Occupational Overuse Syndrome (OOS) - Guidelines for Prevention and Management
Compiled jointly by the Department of Labour, ACC, NZCTU, the NZ Employers' Federation and OOS support groups, these guidelines give information to help organisations prevent OOS. There is also advice on what to do where symptoms have already occurred.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Aims
The compilers
The cost of OOS
RSI = OOS
Occupational overuse syndrome
The symptoms
The causes
The people affected
Prevention
Design of equipment and tasks
Organisation of work
Job design
Work rates
Bonus-incentive schemes/electronic monitoring/machine pacing
The work environment
Social factors
Physical factors
Training and education
Treatment providers
Policy development
Strategies for OOS
Management responsibilities
Management strategies
Workplace investigations
Education programmes
Reporting systems
Regulating workloads and workflows
Strategies for individuals at risk
Safe working
Take breaks
Early reporting
Supervisory styles
Seek help
Help others
Pace your comeback
Cost implications
Medical management of OOS
Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation planning
Steps to take in rehabilitation
Glossary
Electronic monitoring
Ergonomics
Incidence
Job design
Machine pacing
Micropause
Musculo-skeletal
Prevalence
Stress
Task design
Working rhythm
Working technique
Appendix a: costs of OOS
National costs
Industry costs
Personal costs
Appendix b: sample checklist
Appendix c: survey method for investigating OOS
Resources
References
