This case study reports on an initiative in Sweden to raise awareness of and improve women’s occupational health in general and to reduce their risks of developing MSDs in particular. Under the initiative, labour inspectors were given training in mainstreaming gender into their everyday practice...

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...

This guide includes recommendations related to work schedules, the work environment at home / workstation, lighting and absence of noise, ventilation and thermal environment, working hours and leisure time and the promotion of breaks.

This document presents information on how to assess the risks of carrying and liftings load. It includes a manual and a template to be filled in.

This report presents and addresses the issues related to teleworking and health and safety at work. The goal of the study is to determine how the obligations in terms of OSH have to be managed when it comes to home-based telework.

The purpose of this brochure is to help employers to do a risk assessment on the manual handling of loads.

Guidelines for assessing the risk of exposure to injury, based on technical measurements of exposure. This guidance is particularly useful for the QSHE or ergonomic specialist in need of a method to determine the physical load during different tasks.