Safe Work Month event

EveryBODY matters – musculoskeletal disorder forum

musculoskeletal
15 October, 2024
09:00 to 15:30

This forum will be covered including:

  • Keynote on the urgent need to address psychosocial hazards in MSD prevention
  • Risk management of hazardous manual tasks
  • WA’s workers’ compensation and injury management scheme
  • Personal impacts of chronic MSD injuries
  • Manual handling risks, technology, and engagement
  • MSD factors in handling patients from a health and safety representative’s perspective
  • Scenarios brought to life by actors to explore organisational and personal mindsets and practices around MSD

Event program

Know the speakers

Keynote

Professor Jodi Oakman, School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University

Greg Borman

Director and CEO, Biosymm

Rob Curtis

Paramedic and 2023 Health and safety representative of the year, St John Ambulance

Sally North

WorkSafe Commissioner

Wendy Pietrocola

Consultant Ergonomist, Ergonomica

Sue Steel

Director, Red Earth Health Solutions

Chris White

CEO, WorkCover WA

Questions & answers

This forum brings together a range of industry experts to discuss this nationally prioritised work health and safety topic. It is open to anyone with an interest in making workplaces healthier and safer from a human factors and ergonomics perspective.

Human factors and ergonomics industry members, PCBUs, health and safety representatives, workers and other professionals who have a role or interest in health and safety and prevention in WA workplaces are encouraged to attend.

Click on the links below to watch the recording of the event and to view the PowerPoint presentation. 

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PowerPoint presentation

EveryBODY matters - musculoskeletal disorder forum PPT

EveryBODY matters playlist

Click on the link to watch the videos (video 1 -6)

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