RECORDED WEBINARS

Annual Workplace Safety Summit: Harnessing Innovation and Collaboration (June 13, 2024)

During the June 2024 annual workplace safety summit, Harnessing Innovation and Collaboration, speakers shared the progress pledge members have made to reduce workplace musculoskeletal disorders, how to foster a culture of innovation through collaboration and the remarkable achievements of MSD grant winners. The summit featured keynote speaker Julia Abate, executive director of the Ergonomics Center at North Carolina State University; Dr. Meiyin Liu, assistant professor at Rutgers University; Dana Schultz, manager of HR and safety at Superior Tube Products; and Kathleen Spanjer, NAM Ergonomics SME at Schneider Electric.

Navigating Musculoskeletal Medical Management in the Workplace (March 19, 2024)

Musculoskeletal Disorders can have a profound, lasting impact on worker wellbeing and quality of life, not to mention costly implications for businesses. Early intervention and holistic return-to-work programs can minimize severity of these injuries, allow workers to reintegrate into their roles and help employers retain valuable talent. Speakers share best practices to mitigate MSDs, promote early reporting and intervention, and create a comprehensive return-to-work strategy. 

MSD Solutions Community Index Webinar 2022-'23 Findings (Feb. 29, 2024)

MSD Solutions Lab research team discusses findings of the first MSD Solutions Index with help from our participating Pledge organizations. The MSD Solutions Index survey evaluates an organization’s MSD prevention initiatives and provides the community with a summary of results regarding worker health, safety and MSD prevention. This webinar highlights key findings from 52 organizations, listing collective areas of success and opportunities for improvement with respect to safety culture, innovation and collaboration, and risk reduction.  

MSD Solutions Lab: End of Year Message 2023

Sarah Ischer, MSD Solutions Lab Senior Program Manager, shares 2023 important milestones and offers gratitude to all who have contributed to the success of the program. Learn more about the 2023 milestones.

Empowering Organizations to Transform Workplace Safety (Nov. 16, 2023)

Join us in our ongoing mission to transform workplace safety through our newest initiative to solve the most common injury on the job, the MSD Pledge 2.0. Employers will learn more about: Setting MSD risk-reduction goals for the next five years; aligning on unique objectives, resources and priorities; and results from the inaugural MSD Solutions Index, an annual MSD Pledge benchmarking tool.

Identifying and Advancing Equitable Solutions for Musculoskeletal Risk Management (Sept. 28, 2023)

Ergonomics and equity are inextricably linked. To mitigate ergonomic risk, employers must address the physical, social and organizational factors that can lead to musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). MSD Solutions Lab panel of ergonomics experts and business leaders will discuss advancing equitable solutions for musculoskeletal risk management, factors that influence MSD risk, ensuring ergonomic interventions work for everyone and how workers can address MSD risk.