Understanding the Ontario Health and Safety System: Research Centres
Authors
Erinn McCreath Frangakis, Joyce Guo, Catherine Brookman, Jack P. Callaghan
Key messages
- Research Centres in the Ontario Health and Safety System are funded by the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development (MLTSD)1 to work on real life employer challenges through research projects in order to provide practical evidence-based solutions to help prevent injuries, diseases, and fatalities in the workplace.
- The knowledge gained by these Research Centres can be used to update policies and procedures to protect workers from various occupational health and safety issues.
Implications for the prevention of MSD
- Through research, stakeholders can learn about evidence-based work-practices to reduce MSD.
- Conclusions from research can be used to implement changes in the workplace such as the addition of safer workplace practices and the elimination of unsafe practices.
- Resources can be produced from research to make injury prevention findings convenient and accessible to everyone, such as the Ontario MSD Prevention Guideline.
Other resource papers in this series
Understanding the Ontario Health and Safety System: Government Bodies
Understanding the Ontario Health and Safety System: Health and Safety Associations