Promoting workers health the longer people work, the more it matters Marie-Chantal BLANDIN –...

Promoting workers’ healththe longer people work,

the more it matters

Marie-Chantal BLANDIN – Eurogip - France

Understanding occupational risks in Europe 2

Why act at this level?


According to the medical point of view a range of abilities

-primarily physical and sensory- decline from age 60


The question is: how to reconcile ageing with a longer

working life?


Incidence rate of fatal accidents at work and of occupational diseases

in 2001 in EU-15

Age groups

18-24 years old

25-34 years old

35-44 years old

45-54 years old

55-64 years old

Incidence rate of fatal accidents at work

2.6 3.2 3.7 5.0 7.4

Incidence rate of occupational diseases

22.7 22.4 31.1 39.2 69.2

Source : EUROSTAT


Average duration of temporary disability and average permanent disability rate in 2001 in France

Age groups

18-24 years old

25-34 years old

35-44 years old

45-54 years old

55-64 years old

Average duration of temporary disability

26.7 40.5 55.2 69.5 81.0

Average permanent disability rate

8.6 9.2 10.3 11.3 10.7

Source : INSEE


If lifetime employment is to be longer, changes to the pattern

of work are imperative


What to do next?


Improving occupational safety and health in the work environment(by reducing exposure to work hazards

and changing workplace design)


Improving the work organisation with regard to:- shift patterns- flexible working time- part-time work- rotation of staff etc.


From occupational health

to well – being(through measures which place

greater value on « human resources »)


From occupational health to health in general

(through diet, fitness, sport, etc. )


Towards a best quality of work life for ALL workers

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