Table 2.

^aHow to reduce physical exertion in work

How can the physical strain, you experience in work, be reduced?	N
More/better assistive devices	140
Staying at home/no clue/it can’t be done	53
Better planning/projecting/worker influence	33
Lighter, easier handled materials	30
More use or availability of crane	24
Helping each other more	19
Better timeframes/more time/less stress and time pressure	18
Better lifting technique/taking care while lifting	16
Better usage of assistive devices	16
Stricter demands from work authority	7b
Forbidding piece rates/better prices so we don’t work so hard	6
Reduced working hours	3
Learning to say no to too hard tasks	3

^aThe following perspectives was left out of the table as they were only mentioned once (which of cause does not make them irrelevant): better descriptions of work, equal distribution of tasks in the gang, companies won’t pay for it, economy, accept from the companies, new thinking

^bSeven workers propose stricter demands from working authorities as a solution. Whether this would work is a discussion falling outside the scope of this article, however the proposal does not include particular worker agency