Type Guides & Tools
New Zealand
LanguageEnglish
ProviderACC New Zealand
This information sheet identifies the dangers and risks from manual handling in farming and offers recommendations to help avoid accidents and injuries.
Type Visual resources
New Zealand
LanguageEnglish
ProviderACC New Zealand
This pictorial booklet is provides basic advice for workstation ergonomics and work methods for fruit packers who have to stand to work. This includes advice on how to move on the job and useful exercises to do while working. Each page is an instruction leaflet and a poster at the same time
Type Visual resources
New Zealand
LanguageEnglish
ProviderACC New Zealand
These flip cards give workers information about postures and moving the body during static work. Furthermore, several body exercises are displayed to prevent and manage discomfort, pain and injury
Type Case study
Portugalsko
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
Traditionally the collecting of fruits was performed using mobile ladders (extension ladders and double sided step ladders). The efficiency of the collection process was very low and the risk to accidents and health problems to the workers was very high. Simultaneously to reduce workload on the...
Type Case study
Portugalsko
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
All the organisation of work associated with the grape harvesting and transportation to the processing equipment was implemented with the objective of reducing, as much as possible, the manual effort associated with the transportation of grapes from the vines to the processing equipment and...