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Ergonomie en milieu de travail : cerner et contrôler les risques liés à la manutention manuelle

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Une vue d'ensemble des risques liés à la manutention manuelle et des suggestions sur la manière de les aborder.

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Ergonomie au travail : formation sur la prévention des LMS

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Exigences de formation en ergonomie pour le contrôle des risques liés aux LMS.

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Ergonomics in the workplace : identifying and controlling MSI hazards

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This bulletin provides an overview of musculoskeletal injury (MSI) hazards, with information on factors contributing to MSI, and how to eliminate or control MSI hazards. It is part of the... More ≫

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This bulletin provides an overview of musculoskeletal injury (MSI) hazards, with information on factors contributing to MSI, and how to eliminate or control MSI hazards. It is part of the Ergonomics in the Workplace series that focuses on applying ergonomics principles to reduce illness and injury, while meeting Alberta's occupational health and safety requirements.

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Ergonomics in the workplace : identifying and controlling manual handling hazards

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This bulletin provides an overview of musculoskeletal injury hazards associated with manual handling tasks, with information on contributing factors, required controls and best practices. It is... More ≫

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This bulletin provides an overview of musculoskeletal injury hazards associated with manual handling tasks, with information on contributing factors, required controls and best practices. It is part of the Ergonomics in the workplace series that focus on applying ergonomics to meet Alberta's occupational health and safety requirements.

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Ergonomics in the workplace : MSI prevention training

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This bulletin gives an overview of employer requirements to provide musculoskeletal injury prevention training to workers, and for workers to participate in and apply the training. It is part of... More ≫

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This bulletin gives an overview of employer requirements to provide musculoskeletal injury prevention training to workers, and for workers to participate in and apply the training. It is part of the Ergonomics in the workplace series that focus on applying ergonomics principles to reduce illness and injury, while meeting Alberta's occupational health and safety requirements.

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COVID-19 information : workplace ergonomics considerations arising from the COVID-19 pandemic [2020]

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This document focuses on the importance of addressing changes and adaptations in the workplace to follow the COVID-19 pandemic guidelines and requirements, while considering ergonomics and human factors. More ≫

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This document focuses on the importance of addressing changes and adaptations in the workplace to follow the COVID-19 pandemic guidelines and requirements, while considering ergonomics and human factors.

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Musculoskeletal injuries, biomechanical risk factors : OHS information for employers and workers

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Although the causes of musculoskeletal injuries are difficult or sometimes impossible to determine, a number of risk factors have been shown to contribute to them. This safety bulletin discusses... More ≫

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Although the causes of musculoskeletal injuries are difficult or sometimes impossible to determine, a number of risk factors have been shown to contribute to them. This safety bulletin discusses the factors that involve how the worker's body functions during work, the biomechanical risk factors.

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Musculoskeletal injuries, symptoms and types of injuries : OHS information for employers and workers

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Although the causes of musculoskeletal injuries are difficult or sometimes impossible to determine, a number of risk factors have been shown to contribute to them. This fact sheet discusses the... More ≫

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Although the causes of musculoskeletal injuries are difficult or sometimes impossible to determine, a number of risk factors have been shown to contribute to them. This fact sheet discusses the various kinds of musculoskeletal injuries and the three stages of increasing discomfort and disability.

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Lifting and handling loads, reducing hazards : OHS information for employers and workers

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Deals with the lifting and handling of loads. The purpose of performing a workplace hazard assessment is to identify specific workplace hazards related to materials handling injuries and to then... More ≫

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Deals with the lifting and handling of loads. The purpose of performing a workplace hazard assessment is to identify specific workplace hazards related to materials handling injuries and to then reduce worker exposure to those hazards.

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It’s your move : evaluating improvements to client handling practices in Alberta

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The OHS Futures Research Funding Program provided a grant to the researcher. The researcher used the grant to evaluate a patient handling program. This dataset provides some of the information... More ≫

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The OHS Futures Research Funding Program provided a grant to the researcher. The researcher used the grant to evaluate a patient handling program. This dataset provides some of the information collected during this study

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