News/Highlight tagged with "Musculoskeletal disorders"
December 18 th is International Migrants Day and this year’s theme is “Honouring the contributions of migrants and respecting their rights” . Almost ten million workers in Europe are 'non-EU citizens', many of them providing essential services to our society...
Observed annually on 12 October, World Arthritis Day (WAD) spreads awareness of the existence and impact of rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders (RMDs). 60% of prolonged sickness absence and work disability in Europe are due to RMDs, making them one of the...
As the 2020-2022 Healthy Workplaces ‘Lighten the Load’ campaign draws to a close, EU-OSHA would like to thank its network of focal points and all other campaign partners across Europe for helping to make it such a success. Musculoskeletal disorders affect millions of workers, and together we have raised awareness of how they can be effectively prevented and managed. Plans are...
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) remain the most common work-related health problem in the European Union and lead to high costs to enterprises and society. The key to reducing MSDs is the workers themselves who do the tasks and have the detailed...
A series of discussion papers and articles review the impact that psychosocial risk factors (e.g. excessive workload) can have on the development of a musculoskeletal disorder (MSD). This includes a publication that reviews the effect that digitalisation is having on workers’ exposure to physical risk factors (e.g. repetitive tasks) for work-related MSDs. The publications also...
The voices of young people need to be heard. The first step is to make youth a priority. Starting with the European Year of Youth 2022 – a milestone in building a future that’s greener, more inclusive and digital, the importance of youth is amplified on International Youth Day (12 August). Adding its own perspective to youth issues, EU-OSHA has taken a life course approach to...
Identifying safety hazards during a workplace inspection is key, but finding out how work might be harming workers’ bodies is also essential. Body and hazard mapping are methods to address these issues and identify common patterns of safety hazards and health...
The COVID-19 public health emergency prompted millions of European workers to work from home during the last year. Long periods of sedentary work, lack of physical exercise, isolation, blurring boundaries between paid work and private life, and stress are some...