ISBN: 9781852631260 The Constructing Better Health (CBH) Occupational Health Standards Manual for the UK Construction Industry is targeted at both the construction industry employers, and occupational health service providers to construction employers. The aim of the Standards is to cover workers not only in the safety-critical and increased risk workers category, but across the board. The Manual provides a benchmark for companies to measure themselves against to develop effective occupational health programmes. Several organisations contributed to the development of the standard, including trade unions, occupational health service providers, and contractors, as one of the key objectives of Constructing Better Health (CBH) was to consider all suggestions and to look at whether they would work in the best interests of the whole of the construction industry. Michelle Aldous, chief executive of CBH, says: "This is why a national occupational health scheme for construction is important, as it is able to take an objective rather than a subjective view." Publisher: CIP
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