Brochure about prevention of work-related musculoskeletal overloads. The brochure contains both information on MSDs in general, as well as practical information in what companies and employees could do to prevent them .
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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This article provides recommendations and examples for nursing staff to help reducing the number and severity of MSDs due to patient handling.
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the most common workrelated problem in Europe. Almost 24 % of the EU-25 workers report suffering from backache and 22 % complain about muscular pains. Both conditions are more prevalent in the new Member States, 39 % and 36 % respectively.
Guide for cleaning personnel about functional cleaning equipment and good working techniques that prevent problems due to muscle and bone stress.
This website provides useful information on work that involves heavy lifting and/or are repetitive or monotonous, which may cause muscle and skeletal pain. On this website some tips for avoiding these kinds of problems are provided.
Tips and measures to prevent repetitive stress injury while working on a computer.
This website provides assessment models for the assessment of health risk in heavy work. The models are based on common work tasks.