Type Case study
Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
The UK legislative framework addressing MSDs has been in place for nearly 40 years, and the policy approach is to inform and enable employers, encouraging them to address risks. The strategy under discussion is the latest in a series of initiatives stretching back 20 years. MSDs are addressed under...
Type Guides & Tools
Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta
LanguageEnglish
ProviderLiberty Mutual Group
Liberty Mutual has updated the manual material handling tables originally published by Snook in 1978, and by Snook and Ciriello in 1991. The new “Liberty Mutual Manual Materials Handling Tables” provide both the male and female population percentages capable of performing manual material handling...
Type Guides & Tools
Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta
LanguageEnglish
ProviderHealth and Safety Executive (HSE)
This guidance gives several examples of lifting aides and is intended for managers, employees and their representatives and others involved in the selection of lifting and handling aids.
Type Guides & Tools
Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta
LanguageEnglish
ProviderIOSH
This guide for employers explains how to protect workers and improve efficiency by managing the risks sensibly. It covers mental well-being as well as work equipment, the work environment and travelling as well as health monitoring. It includes an assessment checklist, a feedback checklist for...
Type Guides & Tools
International
LanguageEnglish
ProviderCornell return on investment (roi) estimator
This simple calculator helps to estimate the potential financial benefits of an ergonomics intervention at planning stage. The calculation is based on the salary of the employee or average salary of the employees when more than one employee will be affected; the number of employees; the expected...
Type Guides & Tools
Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta
LanguageEnglish
ProviderThe Robens Centre for Health Ergonomics
QEC has been designed to: assess the changes in exposure to musculoskeletal risk factors of the back, shoulders and arms, hands and wrists, and neck before and after an ergonomic intervention involve the practitioner (i.e. the observer) who conducts the assessment, and the worker who has direct...
Type Guides & Tools
Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta
LanguageEnglish
ProviderErgonomics Plus
Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) is a survey method developed for use in ergonomic investigations of workplaces where work related upper limb disorders are reported. RULA is a screening tool that assesses biomechanical and postural loading on the whole body with particular attention to the neck,...