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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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CRE-MSD has partnered with the National Safety Council (NSC) to create a position paper and poster that address the link between workplace violence and MSD. These resources share direct and indirect pathways in which workplace violence could contribute to MSD, and offer suggestions on prevention efforts to mitigate workplace violence as a potential risk factor for MSD.
Check out the new poster, Retail Storage: Reducing MSD Risks, designed to raise awareness of risks associated with material handling in retail workplaces and encourage safer work practices. 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.
Looking for additional resources? Download the MLITSD Ergonomics Campaign Toolkit: Musculoskeletal Disorder Prevention Within the Retail Sector created by WSPS, which includes links to relevant resources.
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.