Traditional nets are produced manually by operators at UAB Vonin Lithuania, a professional fishing equipment manufacturer, leading to musculoskeletal disorders. As the tasks could not be mechanised, the work was analysed to identify safe working techniques to reduce the loads on their body. As well...

Most of works on the fishing and transport boats are related to the manual handling and lifting of the various loads and repetitive movements or incorrect working postures. The management of the company decided to develop a combined method of ergonomic training for raising employees’ awareness...

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...

This guide provides useful information and good practices on manual handling in the field of companies operating in the construction sector.

This guide provides useful information and good practices on manual handling in the field of companies operating in the retail sector.

Provision of useful information and good practices on manual handling in the field of companies operating in the construction sector, for supporting the national campaign implemented in the framework of the European SLIC campaign on “Manual handling”, 2007-2008

Provision of useful information and good practices on manual handling in the field of companies operating in the retail sector, for supporting the national campaign implemented in the framework of the European SLIC campaign on “Manual handling”, 2007-2008.