In this publication conditions for working with the computer, about medical examinations and who isn’t allowed to the works, connected with use of the visual display terminal (VDT) of the COMPUTER are described.
LABOR PROTECTION WORKING AT THE COMPUTER
Now it is difficult to find the enterprise, the organization, establishment where electronic computers (COMPUTER) wouldn’t be used. And, therefore, the number working with them grows. Often ask questions, whether work with the computer unhealthy is considered the person, and also about privileges and compensations put for working with the COMPUTER.
Working conditions of users of personal computers should meet the requirements of the State health regulations and norms of work with visual display terminals of electronic computers (DSanPiN 3.3.2.007-98) and Ruled labor protection at operation of the COMPUTERS approved by the order of Committee on supervision of labor protection of Ukraine of the Ministry of Labour and social policy from 10.02.99 of No. 21.
The specified normative documents are obligatory for performance by heads of all enterprises, the organizations and establishments irrespective of forms of ownership. They define criteria of safe use of computer equipment and are intended for the prevention of an adverse effect on workers of harmful factors which accompany work with visual display terminals (VDT).
At observance of requirements specified above normative documents use of the personal computer doesn’t belong to works with harmful working conditions and consequently, the people occupied with this work, the rights to privileges and compensations on its conditions have no.
Working with VDT COMPUTER are subject to obligatory medical examinations: the preliminary – at employment and periodic – time in two years the commission as a part of the therapist, the neuropathologist and the ophthalmologist.
Women who work with the computer, surely look round the accoucheur-gynecologist every two years.
Women since establishment of pregnancy and in feeding of the child by a breast to the works, VDT COMPUTERS connected with use, aren’t allowed.
All workers working for the COMPUTER whom the personal computer and with which duration of annual holiday isn’t defined by other acts concerns also, have the right to annual additional holiday for special nature of work (instead of for work with harmful and work severe conditions) up to four calendar days.
In Law Art. 8 About holidays it is provided that concrete duration of such holidays is established collective or the employment contract depending on a busy time of the worker in these conditions. Certification of workplaces for working conditions in this case isn’t required.
Additional holiday for special nature of work is provided in proportion to actually fulfilled time. In calculation to time granting the right to the worker on such holiday, days when it was actually occupied on works with special nature of work not less than a half of duration of the working day are set off.
Throughout eight sentry of a shift depending on nature of labor activity for working with the COMPUTER additional breaks for rest are established:
– for developers of programs lasting 15 minutes through each business hour for VDT;
– for operators of the COMPUTER the regulated breaks for rest lasting 15 minutes through each two business hours;
– for operators of a computer set breaks for rest lasting 10 minutes after each business hour for VDT.
In all cases when production circumstances don’t allow to apply the regulated breaks, duration of continuous work with VDT shouldn’t exceed four hours.
According to Law Art. 7 About labor protection the employer can establish in addition for the means according to the collective agreement (to the agreement, the employment contract) to the worker of a privilege and compensations which have not been provided by the legislation.
E.EFIMOV, the leading engineer on KGA UKTs labor protection.