Keywords: WRULD, wruld, upper limb disorder, MSD, msd, manual handling, muscle, tendon, nerve back, neck, sprain, strain, injury, finger, thumb, hand, wrist, arm, forearm, elbow, limb, pain, repetitive, RSI, rsi, cramp, uld, upper, carpal tunnel syndrome, cervical spondylosis, De Quervain's Syndrome, Raynaud, fibromyalgia, Kienboch, medial, lateral epicondylitis, osteoarthritis, peritendonitis crepitans, radial tunnel syndrome, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, rotator cuff syndrome, subacromial bursitis, ulnar neuritis, tendonitis, tenosynovitis, trigger, risk filter, assessment, vibration, hand-held, vibration, vibrating, white finger, power tool, grinder, angle, angle-grinder,
chipping, hammer, typing, office

Statutes:
Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005
Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (MHOR) (as amended 2002)
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999  (MHSAW) (MHSW, MHSAWA)
The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992 (as amended)


Links:
Health and Safety Executive - MSD Homepage
Health and Safety Executive - Health Services MSD Page
Health and Safety Executive - Vibration at Work Page
Back Care - The Charity for Healthier Backs
Back Pain - Advice for Workers - HSE
Back Pain in the Workplace: Prevention and Management - HSE
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Elements of Ergonomics Programs - Workplace Evaluations of Musculoskeletal Disorders - NIOSH
Hand-Arm Vibration - Centralized European Hand-Arm Vibration Database - Tool Check (Sweden)
Hand-Arm Vibration - H&S Guidance - Devonline.gov.uk
Hand-Arm Vibration - Physical Agent Data Sheet - Alaska Dept of Labor & Workforce Development
Hand-arm Vibration - Safe Use of Hand-held Power Tools - HSE enforcement advice circular
Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome / Vibration White Finger - Patient UK
Hand-Arm Vibration Training Guide - NIOSH
Hazards Body Mapping
Manual Handling Assessment Chart (MAC) Tool - HSE
Manual Materials Handling - Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
Measurement and assessment of human exposure to hand-transmitted vibration International Standard ISO 5349
Musculoskeletal Disorders - Guidance and Research - HSE
Musculoskeletal Disorders and the Workplace: Low Back and Upper Extremities - Open Book
Chapter 8 of the above - Interventions In The Workplace - Open Book
Musculoskeletal Disorders and Workplace Factors - Evidence for Work Relatedness - NIOSH, US/Canada
Musculoskeletal Disorders - Neck and Upper Limb Disorders - European Agency for Safety & Health at Work
Prevent RSI and Upper Limb Disorders - Businesslink (UK) - a series
Preventing Musculoskeletal Disorders in Practice - European Agency for Safety & Health at Work
Research on Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders - European Agency for Safety & Health at Work
RSI Awareness
Repetitive Strain Injury - WorkSmart
Vibration - WorkSmart
Women and Back Pain
Workplace Evaluations of Musculoskeletal Disorders - A Primer - NIOSH
Work-Related Back Disorders - PCL Health and Safety Consultants
Work Related Upper Limb Disorders:  Database of Court Judgements
Worried About Your Hands? - Advice for workers - HSE


Downloads:  (To save PDFs without opening, right-click to "Save Target As" in IE or "Save Link As" in Firefox)
Aching Arms (or RSI) in Small Businesses - HSE  INDG171 (rev 1)
Are You Making the Best Use of Lifting and Handling Aids? - HSE  INDG398
Diagnosis and treatment of hand-arm vibration syndrome - Sonja Falkner, Royal Hosp. For Women, Sydney
Elements of Ergonomics Programs - Workplace Evaluations of Musculoskeletal Disorders - NIOSH, 6.8mb
Getting To Grips With Manual Handling - HSE  INDG143
Hand-Arm Vibration - Control the risks from hand-arm vibration - Advice for employers - HSE INDG 175
Hand-Arm Vibration - Dose-response relationships for vibration-induced white finger - Vibration Injury Network
Hand-Arm Vibration - Advice for Employees - HSE INDG 296
Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) - Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers
Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome - Underlying causes and risk control in the construction industry - HSE (pdf, 305pp, 1.3mb)
Manual Handling - Checklist for Safety Representatives - HSE
Manual Handling Assessment Charts - HSE INDG 383 (pdf)
Manual Handling in the Textiles Industry - HSC
Manual Handling - Lifting and Carrying Safety - IAPA, Canada (pdf, 15pp)
MSD/ULD Risk Assessment Worksheet
Power Tools - How to Reduce Vibration Health Risks - HSE INDG 338
Preventing Manual Handling Injuries - USDAW
Preventing MSDs in Practice -  European Agency for Safety & Health at Work
RSI Awareness - Amicus/Unite
Tackling Upper Limb Disorders - Medical & Management Approaches - Sheffield Health Development Group
Understanding Ergonomics at Work - HSE  INDG90
Vibration White-Finger Fact Sheet - Raynaud's & Scleroderma Association (pdf)
Whole Body Vibration - Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (pdf)
Work Related Neck and Upper Limb - Musculoskeletal Disorders
     -  Research, European Agency for Safety & Health at Work (pdf)
Work Related Upper Limb Disorders - House of Commons Research Paper 1998
Working With VDUs - HSE  INDG36