This handout gives practical information/insights on cumulative trauma injuries and how to avoid them, providing alternative work methods. This handout specifically targets housekeepers (in hotels and other buildings)

This information sheet covers a number of different techniques you may find useful in your workplace in order to make an assessment about health issues. It addresses body mapping, risk mapping, conducting surveys, and several (ergonomic) checklists about several different workplaces.

This cleaning guide shows you how to clean ergonomically. Working ergonomically means that, as a housekeeper, you must take care to maintain your physical and mental health. Practice proper postures and techniques during your training. This will allow you to clean without overloading your body...

This film shows how, in the hotel sector, preventive measures requiring major investments can quickly prove beneficial both for the well-being of employees and for the economic health of establishments. It shows in particular specific situations, involving new equipment but also new organisation of...

This brochure is aimed at hairdressers. It makes considerable use of photos showing real work situations and drawings of postures to illustrate hazards and good practices. It also includes pictures of simple exercises to help relieve the effects of static work postures. The brochure answers three...

This manual aims to respond to the need for a written tool to support training in the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders for women seafarers. It is divided into 9 main blocks: The first two explain in a very brief way what risk prevention means and how the science of ergonomics can be applied...

Cleaning activities can be physically demanding and should be done without exposing workers to the risks of work-related musculoskeletal diseases (MSD). However, cleaners are at risk of developing MSDs as a result of their work. There are various solutions that can be used in order to modify tasks...