Model gpa objective X working Compendium

2009-2012 Work Plan Number	GPA2.11h Formerly AA3: E3
GPA Objective	Objective 2: To protect and promote health at the workplace
CC or NGO Name	Centre for Research and Teaching in Occupational Ergonomics, Health & Safety, La Trobe University, Australia
Project title	Hazard surveillance to manage cumulative musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) risks associated with repetitive work
Keywords	Musculoskeletal disorders, repetitive work, ergonomics, psychosocial hazards, guidance
Project leader Email address	Dr Wendy Macdonald [e-mail]
Partners (of the CC Network)	Dr Hyunwook Kim, Head, Department of Occupational Hygiene, Graduate School of Occupational Health, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea Institute for Occupational Physiology, University of Dortmund, GERMANY: Dr Mathias Jaeger Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, POLAND: Dr Zbyszek JóĨwiak Asociacion Chilena de Seguridad. CHILE: Dr Marisol Concha-Barrientos Office of the Australian Safety & Compensation Council, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, AUSTRALIA Institute for Work, Health and Organisations, University of Nottingham, UK International Development Committee of the International Ergonomics Association (Dr Halimahtun Khalid, Chair)
Other partners	Dr Shyam Pingle, Medical & Occupational Health Services, Reliance Industries Ltd, INDIA
Funding	Funding for the first and second stages has been secured through the Office of the Australian Safety & Compensation Council, Dept of Employment and Workplace Relations, Canberra, Australia
Objective of the project	The purpose is to develop, implement and evaluate a flexible procedure for use in physical and psychosocial hazard surveillance to reduce the risk of cumulative MSDs for people performing repetitive work. This procedure will be supported by one or more guidance documents (as proves necessary to ensure practical usability), suitable for use by non-experts in diverse environments (various high-risk industry sectors; various countries). Aims of project stages are: 1. to review and report on current approaches to assessing and controlling all relevant hazards 2. working collaboratively with industry and WHO CC partners, to formulate and implement a flexible procedure for hazard surveillance and control, including assessment of associated levels of worker wellbeing (various measures) 3. to evaluate effectiveness of the preceding stage, and to produce one or more guidance documents to support use of this procedure by non-experts. Procedures currently being developed in Australian workplaces will be adapted, implemented and evaluated in India and other countries as agreed with project partners. Funding will be sought, collaboratively with partners where appropriate, to support extension of Stage 2 to a broader range of environments in Stage 3.
Project outcome(s) and deadline(s) for completion of the project	A report on current approaches to assessing and controlling work-related hazards for cumulative musculoskeletal disorders associated with repetitive work (August 2006). A physical and psychosocial hazard surveillance and control procedure to reduce the risk of MSDs associated with highly repetitive work, and associated guidance document(s) to support its use, that will be usable and user-friendly in Australian high-risk environments by 2008 and in India by 2010.
Target group and/or beneficiaries	Those responsible for the occupational health of people performing repetitive work, including workers, union representatives and employers as well as occupational health professionals and students.
Summary of the project	This project addresses the need for more effective means of reducing the risk of cumulative MSDs associated with highly repetitive work. The first stage entails review and reporting on current approaches to assessing risk and controlling work-related MSD hazards. Stage 1 has been completed and a full report is now available. The second and third stages entail field work to formulate, implement and evaluate hazard surveillance and control procedures, including review of changing levels of worker wellbeing, and to produce associated guidance documentation. Stage 2 is now underway in Australia. To date we have: formulated a draft set of procedures to address both the physical and psychosocial hazards for cumulative MSDs at both task-specific and overall-job levels, including information about individual exposure levels. Copies of the current versions of these questionnaires are attached, along with a summary of the content and rationale for each. recruited several large, multi-site enterprises within which we are now implementing the procedures. These enterprises represent two high-risk industries identified as ‘high priority’ by the Australian National OHS Strategy: Storage; and Manufacturing.
Dissemination	Industry and WHO/ILO documents; professional and academic meetings and publications; worker and enterprise-level meetings
Impact (global or regional)	Both global and regional
List of outcomes already achieved by this project	a report on current approaches to assessing and controlling work-related hazards for cumulative musculoskeletal disorders, available at: http://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/swa/AboutUs/Publications/ResearchReports/ResearchonthepreventionofworkrelatedmusculoskeletaldisordersStage1LiteratureReview.htm a physical and psychosocial hazard surveillance and MSD risk assessment procedure for use in controlling MSD risk has been trialled and validated in four Australian workplaces representing two high-risk industry sectors (manufacturing, warehousing) a half-day seminar for staff of the Sri Ramachandra University, Dept of Environmental Health Engineering in Chennai, India application of parts of the psychosocial hazard surveillance procedure as part of the industry-based PhD research of a student at Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, India various presentations to national and international conferences, including one at the 2009 Beijing Congress of the International Ergonomics Association
List of additional outcomes expected from this project by 2012	a physical and psychosocial hazard surveillance and MSD risk assessment procedure for use in controlling MSD risk in Malaysia’s agriculture sector (developed and validated in either tea plantations or palm oil plantations) – including related guidance documentation intended for subsequent use by OHS professionals in Malaysia one or more published journal articles reporting the procedure and results validating it

