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Notable researcher Jack Dennerlein, PhD, of Harvard University, believes that workers and their health and safety behaviors are a response to the work environment, whether it be organizational or environmental factors. One hundred forty-five million Americans work, and most spend at least 50 percent of their active time at the workplace. Despite improvements in occupational safety […]

The IH professionals have long controlled physical hazards and exposures in the workplace, such as noise, chemicals, and dust. Wheras, reducing social or psychosocial factors have often been overlooked. A 2018 study found that 40% of an individual’s health is determinant of social factors. While those factors weren’t important to the workplace historically, they are […]

The most common and addressed physical risk factors that contribute to musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are high force, awkward postures, and high frequency of work. Increasing the combination of these factors increase the risk of developing a workplace injury. The lesser-known contributor of MSDs is psychosocial stress, age, sex, and obesity. The reason is that these factors are […]

In this 30-minute session, we explored how to expand the focus of your safety management system to address psychosocial risks, using frameworks such as the international occupational health and safety (OHS) standard ISO 45001 and the guidance standard ISO 45003. We also offered practical advice on how to address psychosocial risks in several different industry […]