Manual patient handling is one of the major occupational risks for healthcare workers. Of primary concern are back injuries and shoulder strains, which can both, be severely debilitating. There are several factors, which make patient handling activities hazardous and hereby increase the risk of...

This web page is intended to teleworkers and provide tips and advice to be followed to ensure a good health at work.

This guide produced in the framework of COVID-19 pandemia provides advice on how to ensure a safe and healthy home-based telework.

The checklist supports you to check workplace health risks related to the musculoskeletal system. It defines occupational health and safety criteria for ten important aspects of workplace design and evaluates work postures and movements for back, neck, shoulders/arms, hands, hips/legs.

The workplace check is a simple screening tool to identify highly physically stressful working conditions, that can lead to musculoskeletal problems. Movements at work and a ctivities are checked on the basis of few selected criteria. You will find trhe checklist as well as a guidance on how to use...

This tool can be used in order to assess the risks of MSDs when pushing and pulling different loads on wheels. The tool can be used when using pellet trucks and other rolling material used in Industrial and/or logistic settings.