Eaws

eaws - ergonomic assessment work-sheet eaws is a risk assessment method for biomechanical load of the whole body and upper limbs used mainly in manufacturing industries as a process design tool for preventive ergonomics and adopted in the production departments for biomechanical stress mapping purposes (we estimate 630.000 workers mapped with eaws worldwide). eaws is an open system, freely available, part of the international mtm technical platform, managed by the fondazione ergo (www.fondazionergo.it), a non-profit organizations dedicated to the development of the body of knowledge regarding the scientific management of work (all official systems in the international mtm technical platform are available in the main languages, including chinese). eaws offers compliance with the relevant cen/iso standards and it is structured in four sections, each one covering a specific risk area: body postures, action forces, manual materials handling and upper limbs in repetitive tasks.