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as mental suffering accident of an employee victim of aggression Santurtzi
The National Institute of Social Security (INSS) has been recognized as an occupational accident suffered mental suffering by a worker in a nursing home, which was "a victim of constant verbal and physical aggression by a resident."
As reported CC.OO. in a statement, this resolution, the result of the application for change made by this contingency union, is new to be "very rare" to have achieved recognition as an accident at work temporary disability of a psychological nature, such as anxiety disorders, stress or depression.
The worker, a nursing assistant for 39 years, provides services in a home for Santurce. Since last January has been subjected to "insults, death threats and physical assault" from an elderly resident of the school, which her friends were witnesses, and a lingering for months, to be extended to other employees and even other residents.
Finally, the worker due to disabilities caused transient and facts were made known to the management of the center and reported to the City of Santurce.
Mutual Osakidetza and determined the low and common disease, to what CC.OO. Contingency requested the change, considering that "the situation of anxiety and the need for medication working directly derived from the continued aggression by the resident of his workplace."
To CC.OO. such resolutions constitute "a breakthrough" in the field of recognition of psychosocial risks at work and should serve to "kick start overcome the difficulty "of workers to gain recognition for work-related accident when they suffer this type of situation, and move to risk assessments of companies.
15/09/2009 10:26:56 - Finanzas.com
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