Are you or your organization interested in learning about Musculoskeletal Disorders?
Our new video is a great place to start. Play this video at organizational meetings, toolbox talks, or send it to someone you know to get the conversation started about MSD prevention in the workplace.
Ergonomics can influence businesses’ bottom line with the prevention of injures also impacting productivity, product quality, and worker engagement.
CRE-MSD has a new resource available called the ‘Ontario Ergonomics Intervention Cost-Benefit Calculator’ that uses injury cost data from Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) to calculate the annual savings and payback period for ergonomic interventions. To use the calculator, you will input injury data for your organization from the last three years, the costs associated with the ergonomic intervention, the effectiveness of the solution, and potential productivity improvements associated with the intervention.
The following risk assessment methods are now available in the resource library. These Comprehensive Analysis tools require specialized knowledge and experience to use and interpret the outputs and should only be used by ergonomists or others with the specialized knowledge and experience.
- ACGIH TLV: Upper Limb Localized Fatigue
Manual materials handling tasks are a major cause of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD). In response to this issue, the Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (MLITSD) is conducting a year-long, workplace compliance initiative on ergonomics in warehousing.
Musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) hazards in the workplace must be treated the same as any other workplace hazard. This means MSD hazards need to be identified, assessed and eliminated or controlled. Learn how to integrate the 10 steps for MSD prevention into a Health and Safety program through our new poster resource.