Type Case study
In-Norveġja
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
USA
LanguageEnglish
ProviderOccupational Health and Safety Authority
These updated guidelines provide recommendations for poultry processing facilities to reduce the number and severity of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). In preparing the following recommendations, OSHA reviewed existing practices and programs as well as available scientific...
Type Visual resources, Case study
L-Irlanda
LanguageEnglish
ProviderHealth and safety autority
This video of a risk assesment case study shows a hotel employee removing linen from hotel bedroom. It points out the risks and gives a solution for the problems showed.
Type Visual resources, Case study
L-Irlanda
LanguageEnglish
ProviderHealth and safety autority
This video of a risk assessment case study shows hospital staff sorting linen into laundry bags and putting bags into linen cages. It points out the risks and gives a solution for the problems showed.
Type Guides & Tools
Spanja
LanguageSpanish
ProviderGovernment of Catalonia
This brochure presents the main risks of ergonomic types to which people who work on laundries are exposed, including preventive measures, both technical and organizational, that companies can adopt to reduce the risk of musculoskeletal disorders due to repeated movements. It includes pictures and...