This case study is about a female worker in the retail industry who has suffered from chondromalacia — a condition that causes abnormal softening or deterioration of cartilage in joints — for 2 years. Good communication and working relationships have proven to be instrumental in enabling her to...
Praktické nástroje a pokyny týkající se muskuloskeletálních poruch
Naše snadno použitelná databáze zahrnuje celou řadu praktických nástrojů a pokynů, které byly vyvinuty na úrovni EU i na úrovni jednotlivých států s cílem zjednodušit pracovištím hodnocení muskuloskeletálních poruch a řízení souvisejících rizik.
Mezi zdroje, které pokrývají celou řadu odvětví, druhů nebezpečí a preventivních opatření, patří případové studie i vizuální materiály. Některé jsou zaměřeny konkrétně na určité subjekty, například zaměstnavatele, pracovníky nebo vedoucí pracovníky, některé na řízení muskuloskeletálních poruch u konkrétních skupin pracovníků. Tyto zdroje je možné filtrovat podle kterékoli z těchto kategorií nebo podle celé řady dalších kritérií, takže bez problémů najdete přesně to, co hledáte.
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Handbook for the detection, evaluation and elimination of ergonomic risks in the workplace. The manual outlines the basic procedures and recommendations for quickly and easily identifying those ergonomic risks in the workplace that can lead to so-called musculoskeletal disorders. Also, this guide...
This guideline was developed as a professional recommendation how to avoid long- term sitting at the workplace and thereby reduce the negative impact of the risks arising from long-term sitting. This guideline has the purpose of recognizing risks at workplaces where long-term sitting can be avoided.
This booklet gives information about physical activity and preventing sedentary behaviour in the work environment. It contains information about the health effects as well as practical tips in order to stay physically active during work.
The purpose of this brochure is to help employers to do a risk assessment on the manual handling of loads.
This brochure includes special checklists for investigating work safety issues and ergonomics. The aim is to serve as a tool for those who deal with occupational safety and ergonomics, and especially for safety engineers, in order to better assess occupational risk. Some of the tools presented were...
In this manual, an introduction to ergonomics is introduced, some musculoskeletal disorders and their causes are described, as well as the basic ergonomic design principles of a job. Its goal is to help workers recognize and, on the other hand, cope with the problems arising from the bad design of...