It rocks in the building. While working conditions have often been denounced in several studies, few have focused on the impact on the health of craftsmen in this sector. On the initiative of the CAPEB (1), a first ARTI Santé BTP barometer was launched, reports the site of the magazine Le Point.
3,000 business leaders responded. 8 out of 10 consider themselves to be in good health, but “indicators alert the authors of this work to the fragility of their physical and psychological state of health”, summarizes journalist Anne Jeanblanc. The orders are spaced out, the management of the company becomes difficult, as a result, the warning signs are multiplying.
More than 1 in 2 professionals complains of living under stress with accompanying sleep disorders (45%) and fatigue (59%). A vicious circle, work encroaches on private life and damages family relationships. It must be said that half of the artisans declare that they work more than 50 hours a week and that holidays are often cut short.
Not being supported by specific structures such as occupational medicine, three quarters of craftsmen are not medically monitored. “The consultations are of a curative nature, the visit to the doctor being generally motivated by manifest pain, and therefore sometimes when it is already too late”, confirms the site of the Point. So, to identify these burnouts and respond to this silent suffering, CAPEB proposes the establishment of periodic professional medical monitoring for these self-employed workers.
(1) Confederation of crafts and small construction companies
