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FILE NAME: German Articles - Some with English Translation (GER) DATE: 0000 DOC#: GER034 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Interview with Peter Hartz - No German Original T ran slatio n ; 21 May 1981 D.M. Z i t t a German to E nglish A R e p o rt on th e "Week of P re v e n tio n " h e ld in th e D illin g e r Foundry and organized by th e su p e rin te n d e n t of p e rso n n e l, P e te r H a rtz . % "WE HAVE REALIZED A DREAM" The T rade U n io n is ts : The D illin g e r Foundry in th e S aarland has conducted a se m in a r on "T he Week o f P r e v e n tio n " , w hat was i t s p u rp o se ? P e te r H artz: The r e a l it y of r is k fa c to rs encountered by th e lab o u r fo rc e , w o r ld - w id e , c o n t i n u e s t o t h r e a t e n t h e h e a l t h o f t h e w o r k e r s . We t r i e d t o p u t a n i n f o r m a t i v e p a c k a g e t o g e t h e r f o r my c o -w o rk e r s t h a t i s t o inform about h e a lth p ro te c tio n and w o rk -safety . A lso, th e need to reco g n ize th e g re a te r r is k s taken, th e g re a te r th e w ork-load in a given s itu a tio n . We h a v e , t h e r e f o r e , m ade a v a i l a b l e f o r you x - r a y e x a m in a tio n s , eye- and ear ex am in atio n s, blood t e s t s , te ta n u s s h o ts . The blood t e s ts w ill determ ine th e blood p re s s u re , and th e blood group of every co -w o rk er and, w here n eed ed , w ill p ro v id e him w ith an em ergency I.D . P erso n al d a ta , such as w eight, age and l if e s ty le , were put in to a com puter f a c i l i t a t i n g im m ediate in fo rm a tio n on th e s ta te of w e ll-b e in g of th e exam ined. DG: A program lik e th is ought to be provided as p a rt of a sy stem atic m edical se rv ic e , a v a ila b le to th e w orkers d a ily . P .H e rtz ; I t c e r ta in ly i s p a r t of th e work fo rc e . Our m ed ical s e rv ic e has been w ith u s f o r 20 y e a rs . A ll w o rk -co n n ected in c a p a c ita tio n s a re ro u tin e ly and th o ro u g h ly exam ined. The s p e c if ic reaso n fo r h o ld in g "T he Week o f P r e v e n tio n " w as, to p ro v id e an o p p o r tu n ity f o r th e m e d ic a l s t a f f 2 to g e t to know a l l em ployees and to e d u c ate them on th e p r i o r i t i e s and th e a c tu a l a p p lic a tio n of p re v e n tiv e m easures. Our su g g e stio n s were w ell received and, a fte r explaining about the c o n fid e n tia lity of the q u e s tio n n a ir e s we w ere a b le to o b t a i n a g r e a t d e a l m ore in f o r m a tio n th en would have been p o s s ib le d u rin g th e b r ie f v i s i t s in a vrork-day, PROMOTING GENERAL INTEREST IN HEALTH-CARE DG: Who c o u ld a n d who s h o u ld p a r t i c i p a t e i n t h e s e e x a m in a tio n s ? P .H a r tz : E verybody, b e g in n in g w ith th e m anagem ent down to th e w o rk e rs. A lthough th e s p e c ific ailm en ts were of prim ary concern -- by s tre s s in g t h i s we w an ted t o draw t h e e m p lo y e e s ' a t t e n t i o n -- , t h e r e was a l s o education on th e g e n e ra l upkeep of h e a lth . DG; W ere m e d ic a l e x a m in a tio n s c a r r i e d o u t d u r in g w o rk in g h o u r s ? P .H a rtz : Y es, Em ployees a b le to le a v e t h e i r jo b a t a g iv en tim e co u ld come to be exam ined. A ll w ork s e c tio n s w ere n o t i f i e d b e fo re h a n d to c o o p e ra te . T h is program ra n f o r 10 days so t h a t , 't h e n i g h ts h i f t w orkers a ls o could be accommodated. A ll w ere in v ite d , i f th ey w ished to do so , to brow se thro u g h th e d isp la y s and to en q u ire about th e g o als of th e program . DG: W hat w e re t h e o t h e r g o a l s o f t h e p ro g ram ? P .H artz: In a te n t, e sp e c ia lly provided fo r th is purpose, th e re were d is p la y s of in fo rm a tiv e m a te r ia ls a v a ila b le lo c a te d on 20 d i f f e r e n t ta b le s . H ere, th e em ployees w ere a b le to g e t in fo rm a tio n on w orks a fe ty , p rev e n tiv e h e a lth -c a re , p ro te c tio n of th e environm ent, edu c a tio n and c o n tin u in g e d u c a tio n a s w e ll a s r e - e d u c a tio n . One t a b l e p ro v id e d in fo rm a tio n on how to sub m it s u g g e s tio n c o n c e rn in g company is s u e s . A nother sta n d was p u t to g e th e r by th e m anagem ent. Even t h e members o f t h e b o a rd f d i r e c t o r s h a d t h e i r own t a b l e . 