Type Guides & Tools
Canada
LanguageEnglish
ProviderWorkplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS)
This info sheet gives different strategies to reduce MSD hazards and improve workplace performance. It contains of three main principles: Ten ways to keep MSDs at bay Information on how gender can effect MSDs Low-tech, low-cost ergonomics solutions especially for small businesses.
Type Guides & Tools
Canada
LanguageEnglish, French
ProviderInstitut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST)
This document summarizes the key results of a major study of the risks of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in emergency medical technician-paramedics (EMT-Ps) with the intent of: making stakeholders aware of the risks of MSDs associated with the profession of EMT-P and encouraging the development...
Type Guides & Tools
Canada
LanguageFrench
ProviderInstitut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST)
In collaboration with the IRSST and Auto Prevention, the research team produced five fact sheets on MSD prevention, grouped in a single PDF: car aesthetics; bodywork; mechanics under the hood; mechanics under the vehicle; tire service.
Type Visual resources
Canada
LanguageFrench
ProviderInstitut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST)
This video explains how to avoid and reduce upper limb MSDs in the automotive sector.
Type Guides & Tools
Nórsko
LanguageEnglish, Norwegian
ProviderNTNU
Guide for cleaning personnel about functional cleaning equipment and good working techniques that prevent problems due to muscle and bone stress.
Type Guides & Tools
Nórsko
LanguageEnglish, Norwegian
ProviderNTNU
This website provides useful information on work that involves heavy lifting and/or are repetitive or monotonous, which may cause muscle and skeletal pain. On this website some tips for avoiding these kinds of problems are provided.
Type Guides & Tools
Nórsko
LanguageNorwegian
Providerarbeidstilsynet
This website provides assessment models for the assessment of health risk in heavy work. The models are based on common work tasks.