Type Guides & Tools
Sveitsi
LanguageGerman, French, Italian
ProviderSwiss Accident Insurance Fund - SUVA
How do you load or unload vehicles in your company? Is manual loading and unloading carried out safely in your company? This checklist provides tips and helps you to manage risk during loading and unloading procedures.
Type Guides & Tools
Sveitsi
LanguageGerman, French, Italian
ProviderSwiss Commission for the Coordination of Occupational Health and Safety EKAS
Loading and unloading of vehicles are activities which heighten the chance of workplace injuries. Manual handling includes lifting, but also usually climbing, pushing, and pulling, all of which pose the risk of injury to the back. In many cases there is a lack of the necessary training and tools...
Type Guides & Tools
Saksa
LanguageGerman
ProviderGerman Social Accident for energy, textile, electrical, and media products - BGETEM
Design of the workspace may have significant impact on the health and safety of the workers. Poor designed workplaces may cause physical and mental stress and can result in a higher rate of absenteeism. This brochure gives tips on how to design assembly workstations eronomically. Suggestions for...
Type Visual resources, Guides & Tools
Saksa
LanguageGerman
ProviderGerman accident Insurance of North-Rhine-Westpahlia
The work of rescue service and fire brigades is characterised by lifting and carrying heavy loads, time pressure, narrow transport routes and awkward postures. This leads to high loads on the musculoskeletal system, especially the back. Lifting and carrying heavy loads - especially those with...
Type Case study
EU, Ranska
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU-OSHA
This report includes Case 5.1: A French printing company needing to address the MSDs and absenteeism affecting its mainly female staff in its finishing workshop. They obtained help from the regional association for the improvement of working conditions (ARACT). Ergonomic solutions were put in place...
Type Visual resources, Case study
Saksa
LanguageGerman
ProviderSocial accident insurance for agriculture, forestry and horticulture - SVLFG
Ergo break is a special work-related training concept for forest workers. The compensatory exercises can be done on site in the forest without great effort or interruption of the work-flow. ergo break is tailored to the physical work of forest workers. Just a few minutes for health promotion brings...
Type Case study
Saksa
LanguageGerman
ProviderJoint German OSH Strategy - GDA
The Joint German Occupational Safety and Health Strategy (GDA) is an initiative by the German government, the federal states ("Länder") and the accident insurance institutions. T he federal government, the federal states and the accident insurance have committed themselves to jointly coordinate...