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Is the work safe? Do I feel safe?A psychosocial ‘choose your own’ adventure
Alison Gembarovski, Senior Ergonomist
Ian Sutcliffe, Manager Return to Work Inspectorate
NSW MSD Symposium November 2018
International Ergonomics Association
Congress 2018 Florence, Italy
The vision:
• Is the work safe?
➢ Hazardous manual handling/tasks – OHS/WHS Regulations – musculoskeletal disorders
➢ Work-related stress – OHS/WHS Act – psychological health
• Do I feel safe?
➢ Impacts of the above on return to work – WIRC/WIMC Act
➢ Work-related stress – OHS/WHS Act – psychological health
*This concept can be adapted to any hazard*
OH&S Act WIRC Act
Legislation (Victoria)
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A visual representation to demonstrate:
Objective 1 - The links between organisational factors and injury
(poor psychological outcomes and development of MSDs)
Objective 2 - How the OHS/WHS legislation encompasses many organisational factors
Objective 3 - What interventions can look like
Objective 4 - How discharging of OHS/WHS duties can impact positively.
Objective 5 - How lack of discharging of OHS/WHS duties can impact negatively.
What have we done:
Stickperson 1Stickperson 2
Manual handling
resources
OH&S Act WIRC Act WorkWell
WorkWell
resourcesRTW resources
Work-related stress
resources
Organisational factors:Poor job demands
Low job control
Poor job support
Poor change management
Poor role clarity
Poor relationships
Incivility
Early intervention
Guidance material (Victoria)
How can we make it more simple?
How do we show the ‘peel off’
Evidence based policy and practice
Macdonald, Wendy (2012). Conceptual framework for development of a toolkit for
prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Work Vol. 41 Pages: 3933-3936
Organisational factors and development of musculoskeletal disorders
Organisational psychosocial factors can be also important factors in:
▪ Why a claim is lodged
▪ When a claim is lodged
▪ How a claim is received
▪ How and when someone returns to work (or not)
Evidence based policy and practice
The vision:
“Choose your own adventure”
No injury and
business
productivity $$$
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No injury with
risk control
costs
Early
intervention
costs and risk
control costs
4 weeks off
with costs
3 months
off and
costs
6 months
off and
costs
12 months
off costs
>2 years
off/CL
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How does this play out in real life?
In a workplace somewhere……. A year ago
High
physical
job
demand
Low job
control
D
Do
somethi
ng
Do
nothing
Boy, this job is hard…
Surely there is a better way…..
Sli.do
• Open your internet browser and put in sli.do
• Enter event code: C973 then press ‘join’ or the green arrow
• Then answer the question anonymously…….. ‘choose your own adventure’ MAJORITY RULES
C973
In a workplace somewhere……. A year ago
High
physical
job
demand
Low job
control
D
Do
somethi
ng
Do
nothing
Boy, this job is hard…
Surely there is a better way…..
