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 book offers a multi-faceted orientation in the prerequisites for healthy and effective human work. It is intended to help budding system designers and production engineers tackle these design challenges holistically.

This checklist provides guidance on the ergonomic design of a medication cart as this impacts patient and staff safety and health issues. The checklist is not a list of features, but rather a list of items that affect ease of use, safety, and effectiveness and reduce the chance of a medical error...

The Workplace Ergonomic Risk Assessment (WERA) method is an observational tool that covers an extensive range of physical risk factors including posture, repetition, forceful, vibration, contact stress and task duration: Is also involves the five main body regions to be assessed (shoulder, wrists...

This checklist provides some guidance on ergonomic issues that are important considerations for a decision maker who is selecting the best computer cart for their needs. The checklist is not a list of features, but rather a list of items that affect the ease of use, safety and effectiveness of a...

The Job Strain Index (JSI) method gives a quick and systematic assessment of the hand/wrist postural risks to a worker. The analysis can be conducted before and after an intervention to demonstrate that the intervention has worked to lower the risk of injury.