2009-2012 Work Plan Number	GPA 2.11k New Project
CONTRIBUTING PROJECT Title	Toolkits for managing the risk of musculoskeletal injuries and disorders (MSDs)
Keywords	Toolkits, ergonomics, musculoskeletal, risk management
GPA Objective and Action	GPA Objective 2 : Protect and promote health at the workplace
Responsible CC or NGO Name	International Ergonomics Association (IEA)
Project leader	Wendy Macdonald: [e-mail] (Co-Chair, IEA MSDs Technical Committee) Enrico Occhipinti: [e-mail]; [e-mail] (Chair, IEA MSDs Technical Committee) David Caple; [e-mail] (IEA Immediate Past President)
Network partners	Centre for Ergonomics & Human Factors, La Trobe University, Australia CC-OMS Clinica del Lavoro L. Devoto, ISPESL, Italy IOHA, ILO
WHO Regions involved in this CONTRIBUTING project (contact name and email)
Country ministries involved in this CONTRIBUTING project
External partners for this CONTRIBUTING project	National Institute for the Improvement of Working Conditions and Environment, Bangkok (Ms Sudthida Krungkraiwong)
Summary of the project	Existing models of work-related determinants of MSD risk will be reviewed, taking account also of the Prima-EF project on psychosocial hazard management, and a comprehensive conceptual framework for MSD risk management will be formulated. Also, existing MSD risk assessment procedures that may be suitable for non-expert users will be collated and reviewed. On that basis, a toolkit will be formulated, trialled and amended as necessary for use within one or more industry sectors where there are high levels of MSD risk. If possible, this process will include trials in one or more industry sectors in Thailand.
Target group and/or beneficiaries	All organisations and national/international entities, with particular emphasis on industrially developing countries and SMEs
Events-opportunities for furthering the project	IEA, ICOH and other major international conferences
Expected results of this project by 2012 (outcomes)	2010: A report presenting: (a) a conceptual model of hazards affecting the risk of work-related musculoskeletal injuries and disorders (MSDs); and (b) general requirements for effective MSD risk management 2012: One or more ‘toolkits’ for use in managing MSD risk, designed for initial implementation (with further development as needed) and evaluation within one or more high risk industry sectors, including that of an industrially developing country (such as Thailand).
Indicators of achievement (impact)	Produce one or more toolkits for use by non-experts in managing the risk of work-related musculoskeletal injuries and disorders (MSDs), in accord with current WHO guidelines on the nature and structure of risk management ‘toolkits’.
Major Milestones (list up to three dates and milestones)	2010: A report presenting: (a) a conceptual model of hazards affecting the risk of work-related musculoskeletal injuries and disorders (MSDs); and (b) general requirements for effective MSD risk management 2012: One or more ‘toolkits’ for use in managing MSD risks
Public health impact	Global
Funding source(s)	Initially, basic activities supported by the institutions of those involved. Additional funding may be sought at a later stage.
Dissemination	Professional associations, universities, WHO/ ILO publications, international conference presentations, academic journal articles

