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Understanding the risks of workplace injury and how to manage these risks helps to create a safe and healthy workplace.

To help you protect your workers from the most common type of workplace injury, musculoskeletal injury (MSI), WorkSafeBC has created several resources. These resources will help you identify the risks of MSI so you can prevent these sprains, strains, and other soft tissue injuries.
 
Tools to help you prevent MSIs
 
  Self-evaluation checklist: A fillable Word document to help you evaluate how you are identifying, controlling, and managing MSI risks in your workplace
 
  Guide for using the self-evaluation checklist: Explains how to use the checklist above
 
  Guide to preventing MSI: Helps employers and joint health and safety committees identify risk factors and reduce the risks of MSI
 
  Guide to understanding the risks of MSI: Helps workers recognize the symptoms of MSI and understand the health effects and risk factors
 
  Worksheet for MSI risk assessment: A fillable PDF to help you evaluate various risk factors
 
  Guide to doing an MSI risk assessment: Can be used with the worksheet above or another assessment tool
 
 
 
 
Find more resources and information on preventing MSI at worksafebc.com/ergonomics.
 
 

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