The company Seehafen Kiel Stevedoring operates in the port with heavy-lift cargo, whether it is about heavy goods, container handling or assembling machinery. To lift the cargo they use stabil but heavy chains, that can only be managed by two workers. Therefore, the company developped a strong and...
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Firefighting is dangerous work. Among others firefighters perform strenuous muscular work: they must climb stairs and ladders, carry and use heavy equipment, often above their head or in awkward positions, and they may be called upon to perform difficult rescue operations and handling victims...
This video from the Austrian Social Accident Insurance AUVA shows exercises to compensate one-sided movements during work. The exercises are easy to follow and can be done at work or at home without any training tool.
Precast concrete is a form of concrete that is prepared, cast and cured off-site. The Lithonplus GmbH & Co. KG is one of the leading manufacturers of concrete products for gardening and landscaping. These elements are often produced in special shapes. After the concrete is cured, the elements have...
“Workplace health promotion” in SMEs. The prevention initiative “Feel good” in the Tschirna mining company shows how work place health promotion can be implemented in a small company with employer's engagement and support of the Social Accident Insurance . The work in the mining company is...
In supermarkets and shopping malls, workers have to push a number of shopping trolleys back to the trolley parking place. Pushing trolleys is a physically demanding work that may put workers at risk of muskuloskeletal dieseases. EDEKA in Minden (Germany) developped a pushing aid for trolleys using...
Ergo break is a special work-related training concept for forest workers. The compensatory exercises can be done on site in the forest without great effort or interruption of the work-flow. ergo break is tailored to the physical work of forest workers. Just a few minutes for health promotion brings...