298 Worker health protection team effort workshop

This 90-minutes workshop explores the contribution of a multitude of professions in the pursuit of worker health protection. The format will be an introduction followed by brainstorming. The results from brainstorming will be used in a game of worker health risk. This is a board type game requiring tables of six to eight players. By the end of the game, delegates should have a good understanding of the contributions made by occupational hygiene technicians, engineers, occupational health, the HR department, the health and safety department, supervisors and even the company CEO to worker health protection and crucially, how a policy or a professional error can have far reaching effects. The workshop will continue with a discussion on how occupational hygienists could or should include feedback from each of the other professions when undertaking surveys to ensure the common goal of worker health protection. The meeting will conclude with ideas for action to be taken by occupational hygienists to embrace and appraise the contributions made by many other professions.