This series of short informative case studies looks at a range of policy level initiatives across Europe and beyond aiming to prevent and manage work-related MSDs. The studies focus on achievements, factors contributing to their success and challenges encountered, and transferability to other...

This case study finds that the percentage of workers in Austria with a MSD is higher than the EU average. The AUVAsicher programme focuses particularly on MSD prevention and on SMEs. AUVA provides support to companies also through AUVAfit and BAUfit schemes. The AUVAfit programme has a specific...

Assessment of manual load handling - guidance on which weights are safe to lift in different situations. This guide is an easy approach on how the user can determine whether the load, duration, frequency of a lift is healthy or not.

This guide is a complete approach on how user can determine whether a lifting situation is exceeding healthy limits and when not. It is very detailed and should be used by a professional user.

This brochure is intended to reduce the physical strain of those affected by measures that lie within their own scope of action; show body-appropriate, back-friendly behaviours and working techniques; make limits of physical resilience visible;- offer a small selection of strengthening and balancing...