Rehabilitation case studies

  1. Spine injuries and concussion resulting from slip and fall from back of lorry [39]
  2. Severe post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following severe burns to hands trapped in machine[40]
  3. Knee injury following 7.7m fall from height through trap door[41]
  4. Knee injury following slip on wet floor[42]
  5. Knee injury following trip over waste material on floor[43]
  6. Lower back injury following slip/trip on uneven tile[44]
  7. Groin injury (hernia) while moving heavy machinery[45]
  8. Amputation of right arm and leg resulting from serious road accident[46]
  9. Back pain caused by slipped discs[47]
  10. Acute knee pain and associated disability affecting mobility and car driving[48]
  11. Recovery from heart attack[49]
  12. Rehabilitation from type 2 diabetes[50]
  13. Low back injury caused by lifting, exacerbated by a trip[51]
  14. Back pain caused by lifting[52]
  15. Back pain resulting in long-term absence (30 weeks)[53]
  16. Lower back pain in ‘shunter’ driver[54]
  17. Back injury caused by lifting trays from a machine[55]

See also

Link URLs in this page

  1. Food & drink manufacturehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/index.htm
  2. Common risks - in food and drink manufacturing industrieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/industries.htm
  3. Meat, poultry and fishhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/slaughter.htm
  4. Milling, animal feedshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/grain.htm
  5. Bakery productshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/bakery.htm
  6. Dairy productshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/dairy.htm
  7. Fruit and vegetableshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/fruitveg.htm
  8. Alcoholic and soft drinkshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/drink.htm
  9. Chilled and frozen products https://www.hse.gov.uk/food/chilled.htm
  10. Supply chainhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/chain.htm
  11. Safety risks overviewhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/safety-hazards.htm
  12. Manual handlinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/handling.htm
  13. Slips on wet or contaminated floorshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/slips.htm
  14. Falls from heighthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/falls.htm
  15. Workplace transporthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/transport.htm
  16. Struck by somethinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/struckby.htm
  17. Overview - Food processing machineryhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/machinery.htm
  18. European CEN 'C' Standards for food processing machineshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/standards.htm
  19. Packaging machineryhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/package.htm
  20. Overview - Prevention of dust explosionshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/dustexplosion.htm
  21. Selection and use of vacuum cleanershttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/dustexplosionapp1.htm
  22. Explosion relief for small bins and siloshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/dustexplosionapp2.htm
  23. Overview - Occupational health topicshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/healthtopics.htm
  24. Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)https://www.hse.gov.uk/food/musculoskeletal.htm
  25. Dermatitishttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/dermatitis.htm
  26. Noise induced hearing losshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/noise.htm
  27. Overviewhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/asthma.htm
  28. Low dust flourhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/low-flour-dust.htm
  29. Exposure to disinfectantshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/disinfectants.htm
  30. Work-related stresshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/stress.htm
  31. Overview - Occupational rehabilitationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/rehabilitation/index.htm
  32. OH Case studieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/rehabilitation/casestudies.htm
  33. Overview - Resourceshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/information.htm
  34. Case studieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/experience.htm
  35. Useful linkshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/links.htm
  36. Food and Drink Manufacture Health and Safety Forumhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/forum.htm
  37. Topics of interesthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/live.htm
  38. Case studies summary table https://www.hse.gov.uk/food/rehabilitation/index.htm
  39. Spine injuries and concussion resulting from slip and fall from back of lorry https://www.hse.gov.uk/food/rehabilitation/case1.htm
  40. Severe post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following severe burns to hands trapped in machinehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/rehabilitation/case2.htm
  41. Knee injury following 7.7m fall from height through trap doorhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/rehabilitation/case3.htm
  42. Knee injury following slip on wet floorhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/rehabilitation/case4.htm
  43. Knee injury following trip over waste material on floorhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/rehabilitation/case5.htm
  44. Lower back injury following slip/trip on uneven tilehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/rehabilitation/case6.htm
  45. Groin injury (hernia) while moving heavy machineryhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/rehabilitation/case7.htm
  46. Amputation of right arm and leg resulting from serious road accidenthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/rehabilitation/case8.htm
  47. Back pain caused by slipped discshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/rehabilitation/case9.htm
  48. Acute knee pain and associated disability affecting mobility and car drivinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/rehabilitation/case10.htm
  49. Recovery from heart attackhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/rehabilitation/case11.htm
  50. Rehabilitation from type 2 diabeteshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/rehabilitation/case12.htm
  51. Low back injury caused by lifting, exacerbated by a triphttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/rehabilitation/case13.htm
  52. Back pain caused by liftinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/rehabilitation/case14.htm
  53. Back pain resulting in long-term absence (30 weeks)https://www.hse.gov.uk/food/rehabilitation/case15.htm
  54. Lower back pain in ‘shunter’ driverhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/rehabilitation/case16.htm
  55. Back injury caused by lifting trays from a machinehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/rehabilitation/case17.htm
  56. A recipe for safety: Occupational health and safety in food and drink manufacturehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/hsg252.htm
  57. Moving food and drink: Manual handling solutions for the food and drink industries https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/hsg196.htm
  58. Case studieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/experience.htm
  59. Food Standards Agencyhttps://www.food.gov.uk/
  60. Slips and tripshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/index.htm
  61. Fallshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/work-at-height/index.htm
  62. Musculoskeletal disordershttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/index.htm
  63. Workplace transport micrositehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/workplacetransport/index.htm
  64. Equipment at workhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/work-equipment-machinery/index.htm
  65. Back painhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/backpain/index.htm
  66. Pushing and pullinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/pushpull/index.htm
  67. MAC toolhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/mac/index.htm
  68. Food and Drink Manufacturing Forumhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/food/forum.htm
  69. Federation of Bakers (FoB)https://www.fob.uk.com/
  70. Craft Bakers Associationhttps://www.craftbakersassociation.co.uk/
  71. British Meat Processors Association (BMPA)https://britishmeatindustry.org/
  72. Dairy UKhttps://www.dairyuk.org/
  73. Chilled Foods Association (CFA)https://www.chilledfood.org/
  74. British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF)https://www.bfff.co.uk/
  75. Food Standards Agencyhttps://www.food.gov.uk/
  76. IOSH Food and Drink Grouphttps://www.iosh.co.uk/groups/food_and_drink_group.aspx
  77. Managing sickness absence - overviewhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/sicknessabsence/index.htm
  78. Food and Drink Federation (FDF)http://www.fdf.org.uk/
  79. Federation of Bakers (FoB)https://www.fob.uk.com/
  80. Craft Bakers Associationhttp://www.craftbakersassociation.co.uk/
  81. British Meat Processors Association (BMPA)http://www.bmpa.uk.com/
  82. Dairy UK http://www.dairyuk.org/
  83. Chilled Foods Association (CFA)http://www.chilledfood.org/
  84. Food Standards Agencyhttps://www.food.gov.uk/
  85. IOSH Food and Drink Grouphttp://www.iosh.co.uk/groups/food_and_drink_group.aspx

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