Factory employees work long hours and perform numerous physical tasks, some requiring exhaustive exertion. The factory environment can harm workers’ physical and mental health.
Thankfully, more workplaces are becoming aware of staff health and wellbeing. However, implementing proactive health measures can be complex.
Wright Medics offers factory workers health and wellbeing screenings. We tailor these screenings to the specific challenges that affect factory employees’ health.
Hazards that Factory Staff can Experience
The amount of health hazards that factory employees can encounter looks overwhelming. We break them down into the following categories:
- Physical hazards – factory staff often use machinery with sharp sections and moving parts. Other physical hazards include loud noises, trip hazards, overly hot or cold environments and radiation
- Chemical hazards – this often involves toxic chemicals like acid and solvent. Other hazards include dust, vapours and gases
- Biological hazards – Bacteria, mould, viruses and fungi
- Psychological hazards – In a factory with a heavy workload and tight deadlines, stress and fatigue are common
- Ergonomic hazards – Heavy lifting tasks can cause injuries and major posture problems. Additionally, tasks with repetitive movements can cause musculoskeletal disorders like tendonitis.
Why Caring for Factory Staff Wellbeing is Crucial
Proactively looking after your staff is essential. Happy factory workers can complete their work to the best of their ability. Preventing health and safety issues in a factory also benefits workers’ wellbeing and increases the factory’s efficiency and success.
Additionally, proactively preventing hazards will decrease staff absenteeism, making it easier to meet deadlines.
Finally, Health Screenings for workers can be considered a legal requirement in certain circumstances, such as when they are exposed to health risks in a factory.
Wright Medics’ Health & Wellbeing Screening for Factory Workers
Arranging regular checkups has multiple benefits for the factory and staff. Therefore, we take great care when providing our health screening sessions.
Our approach to health and wellbeing screening is unique; we fully tailor our service to the factory environment. We do this through a bespoke on-site medical facility.
In our Wright Medics facilities, we can conduct detailed and effective assessments and treatments and perform first aid. We use registered clinicians knowledgeable about the range of hazards present in a factory setting.
We also want factory staff to feel comfortable during their health screenings, so our sessions are confidential.
Our other high-quality service is our ‘Return to Work’ health assessment service. These assessments are critical for the peace of mind of the worker and employer. Our practising paramedic clinicians carry out our ‘Return to Work’ assessments.
Wright Medics is Here to Help
If you want to improve the physical and mental care you provide to your factory workers, contact Wright Medics today so we can arrange our high-quality screening services for your facility.
Registered clinicians carry out our health assessments; you can have peace of mind knowing that your staff are in the hands of those with experience and expertise.
For a preventative approach to health and well-being, contact us on 01909 730507 or enquiries@wrightmedics.com. You can also fill out and send our contact form, and one of our fantastic customer service team members will contact you.