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Riki Brown
10Hi folks
The link below is a page on Worksafe's website that is an article from Safeguard in 2017. It states "HSWA importantly defines health as being both physical and mental". Can anyone shed some light on that statement for me, as I cant find a definition of 'health' in the HSWA. Can someone point me towards the highest-level definition of 'health' in regards to health and safety at work.
Thanks
Riki
https://www.worksafe.govt.nz/topic-and-industry/work-related-health/work-related-health-updates/health-isnt-just-physical/ -
SafetylawyerNZ
86Hi Riki
The term "health" is defined in section 16 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 - "health means physical and mental health". You might also like to look at the Health and Safety at Work (General Risk and Workplace Management) Regulations 2016, as they deal with health monitoring (but don't expand on the broad definition of 'health').
Cheers, Grant -
KeithH
173Hey Riki
ISO have used the World Health Organisation definition released in 1948 -
health
state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
[SOURCE: WHO:1948]
https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:iso:tr:12773:-1:ed-1:v1:en:term:2.16
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