[Teleworking and its repercussions in the Senegalese context during the covid-19 pandemic]

PURPOSE

To describe the repercussions of teleworking among the employees of an humanitarian agency based in Dakar, in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

We carried out a transversal, descriptive study, from june 10 to 13, 2021. An anonymous online questionnaire, created via Google Survey platform, was sent to the various employees of this agency.

RESULTS

Married people were more numerous (76%). The average age was 45.7 yearsold. The employees lived in families of an average of six peoples. The most enumerated advantages of teleworking were the economic gains linked to the absence of travel (88%), the improvement of work / family balance (84%), the increase in efficiency (64%) and feeling of freedom felt (56%). On the other hand, the increase in working time (96%), low back pain (72%), the family environment often not very favorable to teleworking (52%) and the decrease in social ties between colleagues (60%) were the main limitations of teleworking.

CONCLUSION

It has many advantages and also has limitations. These could be minimized by better organization and psychological support for the staff.

[Work accidents declared at the level of the Social Security Fund (SSF) of Richard-Toll in Senegal]

INTRODUCTION

The Richard-Toll social security fund agency ranks second in terms of declaration of work accidents (WA) in Senegal. In view of this and in the absence of a study that is interested in this subject, we initiated this work, the aim of which was to study these WA declared in the said agency.

METHODOLOGY

This was a retrospective and descriptive study carried out from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2020. The parameters studied were the socio-professional information of the victims and the characteristics of the accidents.

RESULTS

A total of 1,071 workplace accidents were recorded. The average age of the victims was 37.1 years old. Agricultural workers and laborers were more concerned (95.5%). Site accidents accounted for 95% of cases. Lesions were mainly wounds (83.3%) and were benign in 98.2% of cases. The machete was incriminated in 48.5% of cases. Accidents occurred while cutting sugar cane in 81% of cases. The Senegalese sugar company was the main reporter (99%) and 84.4% of accidents were recorded periodically from December to May.

CONCLUSION

Work accidents are a reality in the Senegalese sugar company. Studies are urgently needed to better understand this issue. The purpose was to strengthen pre-existing prevention programs.