Assess and review
In-person assessment in the vehicle itself, not at a desk, immediate interventions where possible, education and training. Re-emphasis for physio
The Media Van Editor
18 months off work after more than a decade of unresolved recommendations
The Person & The Problem
A Media van editor & camera operator:
- Long drives, heavy kit, editing in the back of a van
Areas of discomfort and human factors:
- Lower back & hip pain from 2010: cramped pod, knees above hips, twisted sitting posture. He was very tall!
- 2023: disc injury with nerve compression, neck & arm pain, headaches
The result:
- Off work for 18 months
What Had Been Tried
Risks Identified, but loosely managed:
- Occupational Health referrals in 2010 & 2019 correctly identified the risks
- Physiotherapy recommended and not followed up, until just before our interventions
Support agreed but no follow-ups before it was too late:
- Workstation modifications recommended, never actioned
- A replacement van agreed in 2022, delayed, then never delivered
- No adaptations for 14 years until absence became long term
Our Intervention
From one case to identifying the need for a whole system change benefitting the whole team.
Research
Deeper research conducted and identified a wider team issue
Make change
Multi-disciplinary group created to design a new pod design that adapted around the users anthropometrics and biomechanics.
Back to work
Phased return to work
The outcome
From one case to identifying the need for a whole system change
Benefitted the whole of the team
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