Type Visual resources, Guides & Tools
Németország
LanguageGerman
ProviderGerman Social Accident Insurance for the Administrative Sector VBG
People working in offices spend the largest part of their working time in a sitting position, i.e. a posture causing considerable strain. Injuries resulting from sitting for long periods are a serious occupational health and safety problem. The quality of office chairs is of great importance for...
Type Visual resources, Guides & Tools
Németország
LanguageGerman
ProviderGerman Social Accident Insurance for the Administrative Sector VBG
Working safely with display screen equipment: Headache and back problems, tension in the neck and shoulders - this does not have to happen. Contribute to your own health. This leaflet will help you to test your own workplave considering ergonomic issues.
Type Visual resources, Guides & Tools
Németország
LanguageGerman
ProviderGerman Social Accident Insurance for the Food and Catering sector (BGN), Research Centre for Applied System Safety and Industrial Medicine
The meat idustry is a labour-intensive industry. Workers are dealing with manual handling of heavy loads of meat at high frequency. They work under pressure to maintain high rates of work, performing stressful repetitive motions combined with awkward postures. These and many other factors can...
Type Visual resources
Németország
LanguageGerman
ProviderGerman Accident Insurance North Rhine-Westphalia
This film shows easy exercises to prevent back pain. All exercises can be done at your workplace. It contains three modules: loosening up exercises - strengthen the muscular system - relaxation exercises. Each module contains several exercises. The video can also be used by OSH trainers to instruct...
Type Visual resources
Németország
LanguageGerman
ProviderGerman Social Accident Insurance - DGUV
The film is part of a campaign 'Jugend-will-sich-er-leben' (Youth want to push limits - but not beyond safety) to raise awareness for safety and health at work among apprentices. Steffi is trainee in an administrative office. She knows how to sit in the right position and how toprevent backproblems...
Type Visual resources, Case study
Írország
LanguageEnglish
ProviderHealth and safety autority
This video of a risk assesment case study shows a meat carcass being transferred manually from a truck to a weighing scales pior to processing operations. It points out the risks and gives a solution for the problems showed.
Type Visual resources
Németország
LanguageGerman
ProviderStatutory Accident Insurance for the Administrative Sector (VBG)
Back pain prevention or my weaker self and I is a program of the Statutory Accident Insurance for the Administartive sector (VBG). It is an appealing e-learning program. The program can be used free of charge. It offers several modules to motivate yourself to change your sitting posture and to be...
