OSH Answers Cabinet Manufacturing
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety website features a list of frequently asked questions and answers about cabinet manufacturing including questions about the type of work and risk factors involved in cabinet manufacturing.

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Topic:MSD Prevention
Document Type:Workplace Best PracticeYear:1998
Source:Canadian Centre for Occupational HealthView Source Details
Location: Ontario

Musculoskeletal Disorders and Work Organisation in the European Clothing Industry
This report presents a review of musculoskeletal disorders in the European clothing industry, including scientific data collected about musculoskeletal disorders. It also looks at organizational changes in the sector with respect to health and safety issues. Available from the Health and Safety Department of the European Trade Union Institute's web site, Health and Safety at Work

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Topic:MSD Prevention
Document Type:Technical PublicationYear:1998
Source:European Trade Union Institute, Education and Health and Safety Health and Safety Department View Source Details
Location: Ontario

Ohio Bureau of Worker's Compensation -Ergonomics Best Practices for Manufacturing
Many of the injuries in manufacturing are muskuloskeletal disorders caused by cumulative trauma. Back injuries, tendonitis, and carpal-tunnel syndrome are examples of common CTD's. This report looks at the Ergonomic Process, detailing several ways to reduce and eliminate the presence of CTD's. It also includes ways to reduce and eliminate CTD's through Employee Training, Task force Development, Manufacturing ergonomic best practices, and various case studies of other companies that found results in using these methods.

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Topic:MSD Prevention
Document Type:Workplace Best PracticeYear:n/a
Source:Ohio Bureau of Worker's Compensation View Source Details
Location: Ontario

Ohio Bureau of Worker's Compensation -Ergonomics Best Practices for the Plastics Industry
Many injuries in the plastics sector are muskuloskeletal disorders caused by cumulative trauma. Back injuries, tendonitis, and carpal tunnel syndrome are examples of the more common ones. The report looks at ways to reduce and eliminate CTD's through Employee Training, Task Force Development, Ergonomic best practices as well as various case studies that found results using various methods.

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Topic:MSD Prevention
Document Type:Workplace Best PracticeYear:n/a
Source:Ohio Bureau of Worker's Compensation View Source Details
Location: Ontario

Back Safety 101
Back Safety 101 Training Package. This 2-part kit focuses on the risk factors that lead to MSDs and offers solutions to help workplaces prevent these costly and painful problems. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

MSD Job Title/Task: Industrial/Manufacturing - General
Topic:Back Care Manual Materials Handling
Document Type:Training SessionYear:
Source:Industrial Accident Prevention AssociationView Source Details
Location: Ontario

Ergonomics for People at Work
Ergonomics for People at Work. This guide outlines how layout, seating, work surfaces, manual materials handling, lighting and other factors must be considered when designing or evaluating work tasks.

MSD Job Title/Task: Industrial/Manufacturing - General
Topic: Design - Task Design - Workstation Manual Materials Handling
Document Type:GuidelineYear:
Source:Industrial Accident Prevention AssociationView Source Details
Location: Ontario

Sewing Machine Operators: Feel Better! Work Better!
This Leaflet describes what causes job related injuries in the garment industry and how to prevent MSD's for sewing machine operators.

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Topic:Design - Workstation
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Source:California Department of Health ServicesView Source Details
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Sewing and Related Procedures Ergonomics - Sewing Station Design
This E-tool looks at how workplace design can have a large impact on the risk of musculoskeletal disorders among sewing machine operators. It covers the hazards of poorly designed chairs, tables, and treadles and provides recommendations on changes that can be made regarding these items in order to reduce the risk of MSD's.

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Topic:Design - Workstation
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Source:OSHAView Source Details
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Sewing and Related Procedures Ergonomics - Stitching
This E-tool focuses on the musculoskeletal hazards associated with stitching. This e-tools covers the MSD hazards and workplace solutions for tasks such as moving material to/from a workstation, setting up material, manipulating material, and stitching material.

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Topic:Manual Materials Handling
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Source:OSHAView Source Details
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Sewing and Related Procedures Ergonomics - Fine Work
This E-tool focuses on the musculoskeletal hazards associated with fine work. This e-tools covers the MSD hazards and workplace solutions for tasks that involve handling tools and fabric as well as visually checking work.

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Topic:Design - Workstation Manual Materials Handling
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Source:OSHAView Source Details
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Sewing and Related Procedures Ergonomics - Scissors
This E-tool focuses on the musculoskeletal hazards associated with scissor work. This e-tools covers the MSD hazards and workplace solutions for issues regarding scissor work such as hand postures, arm and back posture, and repitition.

