Many chronic back pains are caused by faulty posture and improper handling of loads. This manual describes how the loads should be handled correctly to avoid overloading and back pain. The website also shows examples of exercise for back, shoulder, elbow and knee pain.

This brochure includes special checklists for investigating work safety issues and ergonomics. The aim is to serve as a tool for those who deal with occupational safety and ergonomics, and especially for safety engineers, in order to better assess occupational risk. Some of the tools presented were...

In this manual, an introduction to ergonomics is introduced, some musculoskeletal disorders and their causes are described, as well as the basic ergonomic design principles of a job. Its goal is to help workers recognize and, on the other hand, cope with the problems arising from the bad design of...

The publication aims at informing and raising awareness among workers, employers and all those involved in health and safety at work to better and more effectively implement legislative provisions and take appropriate measures to improve working conditions and reduce relation to the exposure of...

This leaflet provides basic information and raising the awareness among young workers and students for the risks related to musculoskeletal disorders. The leaflet was produced for supporting the targets of the national campaign implemented in the framework of the European OSH campaign 2007 “Lighten...

This booklet provides good practice information for the prevention of risks related to MSDs in various high risks work and sectors, using cartoon characters for illustrating do’s and don’ts cases.

This booklet highlights the wide range of problems faced by the computer worker and it proposes measures to prevent them.