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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.
Assessing employees' wellbeing
Lucie Ponting | Features | HSW | 15.09.2007
Health assessments for safety-critical staff make sense, says Lucie Ponting, but in other cases their value may be limited.
Risk assessments for disabled workers
Duncan Abbott | Features | HSW | 01.06.2007
Don't panic. That's the first thing to remember if you are called on to carry out a personal risk assessment for a disabled worker, says Duncan Abbott. In this article, he demystifies combined risk assessments and DDA assessments for disabled workers and explains how to apply the five steps to risk assessment.
Site specifics: lifting operations
Bridget Leathley | Features | HSW | 01.12.2006
Bridget Leathley discovers that web guidance on lifting operations is not always within easy reach.
Workplace Health Connect
Louis Wustemann | Features | HSW | 01.11.2006
Following the launch of the government's Workplace Health Connect consultancy, aimed at giving SMEs advice on issues from absence management to musculoskeletal disorders, businesses have got more than they bargained for. Louis Wustemann and Jocelyn Dorrell investigate.
Screen-based training
Mike Denton | Features | HSW | 01.08.2006
Tony Dervan of EssentialSkillz argues that screen-based training and assessments can take the drudgery out of DSE compliance.
Why matching workstation equipment to individual need is vital
Duncan Abbott | Features | HSW | 01.07.2006
Duncan Abbott explains why matching workstation equipment closely to individual need is vital
The cost of office hazards
Sarah Silcox | Features | HSW | 01.06.2006
Sarah Silcox talks to a manager who argues office hazards can cost more than site accidents.
Looking after an ageing workforce
Sara Bean | Features | HSW | 01.04.2006
Age has been seen as the last bastion of permitted discrimination in employment. But that bastion fell when new legislation prohibiting employers from discriminating against anyone on the grounds of age came into effect. Sara Bean considers the implications of looking after an ageing workforce.
Using ergonomics in the shipping and packing industry
Duncan Abbott | Features | HSW | 01.10.2005
Using ergonomics in the shipping and packaging industry, a report by Duncan Abbott
Protecting new and expectant mothers in the workplace
Rebecca Bunn | Features | HSW | 01.06.2005
What must an employer do to protect new and expectant mothers in the workplace? Rebecca Bunn finds out more
Constructing better fitness
Duncan Abbott | Features | HSW | 01.05.2005
Duncan Abbott takes an ergonomic approach to reducing injuries in the construction industry
Pushing and pulling tasks are an overlooked aspect of manual handling
Duncan Abbott | Features | HSW | 01.01.2004
One in 10 RIDDOR-reportable accidents investigated by the HSE in 2003-04 involved pushing or pulling tasks. Duncan Abbott considers an overlooked aspect of manual handling
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