With this tool, an assesment of the risks of aunal handling in different sectors can be made. Work-related muscle and skeletal disorders, including injuries from manual handling, are one of the most common health problems among European workers. Prevention of such injuries and ailments has high priority at most European labour inspectorates.

Tips and measures to prevent repetitive stress injury while working on a computer.

Tips and advice for customising  computer workplaces to prevent muscle and skeleton pain

This website provides useful information on work that involves heavy lifting and/or are repetitive or monotonous, which may  cause muscle and skeletal pain. On this website some tips for avoiding these kinds of problems are provided. 

Guide for cleaning personnel about functional cleaning equipment and good working techniques that prevent problems due to muscle and bone stress.

This website gives advice for the prevention of muscle and skeleton pain from working in laboratories. Several tasks, such as pipetting and microscopy are addressed in this information. The website also gives some useful links to other sources of information that could be useful in preventing injuries or minimizing health risks in the laboratory.

Films with pause exercises to do during the working day to prevent disorders of the muscular system. There are short films for individual exercises, that can be done when sitting or standing. 

This toolkit is a collection of information, guidance materials and templates that can help workplaces develop and apply an organisational strategy to reduce prolonged sitting in the workplace. Prolonged sitting poses significant risks to the health of workers and to the organisations they work for. Risks include chronic disease and early death for workers, and loss of productivity for organisations.

This guide outlines common manual handling tasks and practical solutions to help workers complete tasks safely. It uses a ‘traffic light’ format to identify high risk work, reduced risk solutions and preferred solutions.

This document advises how workplaces can prevent injuries among workers loading and unloading vehicles. It outlines: how workers loading and unloading vehicles can be injured, how workers can be injured suddenly or over time, and how workplaces can prevent injuries using mechanical lifting devices and ramps