| Document ID (ISN) | 63321 |
| CIS number |
94-1894 |
| Year |
1994 |
| Convention or series no. |
HSE Booklet IACL91
|
| Author(s) |
Health and Safety Commission, Printing Industry Advisory Committee |
| Title |
Work-related upper limb disorders in the printing industry. Programme for prevention |
| Bibliographic information |
HSE Books, PO Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 6FS, United Kingdom, Mar. 1994. 20p. 41 ref. |
| Abstract |
This booklet describes types of upper limb disorders and their treatment and presents a programme for action in the workplace based on: deciding whether a firm has a problem with upper limb disorders; assessing the risk (examination of tasks, review of medical information); reducing the risk (job and equipment design, work organization, the work environment); keeping risks under control. Legal requirements are also outlined. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
printing industry; United Kingdom; upper extremity disorders; training material; repetitive strain injury |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
work organization; hazard evaluation; work design; data sheet; legislation; design of equipment; ergonomic evaluation |
| Document type |
C - Training manuals, audiovisual material |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Paper-making and printing
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Physiology, ergonomics
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Printing, photography and photocopying industry
OSH training
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
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