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Presenter: Breca Tschida, CPE

In this second webinar on Safe Patient Handling in the United States, the State of Minnesota will be presented as a case study for safe patient handling standards and the resulting impact on injury prevention. 

In 2007, the Minnesota Legislature passed the Safe Patient Handling Act, which requires the use of safe patient handling equipment in hospitals, nursing homes, and outpatient surgical centres. The law was amended in 2009 to include all outpatient care settings. Minnesota represents one of 11 states that has a safe patient handling standard and one of two that enforces it through the state OSHA program. This presentation will detail the requirements of the statute, steps that were taken along the way to make it successful, and where things stand after 15 years.

View the first webinar in this series: The Landscape of Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Regulation Across the United States: Trends and Gaps

MLITSD is running a health and safety campaign focused on musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) prevention in the retail sector from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026. Inspections will examine for hazards related to the handling and movement of materials within the retail workplace.

Have you included musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) prevention into your Health and Safety program? Free resources are available on the MSD Prevention Guideline for Ontario:

• Find out more about MSD
• Learn more about manual materials handling
• Not sure how to start? Use the Guideline Selector to point you in the right direction with integrating MSD prevention into your workplace
• Search the Resource Library for more resources

Interested in learning more about this campaign?

• Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS) and MLITSD provided a webinar for retail workplaces, which included details about the campaign. View the webinar recording.
• MLITSD health and safety compliance campaigns 2025-2026 – Specialized Professional Services campaigns

Presenter: Dr. Adam F. Moskowitz

This is the first of two webinars that examines the policies, practices, and injury trends related to Safe Patient Handling and Mobility (SPHM) across the United States (US).

Since 2006, eleven states in the US have enacted laws regulating SPHM to reduce injury risk to workers and patients in healthcare settings. However, there is great variation in the scope, content, and enforcement mechanisms for these regulations. This presentation uses the hierarchy of controls to characterize SPHM regulation across the US, with attention to gaps in coverage for certain settings and vulnerable working populations. 

Webinar recording (VIDEO)

Presenter: Dr. Jodi Oakman

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) and stress related mental health are complex health problems caused by exposure to physical and psychosocial hazards at work. Effective prevention requires worker participation in the identification of these hazards, but most tools do not include this necessary element.

This webinar will provide evidence supporting the importance of worker participation and introduce A Participative Hazard Identification and Risk Management (APHIRM) toolkit. APHIRM provides a comprehensive approach to MSD risk management and is an evidence-based solution developed to address the complexity of MSD and stress related mental health. Attendees will be able to participate in the APHIRM toolkit survey and learn about resources to support the management of physical and psychosocial hazards, along with other toolkit features.

Webinar recording (VIDEO)