Using body mapping as part of the risk assessment process – a case study

Assessing the Occupational and Environmental Health Hazards among Rag-Pickers: A Systematic Review

“…Word wide many studies are conducted to investigate multiple occupational health hazards in ragpickers Most of these studies are based on cross-sectional approach, which reported prevalence of diseases in Ragpickers and where consideration is not giving on identifying the causes behind prevalent diseases or other health risks. This task has been accomplished by few like Thomas et al, 2018;Isomah et al, 2022). Paulsen et al, (1995); Kuijer et al, (2004) showed that occupational accidents, musculoskeletal disorders, pulmonary, fatigue, respiratory, hearing complaints and gastrointestinal diseases are frequent in ragpickers because of their exposure to occupation.…”

Développement méthodologique : indicateurs et profils pour le suivi longitudinal des troubles musculo-squelettiques liés au travail

“…Ainsi, l'usage de tels indicateurs contribue à instruire le choix des situations de travail prioritaires à cibler, ce qui représente une étape clé de la démarche d'intervention ergonomique (St-Vincent et al, 2011) visant la prévention des TMS. Les douleurs rapportées par les travailleuses et les travailleurs sont effectivement reconnues comme un moyen pertinent pour cibler des risques et orienter des interventions (Keith et Brophy, 2004;Keith et al, 2001;Thomas, Hare et Cameron, 2018), mais peu d'indicateurs sont à la disposition des ergonomes pour guider les choix et orienter les actions de prévention (Messing et al, 2008). Cette méthode de suivi des TMS pourrait même être intégrée dans une perspective d'analyse différenciée selon le sexe/ genre.…”

A comparison of manual handling risks in different domestic waste collection systems using three separate evaluation methods

“…Of this group, five LAs were prepared to allow access to their workforce to carry out the survey for MSD (Thomas et al 2019). One LA, which had changed its system of work during the study, gave permission to survey its workforce twice, before and after implementation of a new collection system (Thomas et al 2018). This meant that six different systems of work could be compared.…”

“…The process involves participants marking where they feel pain on an outline of the human body or manikin (Keith & Brophy 2004). It can be used as a risk assessment tool (Thomas et al 2018) and can be carried out by Health and Safety professionals or representatives in the workplace Although the process is considered subjective, relying solely on the honesty and participation of the workforce (Corlett & Bishop 1976), it can be potentially more informative than relying purely on absence rates. It involves all employees within a work group whether they have had absences or not.…”