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Reader Panel

Six times a year, the editor of Canadian Occupational Safety magazine conducts a brief survey on a timely health and safety topic. These surveys are your opportunity, as a COS reader and subscriber, to share the challenges and concerns you face in your profession, and to voice your opinion (anonymously, of course!). We publish the results of each survey as a "Reader Panel Report" on our Web site and in the next issue of COS magazine.

CLICK HERE to answer our new Reader Panel survey on Communicating Safety.

Reader Panel: Ergonomics

Thursday, 16 October 2008 11:00 Mari-Len De Guzman

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) account for 40 per cent of all lost-time claims in Ontario workplaces. MSDs and repetitive strain injuries (RSI) are injuries that affect muscles, tendons, ligaments and nerves, and can develop when the same muscles are used repetitively or for long periods.