2009-2012 Work Plan Number	2.11n New Project X by CC-OMS Clinica del Lavoro L. Devoto
CONTRIBUTING PROJECT Title	Prevention of WMSDs: observational tools for the assessment and management of occupational physical risks for the musculoskeletal system, with special focus in difficult working sectors (i.e agriculture, fishing , construction) and their transfer in training materials for OSH operators in developing countries.
GPA Objective and Action	GPA Objective 2 : Protect and promote health at the workplace
Responsible CC or NGO Name	PierAlberto Bertazzi
Project leader	Enrico Occhipinti [e-mail]; [e-mail]
Network partners	IEA and its TC on MSD David Caple – IEA President : [e-mail] Enrico Occhipinti – Chair IEA TC on MSD: [e-mail]
WHO Regions involved in this CONTRIBUTING project	Europe - South America
Country ministries involved in this CONTRIBUTING project
External partners for this CONTRIBUTING project	CERPIE (Centre Específic de Recerca per a la millora i Innovació de les Empreses )- Universitat Politecnica de Cataluna- Barcelona- Spain. Pedro Mondelo ([e-mail]) and Aquiles Hernandez ( [e-mail]) also connected with ACHS – Chile (see http://chile.upcplus.com/) . INSAT (Instituto Internacional Saude no Trabalho) Curitiba- Brazil. Ruddy Facci: [e-mail] DART ( Division of Applied Research and Technology - NIOSH-Cincinnati-USA . Thomas Waters : [e-mail] Contacts are possible also with INDIA : Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur (Rajasthan), INDIA. REKHA VYAS [e-mail] AND/OR with Cuba Higher Technical University “Jose Antonio Echeverría” (CUJAE)- Department of Industrial Engineering. YANIEL TORRES MEDINA: [e-mail]
Summary of the project	The project aims at reviewing and improve practical tools, suggested by international standards(ISO 11228 series), for the risk assessment and management of occupational risks for the musculoskeletal system (manual materials handling, repetitive movements and exertions, awkward postures) considering a fundamental comprehensive model (physical, organizational and psychophysical risk determinants) for their prevention. Improvements will be specially focused on analysis of multiple/variable tasks also considering exposures where tasks rotate on a long term period. They will be adapted for use in special settings (agriculture, transport and goods distribution, constructions, hotels, etc) as well as in the healthcare sector (patients manual handling). In such sectors a database of “pre-evaluated” tasks could be created. The database and relevant softwares for the application of the tools will be freely available for potential users. Training courses (in English, Spanish, Italian and Portoguese) are already available and will be executed in Europe as well as in Central and South America developing countries (Chile, Brazil, Cuba).
Target group and/or beneficiaries	Occupational health professional (medicine and ergonomics, nursing, industrial hygiene and engineering, safety); work system designers; workers representatives.
Events-opportunities for furthering the project	Conferences: IEA 2009 (Beijing) ; http://www.iea2009.org/ ORP 2009 (Santiago de Chile); http://www.orpconference.org/2009/ AHFE 2010 (Miami-Florida) http://www.ahfe2010.org/ Premus 2010 (France) ORP 2010 (Spain) IEA 2012 (Recife- Brazil) ICOH 2012 (Mexico) Ad hoc group within IEA (connected with IEA TC on MSD) Training courses scheduled in 2009-2010 in Italy, China, Spain, Chile, Brazil, Cuba
Expected results of this project by 2012 (outcomes)	Updates and improvements in tools like NIOSH Lifting Index and Ocra index with reference to multitask analysis. Procedures for application in some difficult sectors (ie. agriculture, building) Updates and improvements reported in a ISO TR (under development as ISO CD 12259): Application document for ISO 11228 series.
Indicators of achievement (impact)	Updates reported in an international conference Updates reported in ISO CD Organization of courses in developing countries
Major Milestones (list up to three dates and milestones)	Definition of updates- End of 2009 Publication of updates – End of 2010 Opening of one or more web sites (in collaborating centers official website) where user can freely access methods, software and training materials- End of 2011
Public health impact	Improvement of risk management capacity with regard to WMSDs prevention along lines defined with a comprehensive model and in accordance with international standards on the matter
Funding source(s)	National or EU agencies; Sponsorship from major manufacturing companies; Self-funding from educational and training activities.
Dissemination	Workshops, training courses and conferences

2009-2012 Work Plan Number	GPA2.15r Formerly AA 4: CE5a
GPA Objective	Objective 2: To protect and promote health at the workplace
CC or NGO Name	National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH), South Africa
Project title	Ergonomics and musculoskeletal disorders
Keywords	Ergonomics, ergonomic risk factors, musculoskeletal disorders
Project leaders Email address	Ms. Busisiwe Nyantumbu [e-mail] Ms. Nthabiseng Monareng [e-mail]
Partners (of the CC Network)
Other partners
Funding	National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH)
Objective of the project	Prevent musculoskeletal disorders and thereby improve working life.
Project outcome(s) and deadline(s) for completion of the project	1. Produce a toolkit to be used in education and training of workers 2006 2. Train the trainers in the application of the toolkit. 2007 3. Produce information materials (posters and 2010 brochures)
Target group and/or beneficiaries	Office workers, computer users, laboratory workers
Summary of the project	Musculoskeletal problems are a huge problem in many developed countries. Although there is dearth of information about musculoskeletal problems in the developing world, it is expected to be worse because of lack of infrastructure and resources. The prevention of musculoskeletal disorders by applying ergonomic principles and also training the workers is important. This will prevent the pain, suffering, disability and possible early retirement caused by these disorders. Also cost saving benefits due to medical treatment and compensation. In this project education and training of workers utilizing an ergonomic toolkit for computer and laboratory work will be done. The project will be conducted at the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) laboratories which will be used as a model to be applied to other computer workstation and laboratory settings in South Africa and SADC countries.
Dissemination	Presentations at meetings and workshops of unions, worker organizations and professional societies
Impact (global or regional)	Regional
Progress on Project	The health and safety representatives have been identified as the target group for training. They will then train the workers in their respective work areas. Information to be used in the toolkit is being collected. One of the project leaders attended the Work With Computing Systems (WWCS) conference in Stockholm, Sweden on 21-24 May 2007 to get current information on the use of computers, development of musculoskeletal disorders and their prevention. This information is going to be used in the development of the toolkit.
List of outcomes already achieved by this project	Information on office and laboratory ergonomics to be used in the toolkit has been collected. This information has been included in the presentations done for the Continued Education Unit programme at the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS).
List of additional outcomes expected from this project by 2012	The collected information need to be compiled into a toolkit, brochures and posters.

Priority 2.2:

Healthy Workplace programmes and guidance to inform country frameworks
Outputs:

Review of effectiveness of existing programmes for healthy workplaces, tools for creating healthy workplaces including a health-promoting culture and OH&S principles

Support:

CC: Abeytunga, CCOHS, Canada

Fernando Coelho, SESI, Brazil