This case study highlights the successful collaboration of management, carpenters, an ergonomist and architect to create a safe and ergonomic workplace. The ergonomist facilitated the project and worked closely with two carpenters to analyse risks and define specifications for the new workshop.
Strumenti pratici e orientamenti sui disturbi muscoloscheletrici
Per consentire un’agevole valutazione e gestione dei rischi di DMS nei luoghi di lavoro, la nostra banca dati di facile utilizzo contiene vari strumenti pratici e materiali orientativi sviluppati a livello dell’UE e nazionale.
Le risorse includono studi campione e materiali visivi e riguardano svariati settori, tipi di pericolo e misure di prevenzione. Alcune sono rivolte in modo specifico a determinati soggetti interessati, ad esempio datori di lavoro, lavoratori o dirigenti, mentre altre alla gestione dei DMS tra gruppi specifici di lavoratori. Le risorse possono essere filtrate per una di queste categorie o altre ancora, così non avrai problemi a trovare esattamente ciò che cerchi.
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Belgio
English
Provider (English)
EU-OSHA
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EU-OSHA
Guides & Tools
Canada
English
Provider (English)
Canadian Centre for Occupational Safety and Health (CCOHS)
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Canadian Centre for Occupational Safety and Health (CCOHS)
This factsheet provides information about the health problems, health hazards related to working in a standind positions. It also provides recommendations for improving workplace design and how to reduce the effects of working in this posture.
Guides & Tools
Canada
English
Provider (English)
Canadian Centre for Occupational Safety and Health (CCOHS)
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Canadian 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.
Guides & Tools
Canada
French
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Occupational Health Public Health Network.
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Réseau de santé publique en santé au travail.
FactSheet presenting to the employer the elements to consider in order to identify risk situations in the workplace when its workers operate certain machinery, the possible effects on their health as well as recommendations to reduce the risk.
Guides & Tools
Canada
French
Provider (English)
Occupational Health Public Health Network
Provider (Original)
Réseau de santé publique en santé au travail
factsheet presenting to the employer the elements to consider in order to identify risk situations in the workplace when its workers use vibrating or percussive tools, the possible effects on their health as well as recommendations to reduce the risk.
Visual resources Guides & Tools
Canada
English
Provider (English)
Institute for work & health
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Institute for work & health
If you’re confused by seemingly duelling headlines about the negative health effects of prolonged sitting and prolonged standing, this video may help clear things up. In this video, scientists give their opinion on the risks of both sitting and standing.
Visual resources Guides & Tools
Canada
French
Provider (English)
Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST)
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Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST)
The purpose of this document is to promote reflection, present strategies facilitating the application, by nursing staff, of practices for preventing musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), and propose ways of supporting the implementation of these strategies. The document is presented in the form of fact...