Exploratory study of musculoskeletal problems in film and video technicians: Occupational injuries, task requirements, work organisation, and time stress Abstract Unions and employers in the film industry, lacking data for establishing prevention priorities, asked the IRSST to investigate the musculoskeletal disorders and accidents in their industry and to formulate hypotheses as to their causes. This description of the occupational injuries and work organization on film sets and off the sets (studios, camera rooms, offices) considers the relationships between tasks, equipment, work organization (including schedules) and injuries in the groups targeted as being the most at risk. This publication is intended first for professionals and decision-makers who work in the field. It is designed in such a way that they can become informed and draw from the references and arguments. Some thirty technical and organizational recommendations are presented in relation to the main steps in cinematography, as well as general recommendations and research proposals. Produced Under this Project Scientific Reports Exploratory study of musculoskeletal disorders and accidents in motion picture and video technicians Research Report: R-335 Simplified Articles Troubles musculo-squelettiques et accidentsL'envers du décor des techniciens du cinéma et de la vidéo Volume 17, n0 2 Scientific Publications Les risques du métier : un premier portrait des troubles musculo-squelettiques et des accidents chez les techniciens du cinéma au QuébecBourdouxhe M., Toulouse G.Source : in Les transformations du travail, enjeux pour l’ergonomie : Actes du congrès conjoint de l’Association canadienne d’ergonomie et de la Société d’ergonomie de langue française / ACE-SELF, (3-5 octobre, 2001 : Montréal, Canada), CD-ROM, vol. 5, 2001, p. 12-16Health and safety among film technicians working extended shiftsBourdouxhe M., Toulouse G.Source : Journal of Human Ergology, vol. 30, no 1-2, 2003, p. 113-118Horaires de travail et santé : comment vieillir en carrière dans les métiers du cinémaBourdouxhe M., Toulouse G.Source : in 3e Séminaire franco-québécois sur le vieillissement et la santé (3e : 25-28 juin, 2002 : Toulouse, France), 2002Comment concilier la vie privée et le travail en horaires allongés : l’exemple des techniciens du cinémaBourdouxhe M., Toulouse G.Source : in Colloque "Santé et société: perspectives psychosociales" : 70e Congrès de l’Association canadienne-française pour l'avancement des sciences / ACFAS (70e : 13-17 mai, 2002 : Ste-Foy, Canada), Université Laval, 2002Health and safety among film technicians working extended shiftsBourdouxhe M., Toulouse G.Source : in Innovative strategies in managing shiftwork : XVth International Symposium on Night and shiftwork of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) and Working Time Society (15th : September 10-13, 2001 : Hayama, Japan), 2001Les lésions professionnelles des jeunes techniciens en cinémaBourdouxhe M., Toulouse G.Source : in Colloque la santé et la sécurité du travail au Québec : Symposium "Les jeunes et la santé et sécurité du travail" : Congrès de l'ACFAS (11 mai, 2005 : Chicoutimi, Canada), Réseau de recherche en santé et en sécurité du travail du Québec / RRSSTQ, 2005, (http://www.rrsstq.com/stock/fra/conferences0086.pdf)Sensitivity of kinematics-based model predictions to optimization criteria in static lifting tasksArjmand N., Shirazi-Adl A.Source : Medical Engineering & Physics, vol. 28, no 6, 2006, p. 504-514Unloading and stabilizing effect of intra-abdominal pressure in fiting is task dependentArjmand N., Shirazi-Adl A.Source : in ISSLS 2006, Annual Congress of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, (June 13-17, 2006 : Bergen, Norway), 2006 Additional Information Type: Project Number: 0099-0090 Status: Completed Year of completion: 2003 Research Field: OSH and Sustainable Prevention Work Environment Team: Madeleine Bourdouxhe (IRSST)Georges Toulouse (IRSST)Daniel Imbeau (IRSST)Denise Granger (IRSST)Jean Arteau (IRSST)