RECORDED WEBINARS
Annual Workplace Safety Summit: Innovation to Application (June 25, 2025)
The MSD Solutions Lab hosted its annual Workplace Safety Summit. This year's event spotlighted the practical application of innovative solutions for MSD prevention. Karl Zelik, associate professor of mechanical engineering at Vanderbilt University, delivered a keynote titled, Why We Fear Innovation and the Unexpected Benefits of Trying New Things. Karl also moderated an engaging panel discussion featuring Steve Fischer with the University of Waterloo, a former MSD Solutions Lab Research to Solutions Grant recipient; Sheri Saskowski with Wyffels Hybrids, a current MSD Pledge 2.0 member; and Maricell Frazier and Vaughn Mosley with PepsiCo, a former MSD Solutions Lab Pilot Grant recipient. Learn about the achievements of our grant winners and the impactful work being done by the MSD Pledge community.
Ergonomics in Action: Expert Insights on Categorization and Reporting of Work-Related MSDs (March 11, 2025)
This webinar features an expert panel discussion on the critical importance of categorizing and reporting musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) within the workplace. As organizations strive to create safer, healthier environments, understanding how to accurately track and address injuries is key to effective prevention and compliance. Our panel of industry leaders will share best practices, practical strategies, and real-world examples to help you navigate the complexities of ergonomic injury documentation, ensuring your organization stays ahead in managing employee health and safety.
2023-2024 MSD Solutions Index Webinar (Jan. 14, 2025)
Delve into insights from the 2023-2024 MSD Solutions Index. This comprehensive survey assesses organizations’ MSD prevention initiatives, offering valuable insights into worker health and safety. MSD Solutions Lab highlights key findings from 44 participating organizations, showcasing both collective successes and areas for improvement. We explore three critical focus areas, safety culture, innovation and collaboration, and risk reduction, so you can learn and enhance your organization’s MSD prevention strategies.
Pilot Programs in Action: Leveraging Technology for MSD Prevention (Dec. 3, 2024)
This session dives into the experiences of organizations who have piloted technology solutions for preventing musculoskeletal disorders in the workplace. Speakers showcase real-world examples, highlighting the implementation processes, challenges faced and valuable lessons learned. Hear firsthand accounts from industry leaders who have navigated the journey of integrating innovative technology focusing on the return on investment, including reductions in injury rates, enhanced employee wellbeing and improved productivity.
Accounting for Non-physical Risk Factors in MSD Prevention (Sept. 3, 2024)
Work-related physical risk factors, such as force, posture and repetition, are commonly studied, assessed and considered when designing work and preventing musculoskeletal disorder risks. While these risk factors are vital to consider when implementing programs to mitigate MSDs, non-physical risk factors, such as work organization or job stress, should also be recognized to provide a more holistic approach to assessing MSD risks. Speakers share practical ways organizations can begin accounting for such risks in their workplaces.
The Intersection of DEI and MSDs: Ensuring Equitable Outcomes (July 11, 2024)
MSD Solutions Lab discusses the recent publication, The Intersection of DEI and MSDs: Ensuring Equitable Outcomes. Dr. Paige DeBaylo, MSD Solutions Lab research manager, highlights why diversity, equity and inclusion should be a foundational element of musculoskeletal disorder prevention. Topics include how organizational characteristics can perpetuate disproportionate risk between workers and how organizations can lessen disproportionality in risk. While individual factors may be relevant to MSD prevalence, MSD risk factors are due to the workplace not accommodating or providing for all people. Learn how your organization can protect the entire workforce from MSD risks with equitable solutions.
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.
MSD Solutions Lab Workplace Safety Summit: Insights and Actions to Prevent the Most Common Injury (June 15, 2023)
It’s been a year since the Council’s MSD Solutions Lab launched its first-of-a-kind MSD Pledge to unite employers worldwide in reducing workplace MSDs. Since last June, we’ve made tremendous progress towards this mission, with more than 150 organizations, representing over 2.6 million employees, joining this global effort. This summit, timed to the one-year anniversary of the MSD Pledge debut, is designed to celebrate this incredible progress while discussing the future of work, emerging MSD research, insights gained, and what this means for organizations of all sizes looking to advance their safety journey and mitigate MSD risk.
Emerging Technologies: Putting MSD Solutions into Practice (March 9, 2023)
Prevention is key to tackling MSD injuries. Now, emerging technologies are making it easier to address workplace injuries before they start. Join the MSD Solutions Lab in this virtual briefing. Hear from experts on the implementation of new and emerging technologies for businesses.
Preventing Work-related MSDs: Interventions and Directions for the Future (Jan. 12, 2023)
EHS professionals and business leaders will learn about and discuss a new white paper from the MSD Solutions Lab, "Preventing Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Systematic Review of Current Interventions and Future Research Directions". Read the report.
MSD Solutions Lab: End-of-year Message (Dec. 12, 2022)
Corinne Towler, MSD Solutions Lab Director, shares 2022 important milestones and offers gratitude to all who have contributed to the success of the program. Learn more about the 2022 milestones.
Town Hall: Linking MSDs to Total Worker Health (Nov. 10, 2022)
Dr. Jack Dennerlein, professor and interim chair, Department of Physical Therapy, Movement & Rehabilitation Sciences, Northeastern University; Dr. Emily Huang, associate professor, Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences; and Dr. Alysha Meyers, epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/NIOSH discuss how the Total Worker Health approach reduces risk by contributing to work environments that are safe, health-enhancing and fulfilling for workers.
MSD Small Business Summit (Oct 19, 2022)
Small business owners talk about creative and attainable solutions to prevent MSDs. Speakers are: Gina Valhas, occupational hygiene officer, WorkSafeBC; Dr. Anthony Harris, founder, HFit Health; Bryan Statham, founder & CEO, LifeBooster; and Mark Madrid, associate administrator, Office of Entrepreneurial Development, U.S. Small Business Association.
Town Hall: Conducting Hazard Assessments and Identifying MSD Risks (Aug. 11, 2022)
Prevention is key to tackling MSD injuries. This town hall covers hazard assessments and identifying musculoskeletal risks.
Town Hall: Building Your MSD Solutions Program (July 14, 2022)
Industry experts discuss solutions for musculoskeletal disorders, the most common causes of disability, early retirement and limitations to gainful employment.
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