Mapping the evidence on assessment of fitness to work at heights: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Falls from height are a leading cause of serious injury and fatality globally. In South Africa, work at heights is regulated by occupational health and safety legislation, which places responsibility on employers to ensure their workers are fit for high-risk work. There is however no formal procedure or consensus on how fitness to work at heights should be assessed. This paper presents an a priori protocol for a scoping review that seeks to identify and map the current evidence base around the assessment of fitness to work at heights. It forms the initial phase of a PhD study aimed at developing an interdisciplinary consensus statement for assessing fitness to work at heights in the South African construction industry.

Methods and analysis

This scoping review wi

SUBMITTER: Swart L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10230904 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature