This guide presents the risks factors related to the manual handling of loads, the biomechanical principles of safety and economy of effort, and how to use the body.

Leaflet giving advice on how to handle loads. It gives scores for different ways on how to handle loads, showing the reader the best and the worst ways to handle loads.

The purpose of this brochure is to help employers to do a risk assessment on the manual handling of loads.

In this manual, an introduction to ergonomics is introduced, some musculoskeletal disorders and their causes are described, as well as the basic ergonomic design principles of a job. Its goal is to help workers recognize and, on the other hand, cope with the problems arising from the bad design of...

This guide provides useful information and good practices on manual handling in the field of companies operating in the construction sector.

This guide provides useful information and good practices on manual handling in the field of companies operating in the retail sector.

Provision of useful information and good practices on manual handling in the field of companies operating in the construction sector, for supporting the national campaign implemented in the framework of the European SLIC campaign on “Manual handling”, 2007-2008