T5ubingen - ways of the increase of workconditioned illnesses the industrial union metal in Baden-Wuerttemberg demanded better conditions of work for persons employed. “Work does not have to make ill, but we find frequently unfavorable conditions of work those make ill”, said the IG-Metall district leader Jörg Hofmann at a trade conference of the trade union in flax field EN genuine things. Hofmann criticized that many employers too little health promotion and - prevention operate.
In opinion of the of Tübingen Medizinerin Monika Rieger in the past years workcaused illnesses in Germany increased clearly. With questionings it has the impression gotten that increases humans psychological or physical disturbances by certain stress factors on the job have, said the kommissarische chief of the institute for work and social medicine at the university University of T5ubingen.
Back pain and mouse arms are not everything
“Many psychological illnesses have their origin in the work”, said Rieger. These causes let themselves however only very heavy proofs. Besides muskulös skeletttale illnesses would arise such as back pain or mouse arms. Not all of these diseases are taken up also into the list of the occupational illnesses. Because the accident insurances are responsible for occupational illnesses, must be proven this perfectly as diseases caused by the work.
The Romans would have already recognized already connections between illnesses and certain work, explained Rieger. Nowadays the field of the work illnesses became many more complex however, since also the working sphere became more varied. Often employer would prevent in the meantime preventively illnesses. “Those have also no desire that their employees are ill. Finally they are the economic goods of the enterprise”, said the Medizinerin.
Employers and employees can prevent
Hofmann criticized that only 29 per cent of the enterprises in Baden-Wuerttemberg convert since 1996 the legally prescribed endangerment evaluation. With this “helpful instrument” operational measures let themselves derive. “In the consequence can be arranged efficient health promotion, further training, work organization and personnel employment”, said Hofmann.
In the core go it around it, how work must be changed, in order to be able to exercise it over years to become permanently ill without wearing and. In this connection give it above all to needs for action by the increase of stress-conditioned illnesses. “Hecticness, operating pressure, achievement compression and Mobbing make and many high-level personnel ill see idle too”, criticized Hofmann.
In addition, according to Rieger employees themselves can prevent preventively an illness, in which they optimize for instance the ergonomics on the job. “Desk, mouse and light should be ideally adjusted”, say those to expert. In the long run work could have also positive effects: “Also stop gives you. It is not thus always valid the principle: Work makes ill”, said Rieger. (strip packing)
