Body mapping for MSDs - using individual body maps - OSHwiki

The background to body mapping Body mapping is a technique to gain information about hazards and ill-health effects in work, first developed by community groups and trade unions, and meanwhile adapted by educators in a variety of settings. It is used as a means of pooling information on worker health problems, using visual images, and it is an alternative to using surveys. The results of using this data-gathering and reporting technique can be fed into the risk assessment and subsequent used to review processes. One of the main reasons this should be promoted is that body mapping has been shown to be very effective in gathering information and helping ordinary workers do something in relation to the health and safety risks that can affect them.  There's no need for expensive consultants, complex questionnaires or intrusive medicals. All you need is a group of workers, some paper, some pens and coloured stickers or sticky notes and ofcourse: somebody to guide the session. In this way, body mapping makes it possible – for instance by pointing out musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) - to identify workplace problems in a collective way, so that patterns are identified among a group of workers and this can be tackled as a group, rather than an individual having to argue alone about workplace injuries. The more workers that report the same symptoms, the more likely it is that the working environment is a factor. Body mapping is an easy applicable and important method that offers simple guidance to encourage workers to speak up about their musculoskeletal pain and workplace problems. It can also be used for other types of symptoms. Body mapping should be considered as an important method to increase awareness about MSDs and assist the risk assessment process. It takes a similar approach to another method known as hazard mapping.

Body mapping for MSDs - using individual body maps - OSHwiki

Research on work-related MSDs Safety and health at work EU-OSHA

Body mapping for MSDs - using individual body maps - OSHwiki