This video demonstrates a risk management approach to preventing musculoskeletal injuries in the workplace.
Featuring a hospital, a fine art restoration service, and an artisan bakery, this video shows how risk management and the hierarchy of controls can be used to protect workers’ health and safety.
Who is this presentation for?
The video is for general audience viewing, and is particularly relevant to business and government leaders, workers, health and safety representatives, and work health and safety and human resource professionals.
About the presenter
The video is hosted by SafeWork SA. Speakers are Heather Brown (Assistant Director, Artlab Australia), Cos Lamberto (WHS Manager) and Annie Filsell (Pre-Admission Clinic Coordinator) from St Andrew’s Hospital, Jo Bills (Occupational Health Physiotherapist Director, Physiolink) and Adrian Fahey (CEO, SAGE Automation).
Supporting information
- model Code of Practice: Hazardous manual tasks
- Research on the prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Stage 1: literature review
- National OHS Strategy 2002–2012 – priority mechanism progress