The new issue of Cardinus Connect has arrived. Download your free copy today. 

In the new issue of Cardinus Connect we call out to all health and safety managers, ergonomists and interested parties to help us tackle one of the biggest issues facing our workforce: the increase in MSDs in young people and how that will impact the workforce as they come into it.

You can read more about the launch of this project inside. Put together by Anna Clark, the lead researcher in the project and student at the University of Salford, she discusses how the project started, the current research base and what the project aims to achieve. We also ask for your help by contributing your anonymiszd data to help improve the research.

We also have a fantastic article from Andrew Ronchi of dorsaVi on how medical wearables can help health and safety teams achieve reductions in MSDs through tracking activities, developing optimal movement patterns and guidelines and engaging employees in positive behavioural change. Plus there’s plenty more inside, from the link between mental health and MSDs, new challenges in organisational security, through to global health and safety regulations for ergonomics.

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A full list of articles in Cardinus Connect Issue 12:

• Increase in Gen Z MSDs Will Impact Your Future Workplace: A Call to Action, Anna Clark, University of Salford
• Medical Wearables can Reduce Workplace Injuries, Andrew Ronchi, dorsaVi
• Early Intervention – Strategies for Aiding Business Productivity and the Bottom Line, Matt Weber, Fit For Work
• Rising to the Challenge, Jon Hayter, Security Consultant
• Tactical Solutions for Office Ergonomics, Ryan Pavey, Office Athletes Group
• Technology – Preventing or causing collisions?, John Davidge, Cardinus Risk Management
• BAX-U Case Study at Seattle City Light, Dr. Romina Ghassemi and Keith Osborne, BAX-U and Seattle City Light
• Is it Health and Safety? Yes!, Dr. Ann Hawkins, 24hr Virtual Clinic
• Ergonomics Regulation is not the Only Reason You Need a Global Ergonomics Program, Jon Abbott, Cardinus Risk Management
• The Future of Health and Safety, Peter Kinselley, Cardinus Risk Management
• Positive Persuasion, Jennifer Law and Sarah Lytton, Lockton
• Musculoskeletal and Mental Health Disorders in the Workplace, Pamela Gellatly, Healthcare RM
• Comp Claims are Unavoidable and Other Myths, John Cooper, AmWINS
• Virtual Treatment and the Hidden Risk, Richard Kruckeberg, Physical Therapist
• Review Comp Claims with Medical Coding-Certified Physicians, William Dagher, SFUR
• We Have the Solution to the Opioid Crisis, Dr. Jonathan Brenner and Mitchell Newman, Medicus LLC