Safety Critical Worker (SCW)
Protect your workforce and the public by ensuring that those undertaking safety-critical tasks are medically fit to do so safely.
Safety Critical Worker (SCW)
A safety critical worker (SCW) within the Industry standard is defined as “Where the ill health of an individual may compromise their ability to undertake a task defined as safety critical, thereby posing a significant risk to the health and safety of others”.
A suitable risk assessment of any activity should identify whether it has a safety critical nature and whether in the event of worker incapacity this would be likely to result in a significant risk of harm to the individual worker performing the task or to others i.e. third parties.
Defined 'Safety Critical' Roles:
In construction and related industries, the following have been strictly defined as ‘safety critical’:
- ✔ All mobile plant operators.
- ✔ Hi-speed road workers.
- ✔ Rail trackside worker.
- ✔ Asbestos licensed workers.
- ✔ Tunnellers, or those working in a confined space.
- ✔ Tasks carried out at height where collective preventative measures to control risk are not practicable.
- ✔ Others as identified by the risk assessment.
Whilst the use of Noble Med Solutions helps ensure that an individual is fit to perform a task effectively and without risk to their own or others' health and safety, it is likely that only those exposed to safety-critical work would need to be subjected to a full medical assessment.
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