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training. Participants were very enthusiastic
and raised a lot of good questions for Tinja,”
says Anne Holla from Intersport Rintamäki.
HEALTH IS WORTH MAINTAINING
The aim of Kesko's Occupational Health
Service is healthy employees, an efficient
working community, and a healthy and safe
working environment. The unit cooperates
closely with various Kesko offices. Monitoring
employees' health and working ability is
a continuous joint effort between the unit
and each office.
Kesko's Occupational Health Service has
signed a service provider agreement with
Kela, the Social Insurance Institution of
Finland, valid from the beginning of 2012.
Kesko's Occupational Health Service produces
related services for Kesko employees
in the Greater Helsinki area. In other parts
of Finland, such services are acquired for
companies covered by the agreement on a
centralised basis. In other countries, occupational
health care is arranged according
to the local social legislation.
“Employees across the whole country benefit
from the adoption of the centralised provision
of occupational health care services
and target-oriented management practices,”
OCCUpaTIONal HEalTH sERvICE PaRTICIPaTEd
IN PLaNNING THE WORKING CONdITIONs
aT THE LOGIsTICs CENTRE
Kesko's Occupational Health Service unit
has participated in the planning of Anttila's
new logistics centre since the autumn
2009. The aim of the cooperation with the
representatives of the logistics centre was
to make the new premises as ergonomic
and safe as possible for employees.
“We participated in Anttila's planning
working group when equipment and tools
were selected for the logistics centre. We
carried out a work safety analysis in the
areas of high-bay storage, case and pallet
picking and robot case picking. We
thought over the intensity of lighting
and the location of equipment and displays.
The assessment of work hazards
was made in cooperation with the occupational
safety unit. We recommended
that electrically adjustable packaging
tables should be acquired for the small
goods packaging unit to enable people
of different height to work in an optimum
position. It's also important for employees
that there is an occupational health
says Pirjo Anttila, Chief Physician of Kesko's
Occupational Health Service, and continues:
“Our aim is that all employees in the Kesko
Group have available to them occupational
health care services to the same extent and
content throughout Finland, without the
previous diversity of outsourced services.”
HEALTH CHECK-UPS PROvIDE
INFORMATION
Before the start of employment, all new
employees have a medical check-up. The
content of the check-up varies according
to whether the employee will work in the
office, warehouse or store.
Regular medical check-ups are conducted
for the following age groups: 35-, 40-, 45-,
50-, 55-, 58-, 61- and 64-year-olds. They consist
of laboratory tests, filling in different
questionnaires, an examination done by a
nurse and, if required, by a doctor.
In all medical check-ups, the employee's
health and working ability is assessed in
relation to job requirements, after which a
health plan is drawn up together.
In connection with the check-ups, fitness
tests are carried out for those aged 35 and 40.
In 2011, fitness tests of 30-year-olds were
also included in the programme.
clinic and a new gym in the premises,”
explains Occupational Physiotherapist
Kristian Turklin from Kesko's Occupational
Health Service.
The new logistics centre was officially
opened in August 2011. Work with the
HEalTHINEss
“Musculo-skeletal disorders are very
common in the trading sector, even among
young people. We wanted to include a new
age group in our tests, so that those who
have been neglecting their health would
wake up in time to do some exercise and
take care of themselves with future in
mind,” says Pirjo Anttila.
ADvICE AND WEIGHT CONTROL
The Occupational Health Service provides
individual guidance for employees in many
kinds of situations – in personal crises, case
of burnout or if something is threatening
their physical health. If needed, gym classes
and tailored exercise and health advice
groups will be set up.
Many employees who want to lose weight
have received support from their occupational
health nurse.
“First, we discuss issues related to diet
and life-style and think about which factors
would best help the employees with
weight control and feel good for them. This
way we can best motivate them and guide
towards the right kind of weight control. The
kilos alone don't tell the whole story. Good
results are often obtained when changes in
the body composition index, the ratio of fat
occupational health care will continue.
“During spring 2012, we will arrange
work safety training for all the employees
of the logistics centre, prepare a work site
survey and repeat the assessment of work
hazards,” says Kristian Turklin.
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