Type Case study
Ir-Renju Unit
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
A podiatrist in her early 40s has been working with neck problems for 8 years. As a result of the nature of her work, her condition has been exacerbated by adopting awkward postures and manoeuvring patients. This case study highlights the changes that have been and will be made to her main tasks to...
Type Case study
Ir-Renju Unit
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
The UK legislative framework addressing MSDs has been in place for nearly 40 years, and the policy approach is to inform and enable employers, encouraging them to address risks. The strategy under discussion is the latest in a series of initiatives stretching back 20 years. MSDs are addressed under...
Type Guides & Tools
Ir-Renju Unit
LanguageEnglish
ProviderHealth and Safety Executive (HSE)
This manual is intended to help the reader on how to use a risk assessment form. It consists of two fully worked examples for both lifting and carrying as well as pushing and pulling. With these worked out forms and empty forms, the reader should be able to carry out a risk assessment with these...
Type Guides & Tools
Ir-Renju Unit
LanguageEnglish
ProviderHealth and Safety Executive (HSE)
This guidance is mainly for employers, managers and safety representatives, but may also be useful for employees. The guidance explains how to avoid, assess and reduce the risk of injury from manual handling.
Type Guides & Tools
Ir-Renju Unit
LanguageEnglish
ProviderHealth and Safety Executive (HSE)
This tool will help you identify high-risk pushing and pulling operations and check the effectiveness of any risk-reduction measures. There are two types of pulling and pushing operations you can assess using this tool: moving loads on wheeled equipment, such as hand trolleys, pump trucks, carts or...
Type Guides & Tools
Ir-Renju Unit
LanguageEnglish
ProviderErgonomics Plus
Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) is a survey method developed for use in ergonomic investigations of workplaces where work related upper limb disorders are reported. RULA is a screening tool that assesses biomechanical and postural loading on the whole body with particular attention to the neck,...