Type Case study
Francúzsko
LanguageFrench
ProviderNational Agency for the Improvement of Working Conditions (ANACT)
This case study takes place in a residential center for retiring women with mental disabilities. MSDs are subject of particular attention by those involved in prevention. Based on collectively defined criteria, they carried out, as part of an action-training course, an inventory based on...
Type Guides & Tools
Taliansko
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU-OSHA
Farming involves a lot of repetitive work. Manual handling and lifting in particular can cause strain and awkward positions. Outdoor work and specificities of terrain make the design of agricultural machinery challenging. This discussion paper looks at the use of mechanisation to reduce the risk of...
Type Guides & Tools
EU
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU-OSHA
This report examines the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and the associated physical, psychosocial, individual and organisational risk factors in three specific groups of workers: women, migrants and LGBTI workers. It discusses why workers in these groups are more often exposed to...
Type Guides & Tools
Maďarsko
LanguageHungarian
This PPT provides information about the importance of ergonomics in occupational health prevention.
Type Case study
Francúzsko
LanguageFrench
ProviderINRS
In this case study, SNV Volabraye, a turkey slaughtering and cutting company, has integrated prevention into the design of its new manual cutting line. Indeed, following its integration into the MSDs Pros program of the Occupational Risk Health Insurance, the SNV site in Volabraye has identified...
Type Case study
Francúzsko
LanguageFrench
ProviderINRS
On the LU site in La Haye-Fouassière, near Nantes, the lines largely automated to make cookies, run at full speed. However, the plant has been identified by Carsat Pays-de-la-Loire as a risky company in terms of MSDs. The whole company, members of the CHSCT, occupational nurse, managers and...
Type Case study
Holandsko
LanguageDutch
ProviderDutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment.
Physically demanding work can have nasty consequences for the body of an employee. There are many different ways to deal with physically demanding work. In these case stories about people who have been in contact with physically demanding work tell how they have dealt with it.
