A methodological review of available data on MSDs

Background

In 2015, roughly three out of every five workers across the 28 Member States of the EU (EU-28) reported complaints related to musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). This illustrates that MSDs remain the most common work-related health problem in the EU. MSDs affect workers in all sectors and occupations and, besides the effects on workers themselves, they lead to high costs to enterprises and society as a whole[1].It is in this context that the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) decided to set up the ‘OSH overview on MSDs’ activity. The specific objectives of this activity were to:encourage more and better-targeted policy instruments at EU and…