Occupational Epidemiology/Dock Workers´ Health and Safety Surveillance and Intervention Program - enter/2. Agenda and minutes from meetings

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Meeting at the Occupational Medical Clinic,Esbjerg, Denmark

Gert Thomsen, Jesper Rasmussen, Olaf Jensen

  1. We agreed to collaborate on the dock workers project and other possible OH projects
  2. One of the new doctors might be interested
  3. We agreed to have regular meetings schedule 1-2 times per year
  4. The project should be presented and discussed at a coming staff meeting


9 Nov 2017 Meeting at DFDS Esbjerg, Denmark Brian Mayland, Flemming Laursen, Olaf Jensen, Jan, Martin:

  1. Several cancer cases among the approximately 55 employees at the harbor are causing serious concerns among the dock workers
  2. Project with measurements of NOx and SOx air pollution is being planned together with management.
  3. A cooperation with the University of Southern Denmark on a working environment questionnaire survey is being planned
  4. Flemming will assist in the project
  5. We keep in touch and arrange a new meeting when needed


8 Oct 2017 Correspondence with Jørgen Hovgaard, Nicaragua and Olaf Jensen, Panama/Denmark

  • A monitoring project under the "Blue Risk Survey Program" is realistic now
  • We agree that small prevalence porjects like the one in Esbjerg and other cities should be done as the first step in a bigger plan, Olaf work on this
  • Jørgen will continue to develop Union ITF supported intervention plan, with application for fundings

The first steps to develop the program were taken in the Dock Workers´ Seminar in Panama 6-8 Sep 2017 arranged by 3-f Denmark, the regional ITF and the regional dock workers unions.


  • Dock Workers Seminar 6-8 Sept 2017
  • Hotel Toscana Inn, Panama
  • Present: The Danish 3f representatives and union representatives from different CentralAm and LatinAm countries
  • Invited: Dr. Caristina Robaina, Havana Cuba and Dr. Olaf Jensen, Southern Danish University

Agenda The union-specific issues and Health and Safety issues

  • Program plans and ideas presented by Caristina and Olaf
  • The need for defined inclusion criteria for injuries (1 day off or other) in the before and after measurements
  • The validity of data from the injury registers to the authorities can be questioned, due to under-reporting - therefore
  • The start priority is to measure the knowledge on injury prevention before and after for the youngest workers, leaders and administrators
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