Type Case study
Puola
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
ARTEX is a small sewing plant with 14 female employees working five-day single shifts. Repetitive tasks, performed seated, increase the risk of MSDs. In addition to legally-required medical checks, assessment of individual workstations led to improvements in work organisation, layout and equipment...
Type Visual resources
New Zealand
LanguageEnglish
ProviderACC New Zealand
These flip cards give workers information about postures and moving the body during static work. Furthermore, several body exercises are displayed to prevent and manage discomfort, pain and injury
Type Guides & Tools
Italia
LanguageItalian
ProviderINAIL
The 60 risk sheets contain a description of the task, with an indication of any machinery/equipment in use, providing an estimate of the risk of biomechanical overload for the right and left upper limbs. The evaluation method applied is the OCRA Check-list. For each task, different work scenarios...
Type Case study
Italia
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
The level of vibration generated by a pneumatic screwdriver depends on the power of the internal motor and on the clutch type. Traditional screwdrivers, using a mechanical slip clutch, produce high levels of vibration. Modern clutches that automatically and immediately stop the feeding air when the...
Type Guides & Tools
New Zealand
LanguageEnglish
ProviderHabitAtWork
HabitAtWork is an educational tool promoting self-help and problem solving for preventing and managing discomfort, pain and injury. This tool is intended to prevent and manage discomfort, pain and injury in the industrial environment.