Type Guides & Tools
Lituania
LanguageLithuanian
ProviderInstitute of Hygiene
ART is a risk assessment tool. This tool is most suited for tasks that: involve actions of the upper limbs; repeat every few minutes, or even more frequently; and occur for at least 1–2 hours per day or shift. ART tool is made up of three sections: the assessment guide; the risk factors and the...
Type Guides & Tools
International
LanguageEnglish
ProviderCornell University Ergonomics Web
This checklist provides guidance on the ergonomic design of a medication cart as this impacts patient and staff safety and health issues. The checklist is not a list of features, but rather a list of items that affect ease of use, safety, and effectiveness and reduce the chance of a medical error...
Type Guides & Tools
International
LanguageEnglish
ProviderUbiquity Press
This book offers a multi-faceted orientation in the prerequisites for healthy and effective human work. It is intended to help budding system designers and production engineers tackle these design challenges holistically.
Type Guides & Tools
Irlanda
LanguageEnglish
ProviderHealth and safety autority
This guide has been put together as an introduction to the management of manual handling in the construction sector. The main objectives of the guide are: To present the business case for managing the hazard of manual handling in construction To outline briefly the legislation that relates to...
Type Guides & Tools
International
LanguageEnglish
ProviderCornell University Ergonomics Web
This document provides instructions related to ROSA: picture-based postural targeting screening tool for quantifying exposure to risk factors for office workers.
Type Guides & Tools
International
LanguageEnglish
ProviderCornell University Ergonomics Web
ROSA is a picture-based postural targeting screening tool for quantifying exposure to risk factors for office workers. A ROSA assessment gives a quick and systematic assessment of the postural risks to a worker. The analysis can be conducted before and after an intervention to demonstrate that the...
Type Guides & Tools
International
LanguageEnglish
ProviderCornell University Ergonomics Web
This document provides instructions associated with the Workplace Ergonomic Risk Assessment (WERA) method, and observational tool developed to provide a method of screening the working task quickly for exposure physical risk factor associated with MSDs.