Traditional nets are produced manually by operators at UAB Vonin Lithuania, a professional fishing equipment manufacturer, leading to musculoskeletal disorders. As the tasks could not be mechanised, the work was analysed to identify safe working techniques to reduce the loads on their body. As well...

Poster showing exercises to practice at the office.

This guideline was developed as a professional recommendation how to avoid long- term sitting at the workplace and thereby reduce the negative impact of the risks arising from long-term sitting. This guideline has the purpose of recognizing risks at workplaces where long-term sitting can be avoided.

Leaflet giving advice on how to handle loads. It gives scores for different ways on how to handle loads, showing the reader the best and the worst ways to handle loads.

This leaflet promotes physical activity in the workplace, especially in an office environment.

Practical guide how to implement physical activity in workplaces : Short description what is physical activity in workplaces; why it is so important; 4 stages of physical activity implementing in workplaces; practical examples

Most of works on the fishing and transport boats are related to the manual handling and lifting of the various loads and repetitive movements or incorrect working postures. The management of the company decided to develop a combined method of ergonomic training for raising employees’ awareness...