Sewing involves repeated movements of the shoulder and arm, a static position of the spine and lower extremities, as well as the inclination forward while the job is done throughout the workinghours. Sewing machine operators have shoulder and neck problems. An ergonomically designed workstation...

This booklet presents the possible ways of preventing health damage caused by occupational risk factors and the possibilities of risk management. Special attention is paid to the environmental factors of the task, the ergonomic factors such as material handling, its occurrence and the potential...

The publication give details about occupational diseases caused by working in the light industry, and provides information about the prevention options.

This case study takes place in a family business with a hundred employees specialized in the manufacture of textiles. The company was confronted with a high level of stress at the workstations (repetitive movements, suspended arms, manual handling, etc.). Two experts in industrial organization and...

The Service Center Altenwerder (SCA) is a subsidiary of the HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder. The SCA service also includes the maintenance of around 100 spreaders. This is the name of the load handling attachment on the container handling equipment. There are bolts called twistlocks on the...

Ergonomic risk prevention guide based on the study carried out in several companies dedicated to the food distribution activity. The guide aims to indicate where the most problematic points are in the tasks that workers usually carry out and in the following activities: Butchery ,Delicatessen...