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Topic:Design - Tools Manual Materials Handling
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Source:OSHAView Source Details
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Sewing and Related Procedures Ergonomics - Manual Handling
This E-tool looks at the hazards associated with handling large bundles of cut and/or uncut fabric in the sewing industry and provides solutions for each hazard presented.

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Topic:Manual Materials Handling
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Source:OSHAView Source Details
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Manual Handling Solutions in Woodworking
This leaflet provides information on the risk of musculoskeletal disorders in woodworking and also provides solutions to reduce the risk of MSD's. The focus of this leaflet is on tasks that require manual handling such as the handling of timber preservative kegs, handling of tooling for use on woodworking machine, handling of round timber, handling wood-based panel products, handling lengths of timber,wooden components and planks, movement of assembled furniture and joinery, use of pneumatic nailing guns, inspection of woodne pallets, and feeding timbers into roof-truss saws.

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Topic:Manual Materials Handling
Document Type:Year:2000
Source:HSEView Source Details
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Woodworking E-tool: Packaging/Shipping
This e-tool looks at several tasks associated with packaging and shipping in the woodworking industry. It provides information on the MSD hazards and solutions to each hazard for tasks such as handling heavy containers and wooden pallet, placing products on pallets, and maintenance work.

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Topic:MSD Prevention
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Source:OSHAView Source Details
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Reducing injuries caused by sack handling in the food and drink industries
This article looks at how the handling of sacks in food and drink industries can lead to acute and chronic injuries. It provides information on how to asses the risk concerning the handling of sacks and how reducing the weight of sack and how the use of mechanical aids can help in the unloading/loading of shipping containers.

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Topic:Manual Materials Handling
Document Type:Year:2001
Source:HSEView Source Details
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Roll cages and wheeled rack in the food and frink industries: Reducing manual handling injuries
This factsheet looks at how the use of rolled cages and wheeled racks in storing and transporting foods and beverages can lead the musculo-skeletal disorders. In addition this factsheet also provides recommendations regarding changes in the design of roll cages and wheeled racks as well as changes in work pratices regarding the use of such equipment.

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Topic:Manual Materials Handling Design - Tools
Document Type:Year:2001
Source:HSEView Source Details
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Beverage Delivery Ergonomics - Water Delivery
This e-tool focuses on the delivery of 3 to 5 gallon bottles of water to a variety of residential and commercial customers. Musculoskeletal hazards such as torso bending, elevated reach, and extended reach are all discussed with solutions provided for each hazard. This e-tool also discusses the advantages of using bottle racks and bottled water installers.

MSD Job Title/Task:Loading/Unloading Trucks
Topic:Manual Materials Handling
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Source:OSHAView Source Details
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Beverage Delivery Ergonomics - Beer Kegs
This e-tool focuses on the loading and unloading of beer kegs from delivery trucks. This e-tools looks at the musculoskeletal hazards involved with unloading and transporting kegs, and throwing kegs, and provides recommendation on how to reduce the risk of MSD's when performing these tasks. It also takes a look at how to reduce torse bending in the delivery of beer kegs.

MSD Job Title/Task:Loading/Unloading Trucks
Topic:Manual Materials Handling
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Source:OSHAView Source Details
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Beverage Delivery Ergonomics - Hand Trucks
This e-tool presents several different hazards associated with using handtrucks when moving beverages from a truck to a store. Solutions on how to deal with hazards such as torso bending, load angle, curbs & stairs, and poorly maintained tires are provided.

MSD Job Title/Task:Loading/Unloading Trucks
Topic:Manual Materials Handling
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Source:OSHAView Source Details
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Beverage Delivery Ergonomics - Delivery Trucks
This e-tool presents several different hazards associated with removing cargo from delivery trucks. Solutions on how to reduce the risk of MSD's are provided for hazardous tasks such as removing product, opening and closing doors, and unloading/loading products from tall trucks. This e-tools also provides recommendations on how to reduce torso bending when carrying out these tasks.

MSD Job Title/Task:Loading/Unloading Trucks
Topic:Manual Materials Handling
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Source:OSHAView Source Details
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Guidelines for Poultry Processing
This guidebook focuses on the prevalance of musculoskeletal disorders in the poultry processing industry. It iidentifies musculoskeletal hazards present in poultry processing plants and provides information on the ergnomics processes that poultry processing companies should follow. In addition this guideline also takes a look at controls which involve changes in workplace design, tools selection and design, as well as changes in workplaces practices involving manual materials handling, and the use of personal protective equipment.

