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Who conducts the workplace assessment and risk assessment, i.e., assesses the factors affecting health and work capacity at the workplace?
The workplace assessment is carried out by the occupational health nurse and occupational health doctor.
What is the purpose of a workplace survey?
One of the requirements of statutory occupational health care is a workplace survey. It is used to assess the work, the workplace community and the work environment, and their impact on health and workability.
How often is a workplace assessment conducted?
A workplace assessment must always be carried out when a company starts its operations, when they change or based on information gathered by occupational health care.
The workplace assessment must be up-to-date, so it needs to be updated at least every 3-5 years.
For example, in the construction industry, it should be updated at least once every three years. In the office sector, on the other hand, once every five years.
The timeliness of the review is checked annually during the update of the action plan.
Where is the workplace visit organized if the company has multiple workplaces?
Given that the conditions and work done at all workplaces are the same, it suffices to organize a workplace visit to only one place. For example, if all of a construction company's construction sites are undergoing surface renovation, a workplace visit will be organized at only one workplace. However, if concrete casting is being done at one construction site and scaffolding installation at another, a workplace visit needs to be organized at both construction sites.
If a company rents labor, do they need to arrange a workplace visit?
The rental company does not have the right to carry out a workplace investigation in the user company's premises.
In rental work, the responsibility for identifying and assessing potential risks at the workplace rests with the user company. The user company's occupational health care assesses the health significance of work hazards in the workplace investigation.
The rental company must arrange occupational health care for the rental worker and tell the rental worker how statutory occupational health care is arranged.
Cooperation between the rental company and the user company is essential so that the occupational health care of the rental worker also stays up to date with the conditions of the workplace and can arrange a health check, guidance or even orientation when needed. The rental company is responsible for obtaining sufficient and up-to-date information from the user company related to the health conditions of the rental worker's workplace.
