MSD Prevention Audit

Get your Workplace Athlete Performance Score

The ErgoPlus System empowers safety teams to achieve injury-free work performance. This short quiz assesses the six essential elements of ergonomics and injury prevention to determine your organization’s Workplace Athlete Performance Score.

Want feedback on how your team is doing and how you can improve? Or just want to know how your process stacks up? Get your Workplace Athlete Performance Score today.

Establishment

Have responsibilities for managing the MSD prevention process been assigned and communicated?

Is there a written policy or guidelines for the MSD prevention process?

Have injury / illness reporting logs and worker’s comp records been reviewed to establish MSD reduction goals?

Have warm—up stretching routines been developed by a qualified healthcare professional?

Are warm-up stretching routines customized to meet the unique physical demands of job tasks?

Ergonomics

Is there a functioning ergonomics team with a charter that is both multi-disciplinary and has both management and employee representation?

Has a prioritized list of jobs for ergonomic analysis been developed?

Is there a schedule and tracking process for appropriate engineering and administrative control measures?

Has an ergonomics training schedule been developed for ergonomics team members, engineers, and maintenance staff?

Is the ergonomics team and affected employees actively involved in new product development, production design, and changes to existing operations?

Early Intervention

Is there a documented policy to encourage employees to report early fatigue and discomfort?

Is there a qualified preventive healthcare professional regularly available to address early reports of fatigue and offer self—help guidance for employees who do not need medical evaluation?

Do employees receive prompt responses to early reports of fatigue and discomfort?

Have employees been trained to recognize and report early fatigue and discomfort?

Are stretches and preventive exercises available and recommended to all employees?

Education

Have training programs been developed and implemented for management leadership, ergonomics team, engineers, supervisors, and employees?

Has a schedule for employee classroom training been established, and is the facility on or ahead of this schedule?

Have employees received training and one-on-one follow up training on a priority basis that includes information about proactive approaches to MSD management and prevention?

Have the objectives, attendance, and results of each training program been documented?

Have training programs been modified and improved based on a review of results if needed?

Evaluation

Is an annual self-assessment of each element in the MSD prevention process conducted and the results documented?

Is a review of each element of the MSD prevention process conducted by an outside auditor with documented results and recommendations at least every three years?

Are employees consulted to assess their views on the effectiveness of the program and to identify any significant deficiencies in the program?

Is the number and outcome of early intervention consultations tracked and documented?

Are MSD cases, lost/restricted days, MIR and costs documented and tracked apart from all other injuries and illnesses?

Technology

Is all of your ergonomic assessment data stored in a database as the central source of truth about ergonomic risk at your facility?

Do you have a risk map of your facility updated in real time?

Is ergonomics and injury prevention training available to all employees 24/7 through an online portal?

Does your technology solution measure and track ergonomics team activity, risk reduction, and generate reports to keep the ergonomics team on the same page?

Are early reports of fatigue and discomfort tracked and documented to ensure compliance and quick response times?

Musculoskeletal Health Checklist