AVS. Arkitektúr verktækni skipulag - 01.12.2000, Side 74

Hvernig er þín eigin vinnuaðstaða og hve lengi
situr þú við tölvuna samfleytt?
Höfundur er sjúkraþjálfari og þróunar- og gæða-
stjóri Vinnueftirlitsins.
1. European Foundation for the Improvement of Living
and Working Conditions.Second Euroean Survey on
Working Condition, Luxembourg 1996 (ISBN 92-828-0552-
2).
2. Ólöf Steingrímsdóttir o.fl. Einkenni frá hreyfi- og stoðk-
erfi meðal íslendinga, Læknablaðið 1988:74:223-32.
3. Hulda Ólafsdóttir o.fl. Óþægindi frá stoðkerfi meðal
fiskvinnslufólks. Læknablaðið 1993;79:29-35.
4. Þórunn Sveinsdóttir o.fl.. Óþægindi frá hreyfi- og stoð-
kerfi meðal starfsfólks matvöruverslana. Læknablaðið
1999; 85: 202-209.
5. Þórunn Sveinsdóttir. Léttum af þeim byrðunum. AVS-
blaðið 3.-4. tbl. 1996
6. Hulda Ólafsdóttir. Eitt tölvuborð, já takk. AVS-blaðið 2.
tbl. 1996. ■
THE ROLE OF DESIGNERS IN OCCUPATION-
ALSAFETY
Þórunn Sveinsdóttir, physiotherapist and director of
development and quality control for the Icelandic
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, here
writes about the role and the responsibility of design-
ers in occupational safety. Studies show that some 600
million working days per year are lost within the
European Union due to work-related injuries or dis-
comfort. Regulations regarding workplace design
make clear the responsibility of the designer in creat-
ing a work environment that fosters health and well-
being. In the light of the above statistics, increasing
emphasis is being given to measures to prevent occu-
pational injuries n which again places great emphasis
on the original design of both the work environment
and the equipment used. Sveinsdóttir writes about the
importance of setting clear objectives during the
design stage, which can then be followed through in
the ensuing process. Also, stricter regulations are like-
ly to be the norm in the future. In short, the success of
companies is in no small part due to the well-being of
its employees, and in that regard, the role of the
designer is vital. ■
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