Poster showing exercises to practice at the office.

This guide summarizes the most important requirements and recommendations for safe and healthy computer work and provide both good and bad example of postures.

The publication aims at informing and raising awareness among workers, employers and all those involved in health and safety at work to better and more effectively implement legislative provisions and take appropriate measures to improve working conditions and reduce relation to the exposure of...

This leaflet provides basic information and raising the awareness among young workers and students for the risks related to musculoskeletal disorders. The leaflet was produced for supporting the targets of the national campaign implemented in the framework of the European OSH campaign 2007 “Lighten...

This booklet highlights the wide range of problems faced by the computer worker and it proposes measures to prevent them.

Almost two thirds of EU workers report being exposed to repetitive hand and arm movements, and a quarter to vibrations from tools - significant risk factors for work-related neck and upper limb disorders (WRULDs). Many workers, in a wide range of jobs, develop WRULDs and they are the most common...

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the most common workrelated problem in Europe. Almost 24 % of the EU-25 workers report suffering from backache and 22 % complain about muscular pains. Both conditions are more prevalent in the new Member States, 39 % and 36 % respectively.