Hazards due to physical load/ergonomics

(Information sheets "Focus on IFA's work" and "Focus on IAG's work" as pdf-files)

Test person during the laboratory test holding a mop

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Musculoskeletal loads arising during floor mopping with different types of mop handle (see "Focus on IFA's work, No. 0421")
Source: IFA

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Title Number
Analysis of the effectiveness of exoskeletons 0406 (PDF, 126 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
Awkward body posture strain resulting from work on overhead high-voltage power lines 0155 (PDF, 122 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
Back strain campaign: Development of the CUELA back monitoring system 0343 (PDF, 133 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
Biomechanical stress analysis of squatting and kneeling postures 0308 (PDF, 283 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
Code of practice: avoidance of musculoskeletal diseases amongst interior decorators 0267 (PDF, 140 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
CUELA activity system for analysis of physical activity 0311 (PDF, 105 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
CUELA Feedback: Using a smartphone to check body posture 0376 (PDF, 110 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
ErgoKiTa: Prevention of musculoskeletal stresses in nursery schools 0378 (PDF, 117 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
ErgoKita: results of the project evaluation 0414
Ergonomic analysis of grinding tasks in structural steel engineering 0177 (PDF, 289 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
Ergonomic redesign of a crane operator workplace in a waste incineration plant 0164 (PDF, 120 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
Ergonomic study of specific dynamic office chairs 0292 (PDF, 168 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
Ergonomics at call-centre workplaces 0178 (PDF, 112 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
Ergonomics at sewing workplaces 0118 (PDF, 209 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
Evaluation of an ergonomically designed ironing workstation 0322 (PDF, 106 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
Exposure of machinists to back stresses/further development of the G 46 Principle 0380 (PDF, 118 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
GonKatast – a register of measured values on knee-straining activities 0313 (PDF, 218 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
Handling aids reduce exposure in masonry work 0245 (PDF, 129 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
Investigation of dynamic office workstations in operation at the workplace 0408 (PDF, 116 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
Knee protection 0191 (PDF, 397 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
Laboratory study of the efficacy of dynamic office workstations 0379 (PDF, 131 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
Measurement of musculoskeletal loads with the CUELA measuring system 0013 (PDF, 129 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
Measuring movement and posture in the shoulder-arm region 0124 (PDF, 166 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
Musculoskeletal loads arising during floor mopping with different types of mop handle 0421
Musculoskeletal strain and stress in a joiner’s workshop 0156 (PDF, 133 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
Muscoskeletal workloads during pulling and pushing hospital beds and wheelchairs 0389 (PDF, 137 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
Physical loads during patient transport on staircases 0386 (PDF, 211 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
Physical stress profiles at checkout workplaces 0321 (PDF, 119 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
Reduction of stress upon baggage handlers and ramp agents at airports 0312 (PDF, 105 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
Stresses for police officers arising from the wearing of body armour 0374 (PDF, 326 kB, nicht barrierefrei)
Use of one or two screens: physiological parameters and performance 0390 (PDF, 180 kB, nicht barrierefrei)

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