Workers at the Austrian materials company Rohrdorfer Transportbeton GmbH were at risk from MSDs such as back strain from manually lifting and emptying heavy packages into concrete mixer trucks. Thanks to a scissor lift introduced by the company to reduce MSDs, employees now work more safely with...

The work of some 600 older support staff at University Hospital Vienna, the largest hospital in Austria, is physically strenuous. A new work environment designed to accommodate this ageing workforce was needed. With the involvement and participation of workers, the hospital introduced measures such...

This guide provides a self-diagnosis to identify whether a company is affected by MSDs and determine its needs to prevent them.

This guide supports transgender employees, their employers/human resource staff and work colleagues to develop a safe and supportive working environment where transgender employees can be fully integrated. The ultimate aim of the guide is to create a safe working environment with reduced...