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Topic:MSD Prevention
Document Type:Year:2004
Source:OSHAView Source Details
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A Best Practices Guide for the Reduction of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Food Distribution Centers
This guidebook provides guidance to Distribution Centers regarding the musculoskeletal hazards involved in food distribution centres. It provides information on administrative and engineering controls which can be used to reduce hazards such as bending and twisting of the back when selecting an order, repetitive lifting in awkward postures, and extended reaches.

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Topic:MSD Prevention
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Source:Ohio State UniversityView Source Details
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Manual Handling in the Meat Industry
This package is a resource for managers, supervisors and elected safety and health representatives. It is designed to help employers, in consultation with employees and safety and health representatives, to implement an effective injury prevention program that will minimise lost time injuries, particularly manual handling injuries. It provides ergonomic controls for tasks involving work on the slaughter floor, the boning room (beef, mutton, pork), and controls for labour work (beef, mutton, pork).

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Topic:Manual Materials Handling MSD Prevention
Document Type:Year:2008
Source:Department of Consumer and Employment ProtectionView Source Details
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Ergonomic Considerations for Designing and Selecting Conveyor Belt Systems
Guidance produced by HSE, European and International Standards, and Ergonomics literature contains information on how to design workstations in relation to human body dimensions. This information is used here to provide guidance for designing and assessing conveyor belt workstations, for both seated and standing operators.

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Topic:Design - Workstation Back Care Contact Stress
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Source:HSEView Source Details
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Ergonomic Guidelines for Small Lot Delivery
This easy-to use guideline provides not only a systematic process for analyzing and evaluating musculoskeletal injury (or disorder) risk factors in Small Lot Delivery Systems (SLDS) but also recommendations for the design of material handling tasks and material handling systems. This guideline contains recommendations, not mandates, which are applicaple during material handlilng system ' design and redesign' activities

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Topic:MSD Prevention Design - Task Manual Materials Handling
Document Type:Year:2007
Source:AIAGView Source Details
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Manual Packing in the Brick Industry
This booklet is based on research carried out into the risks from manual packing of bricks. It contains practical guidance for managers, supervisors, safety representatives and employees to avoid injuries. It also contains manual handling solutions involving workstation design, manual handling training, work organization, personnel factors, and health monitoring.

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Topic:Manual Materials Handling MSD Prevention
Document Type:Year:2001
Source:HSEView Source Details
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Manual handling in the textiles industry
This booklet analyzes several manual handling tasks in the textiles industry and presents the musculosketal hazards that each task poses. It also illustrates several of solutions to handling bales, rolls, loosely folded cloth, boxes, bins, etc.

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Topic:Manual Materials Handling MSD Prevention
Document Type:Year:2001
Source:HSEView Source Details
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Guideline for Manually Handled Containers
Current packaging and containerization are an ergonomic concern and major expense to automotive manufacturers, designers and suppliers. This new guideline will provide a common approach to container design based on sound ergonomic practices and principles accounting for manual tasks, such as pushing/pulling, lifting/lowering and carrying packages and containers.

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Topic:Manual Materials Handling Design - Tools
Document Type:Year:2005
Source:AIAGView Source Details
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MSI PREVENTION BULLETIN 2: Warehouse Order Picker
This Bulletin focuses on specific tasks carried out by warehouse order pickers that put them at risk of developing musculoskeletal disorders. It provides MSD hazards and solutions to tasks such as getting an empty pallet, loading boxes or materials onto pallets, and wrapping loads.

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Topic:Manual Materials Handling Design - Workstation MSD Prevention
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Source:WorkSafeBC / Workers Compensation Board of British ColumbiaView Source Details
Location: British Columbia

Ergonomic Guidelines for Laundry Workers, Supervisors and Managers
Ergonomic Guidelines for Laundry Workers, Supervisors and Managers. This fact sheet identifies potential hazards and provides suggestions on workplace changes to help reduce these problems.

MSD Job Title/Task:Laundry
Topic:MSD Prevention Manual Materials Handling Design - Task Design - Workstation Heat Stress Standing
Document Type:Fact sheetYear:2006
Source:Ontario Safety Association for Community and HealthcareView Source Details
Location: Ontario

The Ergonomics of Lift Trucks
The Ergonomics of Lift Trucks. This technical report highlights research that links physical design of the lift truck, how the design negatively impacts the operator, and how this mismatch results in an increased number of accidents/injuries. Various design improvements suggested in the literature and/or currently being implemented by different manufacturers is discussed.

MSD Job Title/Task:Forklift Operator
Topic:Design - Vehicle MSD Prevention
Document Type:GuidelineYear:
Source:Pulp and Paper Health and Safety AssociationView Source Details
Location: Ontario