This checklist includes questions on working postures of the back and neck, arms and hands, legs during sitting and standing tasks. It also gives examples of the type of action at a technical, organisational and individual level that can be put in place to prevent or reduce the risks caused by...

This tool/app aims to provide assistance in identifying risks associated with physical load, in particular related to handling of loads, repetitive work and static postures.

This technical note on prevention aims to summarise the Dotte method, which is designed to facilitate the mobilisation of patients and dependent persons or those with limited mobility, thus minimising MSDs.

In 2017 Osalan, the Basque Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, with the support of Emakunde, the Basque Women ’ s Institute, developed a gender-sensitive risk-prevention toolkit with the aim of raising awareness among all workers, employers and prevention service experts of the sexual...

This infosheet provides information on how to recognise and prevent musculoskeletal disorders in the agricultural sector.

This documents aims at defining MSDs, discussing their risk factors and how to identify them.

The guide is structured as follows: first the basic concepts relating to musculoskeletal disorders, then the accident rate is analysed, especially the incidence of musculoskeletal disorders in the butchery sector, and finally the risk of physical stress is assessed and preventive measures and good...