Abstract
Musculoskeletal disorders are one of the most common occupational diseases, affecting millions of workers in the European Union and costing employers billions of euros. Researching the relationships and possibilities of optimal mutual adaptation, under given conditions, both of human to his work and of work to humans, in order to increase the technical-economic efficiency, to optimize the conditions of satisfaction, motivation and work results, while maintaining the worker’s state of health also involves, as a basic stage, the assessment of the risks of osteomuscular-articular overload. Starting from a statistical synthesis on the incidence of MSD and the characteristic types of demands, the paper systematizes in a unitary vision the categories of methods, techniques and tools available for recording and evaluating the factors of physical and postural stress of workers. The pointed description of three of the most commonly applied ergonomic risk assessment tools, aimed at developing a synthesis of Strengths-Weaknesses type, which highlights the advantages of methods in counterbalance with their limitations, providing a first basis for selection in order to apply them in the practice of companies that are aware that investing in safety means investing in profit and not losing financial resources and implicitly human, material ones.
Highlights
In principle, risk assessment is a powerful and effective tool, if not used with care and discernment, the results obtained can be completely incorrect, leading to erroneous decisions, practically inapplicable [1,2,3,4,5]
According to EU-OSHA in 2020 in Europe the main part of the costs of occupational diseases is due to cancer, followed by musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)
Considering the quasi-incipient stage in which the economic analysis of the costs associated with the unwanted events occurred in the occupational environment is in Romania, the comparative study carried out on the three investigated methods and techniques aimed at investigating their practical feasibility, in particular and specific socioeconomic conditions
Summary
In principle, risk assessment is a powerful and effective tool, if not used with care and discernment, the results obtained can be completely incorrect, leading to erroneous decisions, practically inapplicable [1,2,3,4,5]. Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are one of the most common occupational health problems. They affect millions of workers across Europe and cost billions of euros for employers [6]. MSDs reduces the company's profitability and adds to the government's social costs [9]. These health conditions greatly reduce the employability and work capacity of those affected. According to EU-OSHA in 2020 in Europe the main part of the costs of occupational diseases is due to cancer, followed by musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).
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