Workplace adjustments allow disabled people to have the same access to the workplace as their non-disabled colleagues. The REHADAT portal provides Good Practice examples for people with disabilities. More than 450 Good Practice examples show what employers can do to remove barriers to work for...

The OSH experts of the hardware store toom developped together with an engeneer a tool to handle heavy wooden pannels. Conventional manual handling of the wooden pannels - removal from the shelf and transport to the cutting area - exposed the workers to manually lifting heavy loads and accident. The...

Exoskeletons are wearable devices that can support the musculoskeletal system using various mechanical principles. With regard to work-related MSDS, they can reduce muscular stress in frequently affected body regions, such as the lower back or shoulders. Exoskeletons can support workers to reduce...

The global burden of chronic pain is growing with implications for both an ageing workforce and employers. Many obstacles are faced by people with chronic pain in finding employment and returning to work after a period of absence. Few studies have explored obstacles to return-to-work (RTW) from...

The Südzucker AG is one of the leading companies in the food industry and in the traditional sugar sector. The sugar products are transported with an electric forklift to the trucks. The workers stand on a platform of the forklift, when driving. Each time the workers cross unavoidable bumps with the...

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...