Type Guides & Tools
EU
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
This article focuses on the use of hazard mapping regarding hazards related to MSDs. Hazard mapping is a form of worker participation that concerns marking hazards at work stations on a map. Hazard mapping can be applied to various issues, such as work safety, working with chemicals, exposure to...
Type Case study
Německo
LanguageGerman
ProviderREHADAT
Workplace adjustments allow disabled people to have the same access to the workplace as their non-disabled colleagues. The REHADAT portal provides Good Practice examples for people with disabilities. More than 450 Good Practice examples show what employers can do to remove barriers to work for...
Type Guides & Tools
Spojené království
LanguageEnglish
Providernational Rheumatoid Arthritis Society - NRAS
This booklet has information about Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), how it can affect people at work, the kind of difficulties it can cause and how these may be overcome. It also includes up to date information of where employers can go for help and advice on the law relating to disability, on best...
Type Guides & Tools
Německo
LanguageGerman
ProviderGerman League for Rheumatism
In Germany, 20 million people suffer from over 100 different forms of rheumatism, such as chronic back pain, fibromyalgia and arthrosis or inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis or ankylosing spondylitis. Finding — and keeping — a job that works within the limitations imposed by...
Type Guides & Tools
Spojené království
LanguageEnglish
ProviderNational Rheumatoid Arthritis Society - NRAS
This booklet provides a practical and definitive source of guidance and information to help employers deal with the long-term health implications of people suffering with rheumatoid arthritis. You will find information about the disease and how it can affect people at work, the kind of difficulties...
Type Case study
EU, Francie
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU-OSHA
This report includes Case 5.1: A French printing company needing to address the MSDs and absenteeism affecting its mainly female staff in its finishing workshop. They obtained help from the regional association for the improvement of working conditions (ARACT). Ergonomic solutions were put in place...