-and-your-workers-physical-and-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hazardco.bbtdevelopment.com\/au\/blog\/the-importance-of-looking-after-you-and-your-workers-physical-and-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"The importance of looking after you and your worker\u2019s physical and mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Health can often be overlooked in the construction industry, but it\u2019s a big contributor to time off work and workers compensation costs across Australia. Both physical and mental health risks can significantly impact the health of your workers and negatively impact your business if not taken seriously.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Physical Health<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Musculoskeletal injuries<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Work-related musculoskeletal injuries account for the majority of workers compensation costs in Australia compared to any other type of injury. Musculoskeletal injuries account for 37% of serious claims in Australia*.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Work-related musculoskeletal injuries can arise from body stressing such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">handling, lifting, carrying or putting down of objects<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Repetitive movement<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Common injuries for construction workers can range from sprains, strains, and bruising which can be caused by heavy lifting, repetitive movement, poor body posture, forcefulness or muscle effort, or the vibrations from continuous use of hand tools. It&#8217;s important to note that these types of injuries can occur suddenly or develop over a period of time. Symptoms of a musculoskeletal injury may be in the form of pain and\/or discomfort located in and around the neck, shoulders, wrists, back, and knees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are many factors to consider when it comes to managing the risks associated with body stressing, however two key areas you can focus on are:<\/span><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Physical factors:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Heavy loads<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lack of equipment<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Challenging environments<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Poor layout<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Forces<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Repetition\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Awkward postures\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Work Organisation factors:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Work hours \/ Time pressure<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lack of help<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No breaks<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Poor work planning<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Training \/ Skill level<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Prevention Tips<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some effective ways to help prevent these types of injuries include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pre planning the task \/ job<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Task rotation with others\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">breaking up your tasks throughout the day<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">warm-up and cool down stretches<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Use mechanical aids for lifts<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ensure correct manual handling techniques<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">choosing a different piece of equipment<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Encourage workers to report all instances where they may feel pain or discomfort. Don&#8217;t let it escalate into something more serious<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more information on <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">musculoskeletal injuries, refer to one of our recent blogs on <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hazardco.com\/au\/blog\/musculoskeletal-what-treatments-might-look-like-and-prevention-tips\/\">What treatments might look like and prevention tips.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><b>Health Monitoring<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Did you know businesses are legally required to monitor the health of their workers in certain circumstances?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On construction sites, workers can be exposed to many hazards that can cause them harm over time. Some common hazards are:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Airborne dust and fibres (i.e Asbestos, Silica)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hazardous chemicals<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">loud noises<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Continuous exposure to these hazards can cause progressively worse health issues for your workers. This is why it is important to monitor your worker\u2019s health where there may be a risk to their health. How monitoring is conducted can vary based on the hazard they may be exposed to. For example it may involve a hearing test, lung function or vision assessment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If your worksite exposes your workers to environments that can cause them harm, we recommend beginning the process of monitoring your worker\u2019s health.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Mental Health\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Workplace <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">hazards<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that create <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">risks<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of harm to psychological (mental) health are known as psychosocial <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">hazards<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. These <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">hazards<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, when excessive or prolonged, can cause serious harm.\u00a0 It can have a significant impact on workers, their families and business.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Construction workers are six times more likely to die from suicide than an accident at work. Every year 190 Australians working in the construction industry take their own lives; this means we lose a construction worker every second day to suicide. Young construction workers are two times more likely to take their own lives than other young workers. Workplaces have a legal responsibility to manage risks to mental health and wellbeing just like they do any other health and safety risk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Psychosocial <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">hazards<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> can come from:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">work relationships and interactions, including bullying, harassment, discrimination, aggression and violence\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the way the work or job is designed, organised and managed\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the equipment, working environment or requirements to undertake duties<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some work-related factors that can affect a mentally healthy work site include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Work-related violence and aggression<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Workplace bullying<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lack of recognition and reward<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Low role clarity<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Low support<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Poor environmental conditions\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Poor organisational justice<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Remote and isolated work<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Knowing where to start can feel overwhelming but getting started doesn&#8217;t have to be. Take action to improve the mental health of your team today.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Identifying risks and controlling them should be done by communicating with workers about what workplace conditions may be affecting their mental health.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some other tips to help build and maintain a mentally healthy work site include:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Create a more positive and supportive work site<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Establish awareness and support for workers experiencing mental health issues.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Celebrate workers and their efforts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Take steps to improve role clarity and job satisfaction<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Increase workers\u2019 ability to make their own decisions about their work<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Focus on retaining staff\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Promote work-life balance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Commit to zero tolerance for workplace bullying, violence and aggression<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To learn more,\u00a0 we have developed a great resource on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hazardco.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/How-to-build-a-mentally-healthy-work-site_wh_Final.pdf\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>How to build a mentally healthy work site<\/strong><\/span><\/i><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">which provides useful tips to help build and maintain a mentally healthy work site.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>The hidden costs to your business<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is a large range of costs that surface when someone has an incident on the job that impacts their physical or mental state, especially when they can\u2019t return to work the next day or sometimes for weeks or months. This can have a huge impact on deadlines, bottom line, skills on-site and team dynamics.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How HazardCo can help<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Get the best from your team and work safer and healthier. Some simple ways to do this include:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Monitor and Review<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Conduct regular Site Reviews using the HazardCo App, to help identify and manage both physical and mental health hazards on-site.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Communication and Consultation<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Start managing mental health at work today. Have a toolbox meeting to discuss the common issues that impact your worker&#8217;s mental health. Discuss ways to eliminate or minimise these risks. It\u2019s good practice to keep records of your meetings, this can be done in the HazardCo App.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stuck on toolbox talk topics? Discuss recent incidents, site review results and ideas on how to make the site safer both physically and mentally\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ensure any near misses, injuries, incidents or illnesses, including mental health related incidents are reported using the HazardCo App and investigated.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you have any further questions in regards to this topic or need more support, reach out to HazardCo and speak to one of our expert Health and Safety Advisors. You can contact us on 1800 954 702.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">* Safe Work Australia reporting period of 2019 &#8211; 2020.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health can often be overlooked in the construction industry, but it\u2019s a big contributor to time off work and workers compensation costs across Australia. Both physical and mental health risks can significantly impact the health of your workers and negatively impact your business if not taken seriously. 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