Employer and employee - partnership for a healthy work place

Dr. Daniela OLAR - Selgros Cash&Carry.

Who are we?

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Society for en-gross commerce

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Part of Fegro / Selgros group

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Main shareholders of Fegro / Selgros:

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REWE Group and Coop Group, which represent TransGourmet-Holding

Modern world of work

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Employer

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Employee / worker / collaborator

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Partnership

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Wellbeing at workplace

Health means for us:

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Our employees’ health

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Workplace’s health

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Organizational climate health

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Environmental health

Organizational climate health

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Sincerity

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Honesty

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Respect

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Equality

Ergonomy within office work

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Dangers and risks within office work:

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Position related problems

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Time, intensity and project of office work

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Psychological factors

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Environment Health problems:

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Muscle and bone diseases Stress Visual tiredness Legal framework:

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Directive 90/270/CEE HG 1028/2006 Key-words: equipment with screen, workplace, employee

Ergonomy of office work

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The development of a proactive organizational strategy: risk assessment

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Understanding the problems (recognizing and involvement)

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Creation of a proper climate (participation, responsibility)

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Assumption of DMS risk/ reducing the risk

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Education / information

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Control along DMS cases

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Periodical check of the efficiency of the programs

Ergonomy of office work

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Good ergonomic practice – reducing risks and dangers

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Environmental conditions (ISO 9241)

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Light Noise Microclimate

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Arranging the workplace

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Computer screen, keyboard, / mouse / chair / workplace / desk / document rack / phone

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Natural position of the body

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head / shoulders / back / elbows / hands / hips and loins / knees / legs

Ergonomy for everybody

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Information / Communication

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Involvement / Education

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Awareness

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Responsibility

The ergonomy of working at PC

The ergonomy of working at PC

The ergonomy of working at PC

The ergonomy of working at PC

The ergonomy of working at PC

The ergonomy of working at PC

The ergonomy of working at PC

The ergonomy of working at PC

The ergonomy of working at PC

Take care of the body’s signals!

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Typical effects of unilateral solicitation of the body:

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Difficulties of concentration

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Sight over solicitation

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Muscular stress (especially of the shoulder and back muscles)

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Tendency for varix

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Headache / tiredness

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Digestive diseases

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Changes of the muscles used for sustaining the body

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Anorexy

Take care of the body’s signals!

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Tipical simptoms for exhaustion and oversolicitation

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Mood changings

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Insomnia Difficulties of concentration Digestive problems Vertige Tiredness Bothering sensation Anxiety Easy Irritability Pale skin Pesimism Weakness Tensions Unexpectable headache

Active organization of the breaks

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Tipical areas for problems

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Eyes, shoulders and backbone, arms and hands, loins, legs The way the muscular system works

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Lack of balance Program for exercises

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For eyes / shoulders and backbone / arms and hands / loins and hips / legs

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Exercises for the whole body

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Using the intelligence of the body

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Stretching

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Schemae advice for the program of exercises

Information, education, awareness

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Exercises program – 6 sections: 1. Eyes:

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Put your palms on your eyes Change the focalisation

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Move your sight Look through the window

Information, education, awareness 2. Shoulder and backbone

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Rotate your shoulders Rotate your head

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Stretch the backbone on the side Stretch from chest to backbone

Information, education, awareness 3. Arms and hands

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Arrange your fingers Stretch your forearms

Information, education, awareness 4. Backbone and hips

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Inervertebra disks Active sitting

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Rotation and moving of the hips Stretching your body (sitting)

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Forwarding your chest

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Stretching your belly

Informare, educare, constientizare 4. Backbone and hips

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Inervertebra disks Active sitting

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Rotation and moving of the hips Stretching your body (sitting)

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Forwarding your chest

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Stretching your belly

Information, education, awareness 5. Legs

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Veins Swinging the legs

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Stretching the posterior part of thighs “Elevator” “Hop”

Involvement, responsability 6.

Exercises for the whole body

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Using the intelligence of the body

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Activate your natural forces for selfcuring Your body knows exactly what it needed to keep healthy

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Knead your muscles, not your skeleton Try to localize the painful points on your body, and knead them carefuly Massage your hands for warm them, and put them on the painful points Try to recognize the stressed sides of your body and relax them

The breath: Attention:

calm and equal oriented to the specific sides of your body

How long it takes:

how long you want

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Stretching

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The body knows the adequate measure of stretching with vigourant effect

Involvement, responsability

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Schemae / advice for the program of exercises

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Try to make the exercises very carefully

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Less means more!

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Pay attention to your body’s signals

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What kind of things does it signal?

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Sham the breath through the parts of body which are implied in training

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Exercise whenever you like

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Try to keep up the head and body during the exercises

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Relax your shoulders

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Compare your physical sensations before and after exercises

Essential

Sources of information

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http://ew2007.osha.europa.eu

http://osha.europa.eu/publications http://hwi.osha.europa.eu

www.officesafe.net www.yorkcvs.org.uk www.lancs.ac.uk www.hse.gov.uk www.protectiamuncii.ro

www.tifaq.com www.workpace.com ISO 9241-6:1999 Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs) Cerinte ergonomice pentru munca de birou cu videoterminale (VDT)-- Part 6: Guidance on the work environment Ghid pentru microclimat

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Health and Safety Executive (2005) Work-related stress Gätjens – Reuter, Margit / Behrens, Claudia, Manual de secretariat si asistenta manageriala, Editura Tehnica, Bucuresti, 2001