No magic pills make musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) disappear, yet risk, human resources and safety departments continue to buy into programs and systems that do not affectively aid in helping employees deemed the “walking wounded.”
First, you need to find the lagging indicators found in weekly and monthly reports. Lagging indicators measure effectiveness and can alert you to system failures in your existing safety and health programs. The late safety consultant Dan Petersen noted safety statistics are almost always invalid but are a basic measurement of safety program success.