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MSD website - Rebranded

HSE — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:36:30 +0000

The Musculoskeletal disorders website has been relaunched and rebranded, new design, better navigation, now includes new Upper Limb Disorder (ULD) guidance.

View the MSD website and new ULD guidance

HSE encourages tyre industry to tread carefully

HSE — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:40:24 +0000

Workers whose job involves handling tyres are being invited to a special workshop in Newcastle next month in a bid to increase awareness of the potential dangers and cut the number of injuries caused each year.

View HSE encourages tyre industry to tread carefully to cut number of injuries press release

Upper limb disorders

HSE — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:51:13 +0000

A new section giving information about upper limb disorders has been added.

Upper limb disorders (ULDs) affect the arms, from fingers to shoulder, and neck. They are often called repetitive strain injuries, ‘RSI’, cumulative trauma disorder or occupational overuse syndrome.

View Upper limb disorder details

Back pain

HSE — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:28:43 +0000

Low back pain is common and can be extremely painful. The information on back pain has been revised.

View back pain information

Musculoskeletal Disorders - Labelling of loads

HSE — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:32:37 +0000

Views sought on “Labelling of loads ” guidance recently issued by HSE. Has this guidance helped you?
We hope you have time to answer a few questions. The responses will be treated anonymously and you will not be contacted. If you haven’t read the guidance yet, please do read it first.

View the guidance and questionnaire

Developing an assessment tool for repetitive tasks of upper limbs

HSE — Fri, 22 May 2009 06:30:36 +0000

There was a demand for a tool that Inspectors can use to screen frequent handling of light loads or other repetitive tasks and the common physical risk factors in work that may contribute to upper limb disorders (ULDs). This led to the development of the assessment of repetitive tasks (or ART) tool.

View development of an assessment tool for repetitive tasks of the upper limbs research report

Lower limb musculoskeletal disorders

HSE — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:30:07 +0000

Research - there is evidence for kneeling / squatting, climbing stairs or ladders, heavy lifting, walking /standing, and slips and trips hazards as causal risk factors for lower limb disorders.

View lower limb disorder research report

Labelling of loads guidance - have your say

HSE — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:00:09 +0000

Your views are sought on recently published lifting and carrying guidance - time is running out to have your say.

Have your say on labelling of loads guidance

Workplace transport seminar

HSE — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:50:26 +0000

The Lord Hill Hotel, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, 19 May 2009. HSE, in partnership with The Marches Health, Safety & Fire Group will be presenting the next seminar. Some of the areas being covered are, safe sites, delivery and unloading; slips, trips and falls, including falls from vehicles; manual handling and preventing musculoskeletal disorders.

For booking and seminar details

Agriculture health carry card updated

HSE — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:50:33 +0000

This carry card provides information on the health risks associated with your work in agriculture, horticulture and forestry

View Agriculture: Your health carry card [PDF 92KB]

Food live issues

HSE — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:40:44 +0000

The following items have been added to food live issues:

New guidance on dust control in bakeries
Food and drink ‘Better Backs’ initiative 2008 - Survey findings

View food live issues details

Tyre handling workshops

HSE — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:45:11 +0000

HSE, working with the National Tyre Distributors Association and the British Tyre Manufacturers Association, is staging a country wide series of workshops to draw attention to the dangers of handling tyres. The date and location of the Newcastle event has now been set.

View the Newcastle event details

Tyre handling workshop downloads

HSE — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:40:01 +0000

The information sheets from the tyre handling workshops are now available to download. These information sheets are based on those in the workshop pack, they also have worked examples of Manual Handling Assessment Charts (MACs), not in the pack.

View tyre handling workshop information sheets

Reducing musculoskeletal risk in handling plasterboard

HSE — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:30:19 +0000

This event is being held on 12 March 2009 in Rose Court, London. The event seeks to look at the handling issues concerning plasterboard from different perspectives throughout the supply chain.

Reducing musculoskeletal risk in handling plasterboard event flyer [34KB PDF]

European health and safety legislation

HSE — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:00:25 +0000

Euronews provides revised and updated information about European health and safety legislation on the horizon, under negotiation and in the process of being implemented.

Visit Euronews

Additional tyre handling workshops

HSE — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:05:26 +0000

Because of the considerable demand for places on the workshops the HSE, working with the National Tyre Distributors Association and the British Tyre Manufacturers Association, is pleased to announce three additional workshops:

29 April, Goodyear, Birmingham
June, Newcastle, venue and date to be announced
23 September, BriTyrex Internation 09, Manchester

View additional workshop details

Health & safety in care homes

HSE — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:31:32 +0000

Through February and March half-day free seminars are being run, aimed at owners/managers of nursing/residential care homes - 16 events.

Find an event near you

Risks to airport workers from loading baggage announced

HSE — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:04:20 +0000

An HSE Research Report has been published on Monday 5 January 2009 based on the findings of a collaborative project at East Midlands Airport.

View Risks to airport workers from loading baggage press release

RR674: Reducing the risks associated with the manual handling of air passenger baggage for narrow bodied aircraft

HSE — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:59:25 +0000

This report is an update of the review for ramp-based baggage handling related literature undertaken in 2005 (Tapley and Riley, 2005). The aim of this review is to present information relating to alternative methods of loading narrow-bodied aircraft that reduce the manual handling related injury and ill-health risks to the handlers, and to identify knowledge gaps.

This was used to inform subsequent work at East Midlands Airport in 2007/2008 (Musculoskeletal ill-health risks for Airport Baggage Handlers: Report on a stakeholder project at East Midlands Airport - RR675).

View the full report [PDF 292KB]

RR675: Musculoskeletal ill-health risks for airport baggage handlers

HSE — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:09:29 +0000

This report describes the work undertaken to gather further information on the musculoskeletal ill-health risks associated with baggage handling operations and to appraise the efficacy of new Extending Belt Loader (EBL) technology.

View RR675: Musculoskeletal ill-health risks for airport baggage handlers [PDF 1.06MB]