Type Guides & Tools
EU
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
This articles introductes what is lower back pain and provides information about the management of back pain at work.
Type Guides & Tools
EU
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
This article is one in a series of discussion papers looking at sectors that have a high prevalence of MSDs. It summarises the findings of a review undertaken as part of the ergoHair project, which aims to promote a healthy and safe working environment in the hairdressing sector.
Type Guides & Tools
EU
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
This report pulls together and analyses existing data relating to MSDs from the main EU surveys and administrative data. These data are completed and enriched with data from national sources. The report aims to provide a well-founded evidence base to support policy makers, researchers and the...
Type Guides & Tools
Německo
LanguageGerman
ProviderProfessional association for wood and metal
This booklet provides information on risk assessment and prevention for occupational health and safety experts and works councils in woodwork and metalwork. It contains information about risk assessments in both the factory floor as well as the risks associated with working in the office.
Type Visual resources, Guides & Tools
USA
LanguageEnglish
ProviderTriMedia Environmental & Engineering Firm
This website provides information (and a short film) about several interventions in the healthcare industry. Healthcare workers make diagnoses and prognoses all day long, but it isn’t always easy for them to recognize signs and symptoms of injury in themselves. Although hospitals and other...
Type Visual resources, Guides & Tools
Belgie
LanguageFrench, Dutch
ProviderFederal Public Service Employment, Labor and Social Dialogue
This guide on MSDs and cleaning staff covers what are MSDs, the risks and their prevention. It is illustrated with many photos and images showing real work situations, including good and bad practices and examples of exercises which can be done at work.
Type Guides & Tools
Belgie
LanguageFrench, Dutch
ProviderFederal Public Service Employment, Labor and Social Dialogue
This manual for the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders in the early childhood care sector deals with the problem of musculoskeletal disorders in the early childhood care sector in the following aspects: the extent of the problem in the sector, risk factors and preventive measures (ergonomic...
