Before medical examination was required to pass all the office workers, as computer considered harmful. But, let’s be honest, how many of the inhabitants of the offices knew about these rules? And how often the user pay extra for harm to workers electronic fields?
Now the Ministry of labor and the Ministry of health acknowledged that the level of radiation from the computer is negligible, and therefore not dangerous to health. And removed the computer from the list of harmful factors. However, this does not mean that the health of office workers just left without legal protection. The medical examination must pass those office workers whose workplace the level of electromagnetic radiation above normal. The citizens in whose place background recognize unhealthy, every two years you will need to visit the office of a neurologist and an ophthalmologist. The relevant rules came into effect in may.
But how to determine that a workplace is harmful? Harmful is the electromagnetic field wideband spectrum frequency: 5 Hz-2 kHz 2 kHz-400 kHz (in excess of the maximum allowable level). According to experts, the level of electromagnetic field may be higher than normal, for example, in the absence of grounding or damage to the computer. To reveal this with the help of special assessment of working conditions which the employer is obliged to carry out every 5 years. “Today all electrical equipment must have an appropriate certificate, for which a computer is safe. In excess of electromagnetic radiation before providing guarantees and compensations, it is necessary to raise the issue of the replacement equipment (computer) or identify and eliminate the causes of its misuse,” – said the head of the technical labour Inspectorate of the Moscow Federation of trade unions, Anatoly Zakharenkov.
if working conditions are healthy, and the employee still believes their workplace is harmful, he may challenge the results of special assessment of working conditions, but only if the method of assessment of working conditions have been violated. For example, you can write a complaint to the state labour Inspectorate.
“If the state inspector during the inspection will find evidence of violations of methods of special assessment of working conditions, he can either initiate the procedure of examining the quality of special assessment of working conditions (free of charge) or by its order to require the employer to conduct another unscheduled SOUTH”, – says Anatoly Zakharenkov.
the Worker’s own expense to order an independent instrumental examination of the quality of Specocenka. But subsequently have to prove in court what the results are true: Specocenka or her expertise. “If the work��eating place following the results of special assessment of working conditions established hazardous working conditions, the deteriorating health of an employee can be recorded during periodic medical examination. In this case, the employer is obliged to put the worker from hazardous working conditions and to provide him with another job in accordance with their skills”, – says the expert.
If the deterioration of health significantly, the employee may be referred to a specialized medical institution (Center of pathology) for the diagnosis of “chronic illness”.
“If it is installed, the employer initiated the procedure of investigation of occupational disease, in which the connection diagnosis with a computer,” says Anatoly Zakharenkov.
by the Way, many employers believe that office work may not be harmful, and therefore do not conduct a special assessment of working conditions. Meanwhile, such a test must be conducted by all organizations. According to the administrative code, the employer who does not conduct a special assessment of working conditions, should pay a fine. For officials it is 5-10 thousand rubles. For legal persons – from 60 to 80 thousand rubles.
Although the departments and eliminated the computer from the list of harmful factors due to the fact that the level of radiation from the computer is not hazardous to health, this does not mean that work in the office now is not bad. Sedentary work itself carries health risks.
As noted by the doctor-phlebologist Dmitry Roskowski, the main problem of office workers – thrombosis and varicose veins. To prevent such diseases, the expert recommends to take breaks at work. “Put a reminder every 45 minutes. You need to get up, stretch your legs and straighten your back, take a few deep breaths and long exhalations. It is important in hot season to prevent dehydration is to drink a few SIPS of water. Now again, you can sit at the computer.
surgeon Sergey Fedosov draws attention to another problem – lack of exercise, that is blood stasis in the lower extremities and pelvic organs. “The solution is simple – periodically get up and walk around the office, to colleagues in the neighboring Department, to make a Cup of tea or go to the window and look into the distance – the rest for the eyes”, – said the expert.
“Another problem is the work at keyboard, which leads to the development of carpal tunnel syndrome and, as a result, numbness of the fingers. This syndrome most often affects those who are many uses the mouse or types on the computer large texts. To minimize such risks, it is necessary to use a stand or an ergonomic keyboard, or you can do exercises for hands (to train with carpal aspen��EPA),” advises the doctor.
