Type Guides & Tools
Spanyolország
LanguageSpanish
ProviderInstituto Aragonés de Seguridad y Salud Laboral
This short manual is intended to employers, workers and prevention specialists and provides information about preventive measures in order to avoid accidents due to overexertion.
Type Visual resources
Spanyolország
LanguageSpanish
ProviderInstituto Asturiano de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales
This leaflet provides information on how to recognise and prevent upper limb musculoskeletal disorders.
Type Guides & Tools
Spanyolország
LanguageSpanish
ProviderICASST
This leaflet is intended to help assess the risks of MSDs and thus make it possible to prevent them.
Type Guides & Tools
Canada
LanguageEnglish
ProviderCanadian Centre for Occupational Safety and Health (CCOHS)
This factsheets explain how continuous standing or sitting while working is a common source of discomfort and fatigue. Frequent changes of body positions, including alternating between sitting and standing, helps to avoid fatigue.
Type Guides & Tools
EU
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
This article presents the risks faced by the workers in the waste management sector: manual handling (manipulating waste), working postures (prolonged standing), vibrations (driving vehicles, work equipment), chemical substances, biological agents, work organisation (pace of work, job control), etc.
Type Guides & Tools
EU
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
This article provides a classification of physical workload factors and an overview of the basic categories of methods for recording and assessment. It cites examples of each category and highlights future fields of action.
Type Case study
Australia
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...
