Employees of the Slovenian insurance company Zavarovalnica Triglav, d.d. mostly perform desk-based work and risk developing MSDs through computer use. The company used a holistic approach to address mental and physical health through ergonomic measures, promotion of physical activity and awareness...

This series of short informative case studies looks at a range of policy level initiatives across Europe and beyond aiming to prevent and manage work-related MSDs. The studies focus on achievements, factors contributing to their success and challenges encountered, and transferability to other...

This case study finds that the percentage of workers in Austria with a MSD is higher than the EU average. The AUVAsicher programme focuses particularly on MSD prevention and on SMEs. AUVA provides support to companies also through AUVAfit and BAUfit schemes. The AUVAfit programme has a specific...

This booklet focuses on several important issues that are commonly found in home work/learning environments that include interactions with digital devices.

Assessment of manual load handling - guidance on which weights are safe to lift in different situations. This guide is an easy approach on how the user can determine whether the load, duration, frequency of a lift is healthy or not.

This guide is a complete approach on how user can determine whether a lifting situation is exceeding healthy limits and when not. It is very detailed and should be used by a professional user.

The purpose of this brochure is to help employers to do a risk assessment on the manual handling of loads.