Workers at manufacturing plants are often required to lift, carry and drag heavy loads. This involves repeatedly using the same body parts and puts workers at risk of MSDs. This case study looks at an intervention to improve equipment and working conditions at a large PVC manufacturing plant in...

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...

This synthesis report is part of a much larger project intended to support policy-makers at EU and national levels by providing an accurate picture of the prevalence and costs of MSDs across Europe, pulling together existing data from a number of relevant and reliable official statistical sources...

he TMS Pros programme offers businesses support to prevent work-related MSDs and provides financial support to small and medium-sized enterprises. To improve the epidemiological surveillance of occupational risks in France, a system for monitoring work-related health problems called CONSTANCES has...

The pandemic (COVID - 19) has forced many enterprises to ask their workers to work from home. Under these circumstances, teleworkers can be exposed to health and safety risks that need to be addressed.

By introducing "handling care" and the idea of "zero carrying", the Paris Saint-Joseph Hospital Group, located in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, is spearheading a cultural upheaval in practices. The approach consists, after assessing the patient's abilities, of accompanying him or her in safety...

This report includes Case 5.1: A French printing company needing to address the MSDs and absenteeism affecting its mainly female staff in its finishing workshop. They obtained help from the regional association for the improvement of working conditions (ARACT). Ergonomic solutions were put in place...