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This story outlines the journey of an Ergonomist, Allison Stephens, and her experiences working at Ford Motor Company for 30+ years. Learn how the MSD prevention program impacted organizational culture, improved injury rates, quality, morale, and productivity, and included both reactive and proactive prevention.
This story highlights the impacts of Ontario Power Generation (OPG)'s musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) prevention program over a 10 year period (2007-2017). Learn how they established a systematic approach, shifted organizational culture, and developed a sustainable program.
Justifying the cost of ergonomics solutions in the workplace can be a difficult task. The ERGO-ROI (Ergonomics Return on Investment) Calculator is a free tool to help practitioners better estimate the cost-benefit of ergonomics interventions, which supports informed decision-making and can strengthen business cases.
Explore new resources, webinars and events:
Tech@Work: Innovating the Future of MSD Prevention
October 1, 2026 | Burlington, Ontario
Save the date for CRE-MSD's 2026 conference exploring how emerging technologies, such as AI, data-driven tools, and wearable solutions, are reshaping MSD prevention. The conference aims to provide a balanced perspective, highlighting both the opportunities and the real-world challenges organizations face when adopting these technologies.
CRE-MSD is proud to partner with the National Safety Council's MSD Solutions Lab to bring you this year’s conference. Join us on October 1, for this hybrid event hosted in Burlington, Ontario.
Watch the CRE-MSD Events page for more details coming soon. Registration opens on August 12, 2026.
Presenter: Sandra Excellent, CRSP, CCPE, Health and Safety Consultant, PSHSA
Join CRE-MSD and the Public Services Health & Safety Association (PSHSA) for a webinar exploring program resources that support client handling across select Canadian provinces. Building on two webinars delivered earlier in 2025, The Landscape of Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Regulation Across the United States: Trends and Gaps and The Minnesota Safe Patient Handling Statute, this webinar shifts the focus to Canadian contexts.
This webinar shared an overview of Canadian client-handling programs, approaches, key content areas, and available tools. Participants also had the opportunity to highlight their own program gaps and needs, helping to inform future resource development for Ontario.
Presenter: Pamela Hopwood, PhD candidate in Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo; Research Associate, VHA Home HealthCare
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) are the leading injury among healthcare workers in Ontario, with more than 45% directly related to manual patient handling. Research shows that slide sheets significantly reduce physical strain during transfers while improving client comfort and protecting skin integrity. Yet despite training and ready access to the equipment, slide sheets remain underused in many community healthcare settings.
This webinar examined the barriers to consistent slide sheet use with the aim of helping community healthcare organizations to combat these challenges. This session is ideal for personal support workers (PSWs), educators, managers, and health and safety leaders committed to workforce well-being and injury prevention.
Presenter: Dr. Francesco Biondi, Associate Professor, University of Windsor
Cognitive load, the mental effort required to perform work tasks, has a powerful influence on workplace safety, performance, and overall worker well‑being. When cognitive load is too high or poorly managed, the consequences can be significant. Despite its importance, cognitive load remains difficult to measure and is often overlooked in organizational assessments.
This webinar explored:
🔹 How non‑optimal cognitive load affects real‑world task performance
🔹 Emerging research and methods for evaluating mental demand
🔹 Insights from automotive, manufacturing, and healthcare environments
🔹 Future directions for integrating cognitive‑load measures into ergonomics practice
As science and technology evolve, understanding cognitive load will be essential for designing safer, more effective, and more human‑centered work systems.