Type Case study
Spanyolország
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
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...
Type Guides & Tools
EU
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
This article is one in a series of discussion papers looking at sectors that have a high prevalence of MSDs. It summarises the findings of a review undertaken as part of the ergoHair project, which aims to promote a healthy and safe working environment in the hairdressing sector.
Type Guides & Tools
New Zealand
LanguageEnglish
ProviderACC New Zealand
This information sheet identifies the dangers and risks from manual handling in farming and offers recommendations to help avoid accidents and injuries.
Type Visual resources, Guides & Tools
Olaszország
LanguageItalian
ProviderINAIL
This brochure is aimed at workers and their safety representatives with the aim of raising awareness and involving everyone in the prevention of MSDs, both through proper individual behaviour, respectful of their own health and that of others, and to ask the employer for appropriate instructions...
Type Guides & Tools
Szlovénia
LanguageSlovenian
ProviderThe association of free trade unions of Slovenia
This publication for Slovenian workers in 2007 is a part of two related campaigns to prevent musculoskeletal disorders in the European trade unions and the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work in Bilbao. In this publication, the European trade unions include the true causes of...
Type Guides & Tools
Bulgária
LanguageBulgarian
ProviderEU OSHA
This factsheet provides practical information about the manual handling of loads. It discusses the hazards of manual loading and provides useful information on correct handling techniques.