Type Guides & Tools
USA
LanguageEnglish
ProviderOregon Occupational Safety and Health (Oregon OSHA)
Information about how shoulder and neck injuries develop in construction workers and what techniques can be used in order to avoid these.
Type Case study
Franciaország
LanguageFrench
ProviderINRS
The case study presents the Smictom in Alsace, which manages the collection and treatment of household waste in 90 municipalities. This establishment is constantly examining how to improve working conditions. The technical and organizational changes in collections, waste collection centers and its...
Type Case study
Franciaország
LanguageFrench
ProviderINRS
This case study looks at the problems faced in nurseries. Indeed, It is not uncommon for nursery staff to suffer from low back problems, often the cause of significant absenteeism. In Strasbourg, in the Bas-Rhin, the two nurseries of the Stenger Bachmann foundation have been working for several...
Type Case study
Franciaország
LanguageFrench
ProviderINRS
This case study presents the Girardeau company, based in Beaurepaire in Vendée, specialized in masonry and structural work. Faced with the reality of a physical job which puts the backs of workers to the test, management has implemented a prevention approach which aims in particular to limit the...
Type Guides & Tools
Franciaország
LanguageFrench
ProviderINRS
This guide is for musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) of the upper limb. After situating the MSD issue, it answers the most frequently asked questions and provides information on the statistical data, pathophysiology and clinical signs of MSDs. It also addresses risk factors in general as well as...
Type Case study
USA
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
This project was initiated with the intention of helping nursery growers, vegetable, berry and dairy farmers to tackle these and other occupational safety and health problems and to improve profits.
Type Case study
Franciaország
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
A departmental project for prevention of MSDs was initiated in 2003 by the Intercompany Medical Service of the Anjou region and the Organisation of Regional Action for the Improvement of Working Conditions in the Pays de Loire region in response to the difficulties faced by enterprises in...