Working postures and work movements

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		Working postures and work movements
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Description	The list is based on the following regulations
The checklist is suitable for investigating whether employees perform work with working postures and work movements that can be hazardous to health or unnecessarily tiring.	AFS 2023:10 6§5 AFS 2023:11 3§10 AFS 2023:12 3§28

Question	Risk assessment:
	Low	Medium	High
1. Is there enough space in the work area for appropriate work movements?
2. Are working heights adapted to the employee's body size and the task at hand?
3. Are there tasks where it is difficult to see properly, for example due to insufficient lighting or small text?
4. Work movements occur.
a) With your arms above shoulder height?
b) Below knee height?
c) Does this involve bending or twisting movements for the hand and forearm?
d) Feeling stressed due to time pressure?
e) Are they repeated for an extended period of time?
5. There are working postures.
a) Are you referring to kneeling as a work posture?
b) Squatting?
c) In landscape?
d) Are they repeated for an extended period of time?
6. Planned for repeated work over a longer period of time.
a) Regular micro-breaks? -> Regular micro-breaks?
b) What is job rotation?
7. Can sitting be an option when the work involves prolonged standing or walking?
8. Where are the work equipment and work items located?
a) At a suitable height?
b) At the appropriate distance, i.e. in the inner working area?
9. Are ergonomically designed tools being used?

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