This checklist includes questions on working postures of the back and neck, arms and hands, legs during sitting and standing tasks. It also gives examples of the type of action at a technical, organisational and individual level that can be put in place to prevent or reduce the risks caused by...
Praktické nástroje a pokyny týkající se muskuloskeletálních poruch
Naše snadno použitelná databáze zahrnuje celou řadu praktických nástrojů a pokynů, které byly vyvinuty na úrovni EU i na úrovni jednotlivých států s cílem zjednodušit pracovištím hodnocení muskuloskeletálních poruch a řízení souvisejících rizik.
Mezi zdroje, které pokrývají celou řadu odvětví, druhů nebezpečí a preventivních opatření, patří případové studie i vizuální materiály. Některé jsou zaměřeny konkrétně na určité subjekty, například zaměstnavatele, pracovníky nebo vedoucí pracovníky, některé na řízení muskuloskeletálních poruch u konkrétních skupin pracovníků. Tyto zdroje je možné filtrovat podle kterékoli z těchto kategorií nebo podle celé řady dalších kritérií, takže bez problémů najdete přesně to, co hledáte.
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Workers in the construction industry perform physically demanding work. The physical strain is often high. This can lead to complaints to the neck, shoulder and back, and thus even to sickness absence and disability. Almost half of the absenteeism in the construction industry is caused by these...
Factors in the mental work environment appear to be related to the occurrence of physical pain and nuisance. In this leaflet you can read briefly about research in the field as well as find inspiration and methods to move forward with a multi-strenuous effort against muscle and skeletal problems in...
This website offers free tools to assess the risks of physical work load and a 5-step approach to guide during the process of tackling the present issues.
On this website, several tools intended to help / guide companies to assess and prevent physical load. The tools presented are: Hand-arm vibration exposure calculator ; NIOSH method, factsheets on both physical load and sitting, and a tool on how to determine a policy on physical load.
Physically demanding work can have nasty consequences for the body of an employee. There are many different ways to deal with physically demanding work. Read in this Océ practical story how they have dealt with physically demanding work.
This checklist concerns hazards for injury or development of disorders to the lower limb and is targeted at people engaged in workplace hazard identification. In addition, this checklist offers examples of preventive measures that can help to reduce LLDs risks.