The OSH experts of the hardware store toom developped together with an engeneer a tool to handle heavy wooden pannels. Conventional manual handling of the wooden pannels - removal from the shelf and transport to the cutting area - exposed the workers to manually lifting heavy loads and accident. The...
Strumenti pratici e orientamenti sui disturbi muscoloscheletrici
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Case study
Germania
German
Provider (English)
German Social Accident Insurance Institution for the woodworking and metalworking industries
Provider (Original)
Berufsgenossenschaft Holz und Metall
Guides & Tools
Regno Unito
English
Provider (English)
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Provider (Original)
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
The global burden of chronic pain is growing with implications for both an ageing workforce and employers. Many obstacles are faced by people with chronic pain in finding employment and returning to work after a period of absence. Few studies have explored obstacles to return-to-work (RTW) from...
Case study
Germania
German
Provider (English)
German Social Accident Insurance Institution for the raw materials and chemical industry (BG RCI)
Provider (Original)
Berufsgenossenschaft Rohstoffe und chemische Industrie (BG RCI)
Forklift operators spend most of the shift in the seated position associated with frequent lateral and axial spine rotations. After the eight-hour work shift feeling of pain or eventually stiff muscles can be expected in many operators. At ContiTech Vibration Control GmbH they no longer wanted to...
Case study
Germania
German
Provider (English)
German Social Accident Insurance for raw materials and chemicals industry - BG RCI
Provider (Original)
Berufsgenossenschaft Rohstoffe und chemische Industrie - BG RCI
The Südzucker AG is one of the leading companies in the food industry and in the traditional sugar sector. The sugar products are transported with an electric forklift to the trucks. The workers stand on a platform of the forklift, when driving. Each time the workers cross unavoidable bumps with the...
Guides & Tools
Germania
German
Provider (English)
German Social Accident Insurance for the Food and Catering Industry
Provider (Original)
Berufsgenossenschaft für Nahrungsmittel und Gastgewerbe BGN
Manual handling is an important risk in the food and catering industry. This checklist is meant to raise the issue in meetings of the company's OSH committee (ASA) and to stimulate a discussion about measures to prevent health risks of workers due to manual handling.