karlos_the_jackal said:
Interesting discussion, i work in risk management but bow to the better judgement of our H&S professionals here and they advise that they haven't got a cycling for work risk assessment, based on the fact that they dont know anybody that does it and also that they would prefer people not to do it, prefer is the word. They work with creatives so we can never say no.
She was also saying that they would never do RA's for cycling to work. Legally as soon as you do an RA you are opening yourself up for things you should of been doing as stated in the RA.
It may be slightly different though with this insurance aspect, if you are cycling to work other than your normal commute.
At the end of the day they can do the risk assessment and state that there is no way to reduce the risk. If you go against those you will have a big contributory negligence mark against you which a judge would recognise and also the insurer would also be within their rights to subrogate the claim against yourself.
therefore if your insured yourself, then that does reduce your financial risk, but i would check the wording very carefully and ask about medical conditions and using bike for work.
I was just speaking to our HR guy who is bring in a cycle 2 work scheme and as part of the sign up that also includes a provision that you use the bike not only for commuting but also for work.
A voice of commonsense it seems.
Closest I could find for risk assessments & cycling:
http://www.epilepsy.org.uk/info/sportsandleisure/cycling.html
http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/safety/0207.shtml
http://cpnw.newcomweb.demon.com/Info sheets/Cycling Safety-cc01.pdf
Jonathan M
May not be much help, but there's very little out there.
The reason I raised the point about the medication was to raise awareness amongs others on here that its a standard procedure. Nothing odd/unusual about it in any way.
I've been on nearly all presently available medications at one stage or another & when adjustment were made would be the time I'd watch out for anything I felt was odd & then watching what I was doing.
But to touch on the H&S side of things mentioned on here. I've had seizures
on the bus, got classed a drunk.
On a cross-country run at school. Those travelling with me back to school having been picked up let go of me at the wrong moment & I ended up the first back to the changing rooms.
Whilst sat down at home, two cups of tea being drunk from alternate hands.
Whilst walking doing shopping. Walking from shop to shop.
Whilst boarding a ferry to Ireland at Liverpool. Followed up the walkway by a group of Japanese doctors & neuro-surgeons. For a reason they couldn't explain they decided to walk on than drive on.
Sat waiting to board the ferry at Holyhead. Two nurses, one doctor in the same area at the time.
On a road, whilst trying to get a bull back into a field. Ended up going face first into the road. Stopped the bull in its tracks though.
In a church at Midnight Mass. Face first into the floor(like a plank of wood falling over). Carried out by the local Undertaker, placed in the back of the hearse, driven to the local doctor's. From there to the nearest hospital, again in the hearse.
On the toilet, first time the door opened inwards, second one it opened outwards but I had hold of the handle.
If a risk assessment were to be carried out which of these would be found to be unsafe. Also how could you work round the last one?
Given the above I hope you can see where I'm coming from. If you've been in A&E, I presume your familiar with the question "will you be doing it again". "IT" being the activity that was being done at the time of the seizure.
Back to work dealing with personal injury claims against us
