Type Guides & Tools
EU
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
The report highlights the main issues and aims to provide a well-founded evidence base, helping policy makers, actors at enterprise and sector level, as well as researchers and those who record, prevent and compensate occupational diseases in the European Union to set the agenda for the next years.
Type Case study
Lengyelország
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
ARTEX is a small sewing plant with 14 female employees working five-day single shifts. Repetitive tasks, performed seated, increase the risk of MSDs. In addition to legally-required medical checks, assessment of individual workstations led to improvements in work organisation, layout and equipment...
Type Guides & Tools
Svájc
LanguageFrench
ProviderInstitut universitaire romand de Santé au Travail
This guide to risk prevention in childcare facilities deals with MSDs by giving concrete examples of hazardous work situations and recommendations for preventing them.
Type Guides & Tools
EU
LanguageBulgarian, Danish, German, Estonian, Greek, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, International, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Finnish, Swedish
ProviderEU OSHA
This article provides recommendations and examples for nursing staff to help reducing the number and severity of MSDs due to patient handling.
Type Guides & Tools
EU
LanguageBulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Estonian, Greek, English, Spanish, French, Icelandic, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Maltese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, International, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Finnish, Swedish
ProviderEU OSHA
The E-Fact explains the steps of the risk assessment process, including identifying hazards and evaluating risks. It also includes two case studies on preventing harm and a checklist of the most common hazards associated with the use of cleaning equipment.
Type Guides & Tools
EU
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
Numerous investigations have shown that cleaners are at risk of developing MSDs of the back, neck, shoulders, elbows, hands and lower limbs as a result of their work. The E-Fact identifies the risk factors that cleaners face in the course of their work and provides advice on the practical steps...
Type Guides & Tools
EU
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
Numerous investigations have shown that cleaners are at risk of developing MSDs of the back, neck, shoulders, elbows, hands and lower limbs as a result of their work. The E-Fact identifies the risk factors that cleaners face in the course of their work and provides advice on the practical steps...
