Whether you are newly diagnosed with arthritis, back pain or another musculoskeletal disorder (MSD), or have been living with the condition for many years, managing work can sometimes be challenging. This guide provides you with upto-date and accurate information and advice to make sure you can find the help you need to stay in your job.
The company Seehafen Kiel Stevedoring operates in the port with heavy-lift cargo, whether it is about heavy goods, container handling or assembling machinery. To lift the cargo they use stabil but heavy chains, that can only be managed by two workers. Therefore, the company developped a strong and stable rope-chain combination. Now, one worker can attach the light part of the rope to the cargo - the heavy part of the chain remains on the ground. This has significantly lighten the load and reduced the risk of musculoskeletal diseases of the workers.
Poster raising awareness on dynamic sitting position: prolonged sitting Prolonged sitting is an increasing occupational health risk in the workplace. Prolonged sitting is a risk factor for various health problems. However, sitting all day long is s everyday life for many people. Changing the posture and position of the body (dynamic sitting/active sitting) will prevent back pain and other health problems related to prolonged sitting.
Lifting and carrying loads is often part of our everyday work, especially in the manufacturing sector. Impropper lifting techniques can result in back problems or musculoskeletal diseases.Therefore, it is essential to know how to safely lift and carry. This brochure shows you the correct lifting techniques the right body posture and propper lifting equipment in different transport situations. The brochure provides easy to understand tips and pictures.
Most back injuries result from improper lifting. Protect your back by practicing proper lifting and carrying techniques.This brochure shows you correct lifting and carrying techniques. With pictures and information you will learn how to safely lift and carry loads.
Manual patient handling is one of the major occupational risks for healthcare workers. Of primary concern are back injuries and shoulder strains, which can both, be severely debilitating. There are several factors, which make patient handling activities hazardous and hereby increase the risk of injury. This tool helps you to assess the manual handling of patients and to take care of safe handling techniques for health care workers.
These guidelines provide recommendations for poultry processing facilities to reduce the number and severity of work-related MSDs.
How do you load or unload vehicles in your company? Is manual loading and unloading carried out safely in your company? This checklist provides tips and helps you to manage risk during loading and unloading procedures.
The main goal of this report is to analyse the occupational accident rate due to overexertion from an epidemiological perspective in order to provide some detailed data of interest for prevention, which may be useful for all the agents involved in this task (Administrations, Social Partners, Prevention Services...).
The Erik Walther company (Erik Walther GmbH und CO.KG, Germany) is a medium-sized enterprise for mineral oils, fuels, gases and other energy sources. One business area is the sale of liquefied gases, which includes the refill of gasbottles. Each bottle weights 22 kg. Every day, up to 10,000 kg had to be moved, while the workers alternated every hour. Manual lifting tasks with high loads may induce musculoskeletal disorders.