Type Case study
Spanja
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
This series of short informative case studies looks at a range of policy level initiatives across Europe and beyond aiming to prevent and manage work-related MSDs. The studies focus on achievements, factors contributing to their success and challenges encountered, and transferability to other...
Type Guides & Tools
Spanja
LanguageSpanish
ProviderOccupational Health and safety Institue of Galicia (ISSGA)
Guide of good practice to prevent musculoskeletal disorders in cattle farms. It gives advice and exercises. For each task, it indicates biomechanical risk factors and MSD risk factor (shoulder, neck, elbow, hand, wrist and back)
Type Guides & Tools
Spanja
LanguageSpanish
ProviderOccupational Health and safety Institue of Galicia (ISSGA)
17 factsheets on the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders in the fisheries sector: what are MSDs and the risk factors, the tasks at risk of MSDs, the health risks and the prevention of MSDs (advice, warm-up and stretching and physical conditioning).
Type Guides & Tools
Spanja
LanguageSpanish
ProviderOccupational Health and safety Institue of Galicia (ISSGA)
This manual aims to respond to the need for a written tool to support training in the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders for women seafarers. It is divided into 9 main blocks: The first two explain in a very brief way what risk prevention means and how the science of ergonomics can be applied...
Type Guides & Tools
Spanja
LanguageSpanish
ProviderOccupational Health and safety Institue of Galicia (ISSGA)
This guide intends to be an easy manual indicating basic guidelines for daily work in shellfish fishery on foot. It is of great value the fact that the information was provided by those who best know the sector: the shellfish workers themselves. They related their most frequent problems, described...
Type Case study
Il-Portugall
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
Traditionally the collecting of fruits was performed using mobile ladders (extension ladders and double sided step ladders). The efficiency of the collection process was very low and the risk to accidents and health problems to the workers was very high. Simultaneously to reduce workload on the...
Type Guides & Tools
Spanja
LanguageSpanish
ProviderOccupational Health and safety Institue of Galicia (ISSGA)
This guide of good practices is aimed at workers in the canned tuna sector with the aim of responding to occupational health problems in a sector characterized by being highly feminized and presenting specific risks of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). This guide, which aims to disseminate in a...