MSD Prevention Summary

Remember,

• Identify and report risk factors at your work place to prevent MSDs.
• Approaches to controlling risk factors include engineering controls, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment.
• Engineering controls are the preferred method for controlling risk factors because the exposure is either reduced or eliminated.
• Personal Protective Equipment is the least preferred method because the PPE only provides a barrier between the worker and the risk factor.
• Control risk factors by applying ergonomic interventions - designing tasks, tools, equipment and workstations based on worker capabilities.