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Latest HSE Statistics YTD
  2014 2015
Workplace fatalities
Non-work related fatalities
Non-accidental deaths (NADs)
Lost Time Injuries (LTIs)
All injuries (excluding first aid cases)
Motor Vehicle Incidents (MVIs)
Roll over - MVIs
Serious MVIs
Lost Time Injury Frequency (LTIF)
Life Saving Rules Violations
YTD
Journey management
Speeding/GSM
Seatbelts
Overriding safety device
Working at heights
Permit
Confined space
Lock out tag out
Drugs and alcohol
Gas testing
Smoking
Suspended Load
Vehicle Class A/B Defect
YTD
Class A
Class B
HSE TIP
Consult your doctor or health professional regarding what information to be shared with the line management.
 
 

Important News
   
 

The personal health information is an individuals’ (employee) information in relation to Occupational and Medical health that is recorded, processed and stored either physically as papers records or electronically in computer systems. Maintenance of health information confidentiality is a key aspect of doctor-patient and supervisor-subordinate relationship. It is also within the frame work of professional codes of conduct and legal requirements.

   

This means that employees’ health information given to health professionals or employer representative will not be shared with or disclosed to others unless the client has given an informed consent. Health care providers and supervisors should be aware of the laws involving the duty of care and the duty to maintain confidentiality and must exercise every effort to avoid disclosure of confidential health information to a third party.
 
 

What You Need to Know
 
 
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If you have a health problem or taking medications that may affect your performance and ability to carry out your job safely you should notify your boss or direct supervisor immediately without disclosing the full details of your health problems.
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Employees and supervisors should at all times avoid electronic distribution and sharing of confidential medical reports with anyone else other than medical professionals.
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Employees should be aware of whom their health information will be shared with and for what purpose.
 
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Employees should be aware that only themselves and their doctors and other authorized health professionals have the right to access and review their private medical reports. It is crucial for your treating doctor to obtain medical reports about your health problems and the prescribed treatment in order to provide the necessary medical care and make appropriate decisions regarding your fitness to do your job safely and without endangering your health or the safety of others.

 

Your line manager or direct boss should not ask you to provide them with your confidential medical reports or information in any form verbally or hard copies or electronically (email), instead they should guide you to take all confidential medical reports to the medical professionals who would review them and advise you accordingly. With advice from your doctor regarding what health information to be communicated and what to be withheld you should be able to notify your direct supervisor without disclosing much of your medical details.