Quick Exposure Checklist for
work-related musculoskeletal risks
The tool was developed and evaluated by Dr. Guangyan Li and Professor Peter Buckle, with support from researchers at Robens Center for Health Ergonomics, University of Surrey and some 150 health and safety practitioners throughout the UK. The QEC system and the full report about its development was published by the HSE Books in November 1999.
The tool has the following major functions:
- Identify risk factors for WMSDs.
- Evaluate risk exposure level for different body regions.
- Suggest actions that need to be taken in order to reduce the risk exposure.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of an ergonomics intervention in the workplace.
- Educate users about the musculoskeletal risks in their workpalce
and a programme showing how to calculate the exposure scores. 654k in total)
Download the whole HSE Report in PDF format (3343k)
Download the QEC assessment score calculator
(Calculate the exposure scores on computer, no need to install, just click and run)
Dr. G. Li
Human Engineering Ltd.
Shore House
68 Westbury Hill
Bristol
BS9 3AA
UK
E-mail: guangyan.li@humaneng.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)117 962 0888
Fax: +44 (0)117 962 9888
http://www.humaneng.co.uk
