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Using 'body mapping' to flag workers' ill health

Jocelyn Dorrell | Features | HSW | 09.11.2007

The technique of 'body mapping' was developed in the 1970s at Nottingham University to encourage workers to report ill-health symptoms. The employee-centred approach aids locating workplace health hazards and flagging up workers' health problems, especially musculoskeletal disorders, as Jocelyn Dorrell reports.

Regulations require checks for ill health in staff

Lucie Ponting | Features | HSW | 01.10.2006

Regulations increasingly require businesses to check staff for signs of ill health. Lucie Ponting reports how surveillance to find the early signs of work-related ill health range from simple self-assessment, through to checks by occupational health professionals.

Site specifics: vibration

Bridget Leathley | Features | HSW | 01.05.2006

The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005 implement the requirements of European Directive 2002/44/EC on workers' exposure to vibration-related risks. Bridget Leathley trawls the web for the best sources of information and guidance on hand/arm and whole-body vibration.

Reducing vibration

Duncan Abbott | Features | HSW | 01.07.2005

Hand-arm vibration causes the most common industrial injuries in the UK, ergonomist Duncan Abbott tells us how to prevent them by changing equipment and systems of work