WEEK 3

Thursday February 22

10:00 am – 12:30 pm EST

Cost/Benefit: Understanding Financial & Psychosocial Harm

Part 1: Ergonomics Intervention Cost-Benefit Calculator

This presentation will review the business case for ergonomics, and demonstrate a simple method for cost-justifying ergonomics projects. Links to several freely available cost-benefit models will be shared.

SPEAKER:
Rick Goggins, Ergonomist
Washington State Department of Labor and Industries

Part 2: Ontario’s Cost Calculator and Related Resources

Building on the previous presentation, this session focusses on the development and use of Ontario’s Cost Calculator along with an introduction to other helpful resources by the Centre for Research Excellence on Musculoskeletal Disorders (CRE-MSD).

SPEAKER:
Jacklyn Kurt – CRE MSD
University of Waterloo

Part 3: Measuring Workplace Stress Among RSI Day Participants – 6 years later

In 2018, RSI Day participants were introduced to StressAssess, a tool for measuring psychosocial conditions in a workplace, completing and reviewing the results of the survey live during the session. We thought it would be interesting to repeat the survey 6 years later to see if anything has changed.  Please fill out the survey here  and attend for a real-time update, and in the process we’ll refresh your memory regarding the usefulness of StressAssess as a workplace mental health and injury prevention tool in workplaces large and small.

SPEAKER:
John Oudyk, Occupational Hygienist
OHCOW Hamilton

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