3 Not o nly d id th ey r e p o r t on t h e i r fu n c tio n s in th e company, b u t a ls o a in tro d u ced /n ew ty p e of d rin k fo r th o se w orking in h e a tin g p la n ts , and which had been p u t to t e s t r e c e n tly , DG: How many e m p lo y e e s v i s i t e d t h e "Week o f P r e v e n t i o n " ? P . H a r t z ; We em ploy 5200 p e o p le and lo o k e d f o r w a r d t o a n a c t i v e p a r t i c i p a tio n , which was, a f t e r a l l , on a v o lu n ta ry b a s is . The a tte n d a n c e exceeded o u r d re a m s . A p p ro x im a te ly 80% o f t h e e m p lo y e s a t t e n d e d . DG: How w i l l t h e i n f o r m a t i o n , o b t a i n e d d u r in g t h i s p r e v e n t i o n w eek, b e u tilized ? P .H a rtz : I t w ill g iv e us c e rta in c lu e s concerning our em ployees. I f an em ployee i s found n o t to be u p -to -p a r h e a lth w is e , we w i l l su g g e st f u r t h e r v i s i t s to th e company p h y s ic ia n . He w i l l th e n b e g iv en 'l.aI m ed ic al p la n to a s s i s t him w ith th e m e d ic a l regim en . DG: L e t ' s a ssu m e t h a t t h e e x a m in a tio n s show a c o n s i d e r a b l e num ber o f s h if t- w o r k e r s in c a p a b le to h o ld down t h e i r s h if t- w o r k b e c a u se of poor h e a lth and t h a t th ey r e a l l y sh o u ld n o t be w o rk in g . What happens then? MOBILIZATION OF CO-WORKERS P .H a rtz : Then i t i s our ta s k to r e - l o c a t e th e co -w o rk ers. Our company has provided fo r such em ergencies. That is to say, th a t under th ese d i r e c t i v e s we a r e a b le to c o n ta c t o u r c o -w o rk e rs be th e y r e c e n tly em ployed, on a tem porary b a s is or our re g u la r em ployees, and r e - lo c a te them to a m ore s u ita b le p la c e of work. U nder th e s e same g u id e lin e s f a l l a ls o em ployees who a r e h a n d ic a p p e d and whose work o u tp u t has d e c re a sed . I t i s th e company' s p o lic y to r e - lo c a te them to p o s itio n s com m ensurate to t h e i r s ta te o f h e a lth and th e ir p h y sic a l a b ility . 4 DG; W il l t h i s "Week f o r P r e v e n t i o n " s e r v e <[a s a new a p p ro a c h ? it P . H a r t z ; You a r e q u i t e r i g h t . We b e l i e v e , t h a t / i s i m p e r a t i v e an d n e c e s s a r y to m o b iliz e th e em ployees in th e i n te r e s t o f h e a lth p ro te c tio n . In order to achieve th is , they have to be included in the d iscu ssio n s co n cern in g th e d ecisio n -m ak in g p ro c e sse s by management. Many em ployees h av e y e t to c o n t r i b u t e t h e i r id e a s t h a t w ould p r o v id e c o n s tru c tiv e su g g e stio n s and c r itic is m s v a lu a b le to management. T h ese may in c lu d e s u g g e s tio n s on in v e s tm e n t p o l i c i e s , p r o d u c tio n p o l i c ie s , on th e g e n e ra l managment o f th e company and i t s o rg a n iz a tio n p o lic ie s, tim e T h is "Week o f P re v e n tio n " was o rg a n iz e d a t t h i s / fo re m o st, w ith th e em ployees in m ind. P h o to g ra p h s p .7 T ab le w ith in fo rm a tio n p ro v id e d by th e members of th e board of d ir e c to r s p .8 A ssista n c e in emergency: F irs t-A id m ust be tau g h t D em onstration of v a rio u s pro d u cts fo r th e p ro te c tio n of ears T est on r e s is te n c e a g a in s t f i r e dem onstrated on v a rio u s work c lo th e s