Formwork Health & Safety Manual
Formwork Health & Safety Manual. This Health & Safety manual covers all aspects of construction form work with relevant precautions for the hazards associated with both manual material handling and lifting with mechanical devices.

MSD Job Title/Task:Formwork
Topic: Manual Materials Handling
Document Type:GuidelineYear:2007
Source:Construction Safety Association of OntarioView Source Details
Location: Ontario

Formworkers and Manual Handling
This article looks at how designers, manufactureres, contractors, and formworkers can all help to reduce the risk in musculoskeletal disorders when doing the formwork of a structure. Interventions such as changing the the materials or the size of the product being used by form workers, changes in storing/delivering forms, equipment that can be used to reduce the need for manual handling, and team lifting are all discussed in this article.

MSD Job Title/Task:Formwork
Topic:Manual Materials Handling MSD Prevention
Document Type:Year:2007
Source:Department of Consumer and Employment ProtectionView Source Details
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Ergonomics Working: for Heavy and Highway Construction Laborers
This manual focuses on several tasks carried out by highway construction workers such as shoveling and digging, cutting and sawing, stripping forms, and flagging. For each task solutions which help reduce the risk of sprains and strains are provided. The manual also covers protective gear that all construction workers can wear while on the job.

MSD Job Title/Task: Formwork Homebuilding Roadway Work
Topic:MSD Prevention
Document Type:Year:2003
Source:OIOCView Source Details
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