This brochure provides advice for lifting right in the case of personal transfer within the care sector. It has examples of risky situations and what to consider in risk assessments. Good ergonomics are important. The brochure is also available in English (PDF).

The National Physical Practice Guidelines are depicted in a series of illustrated posters which include ‘tips and tricks’. The Guidelines specify when a certain action, for example the transfer of a client or putting on support stockings, becomes too heavy and indicate which solution is required and...

This website offers free tools to assess the risks of physical work load and a 5-step approach to guide during the process of tackling the present issues.

On this website, several tools intended to help / guide companies to assess and prevent physical load. The tools presented are: Hand-arm vibration exposure calculator ; NIOSH method, factsheets on both physical load and sitting, and a tool on how to determine a policy on physical load.

Presentation of examples of ergonomic solutions in logistics in a car factory. This document displays real working conditions and the solutions that are given can be easily transferred to other sectors or companies.

In this manual, an introduction to ergonomics is introduced, some musculoskeletal disorders and their causes are described, as well as the basic ergonomic design principles of a job. Its goal is to help workers recognize and, on the other hand, cope with the problems arising from the bad design of...

Provision of useful information and good practices on manual handling in the field of companies operating in the retail sector, for supporting the national campaign implemented in the framework of the European SLIC campaign on “Manual handling”, 2007-2008.