Norway Yearbook - 1996

Labour market
1 95 Percentage of employees exposed to various work environment problems.1 1993
Technical,
Work environment problems All scentific, Administra- Clerical
humanistic tive work work
work
Occupation
Sales work
Transport
and communication
work
Manufacturing
and
constructiorr
work
Service
work
Percentage who for half
their working hours or more
are exposed to
Loud noise 9 3 2 3 2 11 27 9
Vibrations 6 2 2 2 1 10 19 4
Heat 7 3 3 3 3 6 15 12
Cold 8 2 2 1 3 19 22 6
Draught 11 5 4 8 9 23 25 8
Dryair 34 47 31 41 30 26 22 33
Inadequate lighting 7 7 3 4 3 9 16 5
Skin contact with coolants,
lubricants, cleansing agents or
desinfectants 9 6 2 1 3 5 14 28
Percentage who for half of
their working hours or more
can see or smell
Dust 16 9 5 7 9 17 44 12
Gas or steam 5 2 1 1 3 4 14 8
Passive tobacco smoking . 12 8 10 12 14 13 17 17
Percentage who for half of
their working hours or more
Strain their body more at work
than during ordinary activity 30 22 7 4 21 31 57 54
Work so hard that they breathe
faster 10 4 3 1 6 10 25 17
Must squat or kneel when
working 9 6 2 1 4 4 21 11
Work standing or walking . 54 61 20 14 62 39 74 84
Work with hands at shoulder
levelorabove 10 5 2 3 8 13 25 16
Work bent forward without
leaning on their hands or arms 11 10 3 6 7 7 19 22
Work in other positions that
place a permanent strain on the
back 13 11 6 8 9 10 20 24
Work with repeated and monotonous
movements 34 17 31 50 30 51 40 45
Percentage who at least 5 times
a day haveto lift at least 20kg 16 15 5 2 12 25 35 12
1Based on a sample of 3 682 employees.
Source: Survey of Working Conditions 1993. More information: Division for Social Welfare Statistics.
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