FCOS Learning Modules are easily accessible and entertaining, they will help you to check and consolidate your knowledge of the basics in safety and health protection at work.

One of the learning modules is about ergonomics in office work.

This booklet presents basic information about ergonomics: introduction, workplace environment, constrained postures, monotone demands, handling of loads, choice of work equipment, arrangement and dimensions of work places.

This article concerns early intervention where work is compromised by or aggravates a musculoskeletal problem. The sooner a musculoskeletal problem is managed, the less likely it is that it will lead to long-term work loss.

The objective of this OSHwiki article is to show how public health actors were able to achieve mandatory prescription and gradual implementation of daily physical education (DPE) for all schoolchildren in Hungaryand how the implementation was helped by medical professionals and by some ambitious projects.

This web section presents 5 dimensions to be addressed to combine working from home and the occupational health of teleworkers in a successful way.

This articles provides an introduction to participatory approaches to ergonomics, some guidance on its use in preventing work-related musculoskeletal disorders, and some practical examples. Participatory ergonomics interventions involve the people who actually do the work in designing solutions to reduce associated ergonomic risks. It also presents practical resources and further reading. 

Body mapping is a technique to gain information about hazards and ill-health effects in work. The results of using this data-gathering and reporting technique can be fed into the risk assessment and subsequent used to review processes. One of the main reasons this should be promoted is that body mapping has been shown to be very effective in gathering information and helping ordinary workers do something in relation to the health and safety risks that can affect them.

This article provides a classification of physical workload factors and an overview of the basic categories of methods for recording and assessment. It cites examples of each category and highlights future fields of action.

This OSHwiki article presents the Hungarian Spine Society (HSS) prevention programme set up to achieve daily physical education (DPE) with special posture-correcting exercises for all students. A sedentary lifestyle in children affects the development of their spine, its physiological curvature and the adoption of a biomechanically correct posture. 

This article presents the risks faced by the workers in the waste management sector:  manual handling (manipulating waste), working postures (prolonged standing), vibrations (driving vehicles, work equipment), chemical substances, biological agents, work organisation (pace of work, job control), etc.