Paul Clyndes
RMT National Health and Safety Officer
ARIOPS Conference 2014
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•Last presentation to ARIOPS from RMT was in 2006.
•Interesting to review what, if anything, has changed!
•Certainly older, fater and greyer!•But are we any wiser?
RMT OH Provider Survey 2013
• 100% OH Provision (90%)
• 10% “in house” provider (50%)
• 85% within HR function
• 100% link to MFA
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TUC 2014 Safety Rep Survey
The five most frequently cited
hazards in 2014 were stress, bullying/harassment, overwork, back
strains and slips, trips, falls on a level.
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Stress
• 67% identify as top 5 hazard
• 32% rank it as the top hazard
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Bullying/harassment
• A growing concern
• Now ranked as a top 5 hazard
• 37%(‘10), 41%(‘12), 46%
• Theme for RMT’s annual conference
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Back strains/Slips, trips and falls
• Back strain listed by 33%
• STF listed by 32%
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Back to 2006
“There should be a partnership between relevant managers, OH
Professionals and safety reps so we can jointly identify health problems,
devise solutions which can be implemented and reviewed.”
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What have we achieved?
• Collaboration has become the key to success.
• Many examples of the sort of joint working the unions called for.
• Major improvements within NR, ORR and RSSB.
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Back to 2006
“Where partnerships do not exist safety reps should have the ability to raise concerns over workers health issues
through a formal system and management should have a duty to
respond.”
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What have we achieved?
• Less success here.
• Second opinions rare.
• Conflict between different health care providers.
• Role of the safety rep in OH provision
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“First you socialize medicine andeverything else follows like night
follows day.”
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