Type Case study
Rakúsko
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
This case study finds that the percentage of workers in Austria with a MSD is higher than the EU average. The AUVAsicher programme focuses particularly on MSD prevention and on SMEs. AUVA provides support to companies also through AUVAfit and BAUfit schemes. The AUVAfit programme has a specific...
Type Case study
Nemecko
LanguageEnglish
ProviderEU OSHA
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...
Type Guides & Tools
USA
LanguageEnglish
ProviderOregon Occupational Safety and Health (Oregon OSHA)
Information about how shoulder and neck injuries develop in construction workers and what techniques can be used in order to avoid these.
Type Visual resources, Guides & Tools
Švédsko
LanguageSwedish
ProviderSwedish Work Environment Authority
This brochure provides information about counteracting load damage and load accidents in the construction industry. It will help employers, employees, safety representatives, builders and projectors to prevent the risks.
Type Guides & Tools
Dánsko
LanguageDanish
ProviderIndustry community for the working environment in Building & Construction
The Handbook - working environment in building and construction provides guidance on good practice in handling safety and health, and is aimed at all companies and employees, and especially for those in the work environment organization. The handbook is also aimed at designers, advisors, the client...
Type Guides & Tools
Belgicko
LanguageFrench, Dutch
ProviderFederal Public Service Employment, Labor and Social Dialogue
This manual has three objectives: to understand how the musculoskeletal system works, to understand how it can deteriorate and to develop solutions adapted to the construction sector. In particular, it offers many illustrations of the good practical actions to be carried out by the staff in the...
Type Guides & Tools
Írsko
LanguageEnglish
ProviderHealth and safety autority
This guide has been put together as an introduction to the management of manual handling in the construction sector. The main objectives of the guide are: To present the business case for managing the hazard of manual handling in construction To outline briefly the legislation that relates to...
