Osteoarthritis of the hip : report / by the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council ... ; presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions by Command of Her Majesty, November 2003.

  • Great Britain. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
Date:
2003
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Credit: Osteoarthritis of the hip : report / by the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council ... ; presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions by Command of Her Majesty, November 2003. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    55. Itis good practice for employers to have systems in place which allow for early reporting of any incidents of manual handling injury. 56. The Health and Safety Executive has produced general guidance on the prevention of injury due to manual handling “Manual Handling Operation Regulations 1992 — Guidance on Regulations” ISBN 0-7176-2415-3 and “Getting to grips with Manual Handling” INDG 143. It has also published specific guidance for the agriculture industry “Manual handling solutions for farms” AS23 (rev2). RECOMMENDATIONS 57. The Council has concluded that the available scientific evidence is such that it should recommend that osteoarthritis of the hip be added to the list of prescribed diseases set out in schedule 1 to the SS (II) (PD) Regs 1985, but only in respect of farming. 58. We recommend that osteoarthritis of the hip should be prescribed in relation to farmers, farm workers and farm managers, as classified to the ONS Standard Occupational Classification for 2000, categories 5111, 9111 and 1211. 59. The Council concludes that people engaged in such occupations should receive benefit if they meet the following criteria: a) they have engaged in employed work for at least 10 years in aggregate as a farmer, farm worker or farm manager; and b) have been diagnosed with osteoarthritis of the hip, or have had osteoarthritis of the hip prior to surgery on the hip. 60. The Council would expect a diagnosis of hip osteoarthritis to be supported by the clinical opinion of a registered medical practitioner, and normally to be based on the combination of (a) a painful hip with restricted movement and (b) evidence of osteoarthritis on an image of the hip joint. a
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