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Musculoskeletal disorders

This section contains information about WorkSafe's focus on musculoskeletal disorders.

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Musculoskeletal disorders

Manual handling

Lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling heavy loads can result in serious injuries to workers

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Working with computers

Read our guidance relating to working postures and managing risks when using computers.

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Working with computers

Preventing manual handling injuries

This ACOP sets out a process that may be used to identify, assess and control the hazards associated with manual handling.

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Preventing manual handling injuries

The New Zealand manual handling assessment charts (NZMAC) (PDF 1.8 MB)

TYPE:   Report
TOPIC:   Ergonomics, Health and safety at work, Manual handling

MAC has been adapted by WorkSafe New Zealand to reflect New Zealand legislation. This version is known as the New Zealand MAC (NZMAC). The NZMAC can also help you to identify where control measures could be put in place to eliminate or minimise the risk of discomfort, pain, and injury, and prioritise which tasks should be considered first.

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978-1-99-105727-3 (online)
 
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The New Zealand manual handling assessment charts (NZMAC)

New Zealand manual handling assessment charts (NZMAC)

Use the New Zealand manual handling assessment charts (NZMAC) to help identify high-risk manual handling tasks. It will help you assess the most common risk factors for lifting, carrying, and team handling tasks.

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New Zealand manual handling assessment charts (NZMAC)

Manual handling training not an effective control

Manual handling (or ‘how to lift’) training does not reduce the incidence of musculoskeletal disorders. Find out about what works instead and what businesses can do to manage the risks of hazardous manual tasks.

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Manual handling training not an effective control

Preventing manual handling injuries - fact sheet

This fact sheet identifies the dangers and risks from manual handling in farming and offers recommendations to help avoid accidents and injuries

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Preventing manual handling injuries - fact sheet

Development of hazardous manual task risk assessments

This report outlines the development process of the New Zealand manual handling screening and risk assessment tools. And it provides a record of the logic behind why specific changes to the HSE tools were made.

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Development of hazardous manual task risk assessments

Metalwork machinery

Improper use of metalwork machinery is a frequent cause of workplace amputations, manual handling and crush injuries, and fractures to the fingers, hands and arms.

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Metalwork machinery

Improving health and safety in manufacturing (February 2015)

What WorkSafe is looking for from manufacturing companies, occupational health in manufacturing, manual handling and wellness at Fletcher Aluminium, and a case study from B&D Doors

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Improving health and safety in manufacturing (February 2015)

Coaching colleagues cuts injury rates and boosts productivity

When leading supply chain solutions company CHEP New Zealand logged 35 manual handling injuries in one year, they knew they needed to start doing things differently.

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Coaching colleagues cuts injury rates and boosts productivity

Safe sheep shearing fact sheet

Back injuries, sprains, strains and hand wounds are the leading injuries associated with shearing sheep.

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Safe sheep shearing fact sheet

Risk assessments for manual tasks

Find out about the three different manual task risk assessments: the New Zealand manual handling assessment charts (NZMAC) which assesses lifting, carrying, and team handling; the New Zealand risk assessment of pushing and pulling (NZRAPP); and the New Zealand assessment of repetitive tasks (NZART).

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Risk assessments for manual tasks

Screening tools for manual tasks

Use the five manual tasks screening tools for lifting/lowering, carrying, pushing/pulling, manual-handling-while-seated, and repetitive upper limb activities to identify if the task is low risk, or if you need to complete further assessment.

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Screening tools for manual tasks

Development of a work-related musculoskeletal disorders codes and conditions list

The codes and conditions list was developed to support WorkSafe with the classification of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Our report outlines how we did this.

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Development of a work-related musculoskeletal disorders codes and conditions list

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders codes and conditions list (XLSX 460 KB)

TYPE:   Report
TOPIC:   Manual handling, Work-related health

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) affect the lives of many New Zealanders and contribute to high numbers of workplace injury claims. There is no internationally recognised classification list and WRMSDs are not easily identified from New Zealand accident compensation data. Developing a New Zealand-based WRMSDs codes and conditions list will enable WorkSafe New Zealand to extract WRMSDs information more accurately and efficiently from such datasets.

 
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Concrete

Information and guidance when working with concrete, in particular during concrete pouring or working with pre-cast concrete

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Carrying screening tool (PDF 204 KB)

TYPE:   Report
TOPIC:   Ergonomics, Health and safety at work, Manual handling, Work-related health

This tool can help you to identify when a simple carrying task performed by one person is low risk, or, if you need to complete a more detailed risk assessment.

 
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Carrying screening tool

Supermarket

Falls, lifting heavy loads, moving vehicles, and standing for long periods of time are just some of the ways that supermarket workers and others can be injured.

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Supermarket

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