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This info sheet gives different strategies to reduce MSD hazards and improve workplace performance. It contains of three main principles:
This info sheet gives some practical information on hazard involved with manual handling, and how to control these hazards. Manual material handling work is carried out in most workplaces. Musculoskeletal injuries are a common hazard for workers who perform this type of work.
This guide on MSDs and cleaning staff covers what are MSDs, the risks and their prevention. It is illustrated with many photos and images showing real work situations, including good and bad practices and examples of exercises which can be done at work.
This guide on MSDs and hospital logistic staff covers what are MSDs, the risks and their prevention. It is illustrated with many photos and images showing real work situations, including good and bad practices and examples of exercises which can be done at work.
This guide on MSDs and kitchen workers covers what are MSDs, the risks and their prevention. It covers food preparation, heavy lifting, storage, cleaning tasks. It is illustrated with many photos and images showing real work situations, including good and bad practices and examples of exercises which can be done at work.
This film, in French, is largely language-free and self-explanatory. It shows real tasks carried out by a home helper (e.g. cleaning, food preparation, caring for the client. It shows poor hazardous practices and practical solutions, e.g. to improve working heights and to make it easier to move clients. Finishes by showing some simple stretching exercises.
This film, with French commentary and subtitles, is very visual. It uses real work situations, including warehouse work, supermarket check outs, food preparation factory and office works to show the risks and prevention measures. It covers manual handling, poor postures and repetitive work. It also shows the effects on the body, e.g. spinal column and wrist.’
In this game developed for young people of the third cycle of secondary education, the hero "Flexaminator" fights musculoskeletal disorders.
This manual has three objectives: to understand the functioning of the musculoskeletal system , to understand how it can deteriorate and to develop solutions adapted to the hospital sector. In particular, it offers many illustrations of the practical actions that hospital staff must take in their daily work.
This manual has three objectives: to know how the back is working, to understand how it can deteriorate and to develop solutions adapted to the transport and logistics sector.
