This series of short informative case studies looks at a range of policy level initiatives across Europe and beyond aiming to prevent and manage work-related MSDs. The studies focus on achievements, factors contributing to their success and challenges encountered, and transferability to other...

This guide is a brief overview of what it means to be a transfer counsellor in the social and health field. It is intended as an introduction to new supervisors and employees. The workplaces in the field are very diverse and range from large hospitals to smaller institutions to the elderly care in...

The film shows the physical dangers of cleaning the rooms in a hotel and the means to prevent these complaints.

This booklet describes a practically applicable method to ensure sustained effort against musculoskeletal disorders (MSB). The booklet and method is aimed at MED committees at strategic level in municipalities and regions. The method booklet is supplemented by seven specific tools for the local MED...

This films show the physical danger of pushing and pulling and lifting when doing kitchen work.

All the organisation of work associated with the grape harvesting and transportation to the processing equipment was implemented with the objective of reducing, as much as possible, the manual effort associated with the transportation of grapes from the vines to the processing equipment and...

Traditionally the collecting of fruits was performed using mobile ladders (extension ladders and double sided step ladders). The efficiency of the collection process was very low and the risk to accidents and health problems to the workers was very high. Simultaneously to reduce workload on the...