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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.
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Presenter: Gary Au, CPE, Director of the Global Ergonomics Program and Canada/U.S. Disability Management at Magna International Inc.
Implementing an ergonomics or MSD prevention program can be challenging, especially with limited resources or management support. This webinar shared real‑world lessons from Magna International’s journey in building a strong, systematic ergonomics program.
This session covered:
🔹 Strategies for gaining management buy‑in
🔹 How to build an effective ergonomics committee or team
🔹 Structured approaches to hazard ID and risk assessment
🔹 Implementing solutions with measurable targets
🔹 Alignment with the MSD Prevention Guideline’s 10‑step framework
✨ Whether you’re just getting started or looking to strengthen an existing program, this webinar provides practical, actionable insights you can use right away.
Check out the new poster, Handling Items on Ladders – Retail & Stockroom Safety, designed for workers and supervisors to raise awareness of risks associated with material handling on ladders and encourage safer work practices in retail workplaces. Developed in collaboration with Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS), the poster aligns with the Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (MLITSD) Ergonomics campaign: MSD prevention within the retail sector.
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Interested in learning more about this campaign? View the pre-recorded webinar, jointly provided by MLITSD and WSPS.
Presenter: Dr. Emily King, Director of Research, VHA Home HealthCare
This webinar was presented in collaboration with the Centre for Research Expertise in Occupational Disease (CREOD). It introduces VHA Home HealthCare’s new strategy to improve reporting and organizational responses. The strategy combines education, rapid in-workflow reporting, and a relationship-focused, trauma- and violence-informed approach for supervisors. Drawing on evaluations of more than a year of use with over 1,500 personal support workers and extensive evaluation, the webinar highlights key findings and how this strategy is being adapted for use at an additional homecare provider organization.
New Resource: ERGO-ROI Calculator
Demonstrating the financial value of ergonomics interventions can be challenging, particularly when decision‑makers require clear, evidence‑based justification. Cost‑benefit calculators offer an effective way to estimate potential savings, payback periods, and long‑term impacts of ergonomics solutions before implementation.
CRE-MSD is pleased to launch the ERGO‑ROI (Ergonomics Return on Investment) Calculator, a free, web‑based tool transformed from a spreadsheet format. This calculator was designed to help ergonomics practitioners quickly estimate the return on investment of workplace interventions and compare different solutions. Building on the evidence‑based framework of the Washington State Ergonomics Cost‑Benefit Calculator, this new platform integrates detailed lost‑time claim statistics from Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) to provide data‑driven estimates of injury‑related costs and potential reductions.
Try the ERGO-ROI Calculator today!