Type Guides & Tools
EU
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU-OSHA
This article gives a holistic, life course approach to tacking MSDs from birth to employment. Interlinking musculoskeletal health development, risk factors and interventions for children and young people at home, in education and community requires an integrated, collaborative approach, focused on...
Type Guides & Tools
EU
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
These conversation starters facilitate group discussions in the workplace or during vocational training. The included scenarios are designed for workers involved in tasks that may cause MSDs, and for their managers and supervisors.
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 Guides & Tools
EU
LanguageEnglish, French
ProviderEuropean Trade Union Institute, ETUI
This policy brief looks at the work-related causes behind musculoskeletal disorders and formulates policy recommendations for the prevention of these occupational health risks.
Type Guides & Tools
Belgie
LanguageFrench, Dutch
ProviderFederal Public Service Employment, Labor and Social Dialogue
The brochure, specifically designed for workers in the agricultural and green space sectors, answers three questions: What is a musculoskeletal disorder? What are the risks of MSDs? And most importantly, how can MSDs be prevented? The brochure, written by PREVENT, is illustrated with photos showing...
Type Guides & Tools
Finsko
LanguageFinnish
ProviderThe Finnish union of practical nurses
This info sheet on physical load in the pharmacy provides information about manual handling, postures and some exercises in order to avoid MSDs.
Type Guides & Tools
Dánsko
LanguageEnglish
ProviderWorkplace Denmark - for foreign service providers and posted workers
This checklist is a tool for enterprises to use when preparing their workplace assessment (WPA). All enterprises with employees are obligated to draw up workplace assessments. The workplace assessment is the enterprise’s own tool for identifying, prioritising and solving working environment...
