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Top 3 Accident Types - Overexertion (Musculoskeletal Injuries)
The following links list tools, publications, and other resources to help prevent injuries caused by overexertion in the construction industry. These resources may not meet all the requirements for health and safety in British Columbia. Please check the Workers Compensation Act, the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, and related materials for specific WorkSafeBC requirements.
Preventing Overexertion (Musculoskeletal injuries)
Bulletins
- Constructive Ideas: Reducing Soft Tissue Injuries
A series of bulletins that help recognize and assess the risks of soft tissue injuries, and provide innovative ideas to reduce those injuries in the construction industry.
- Assessing the risk of sprains and strains, CI-0616 (PDF 294kb)
- What are MSIs?, CI-0606 (PDF 227kb)
- MSI risk factors, CI-0614 (PDF 165kb)
- more
Worksheets
- MSI Risk Factor Identification Worksheet (PDF 61 KB)
- MSI Risk Factor Assessment Worksheet (PDF 894 KB)
These worksheets were produced to help employers identify the hazards and assess the risks that may cause or contribute to a musculoskeletal injury (MSI). The primary risk factors for MSI include force, repetition, work posture, and local contact stress.
Signs & stickers
- Lift with the knees (PDF 61 KB)
Slideshows & videos
Booklets & pamphlets
- Preventing MSI Injury: Employers and Joint Committees (PDF 924 KB)
- Understanding the Risk of MSI Injury: Workers (PDF 2 MB)
- Balk Talk: An Owners Manual for Backs (PDF 702 KB)
- Return to Work is Good Business (PDF 267 KB)
- Return to Work is Good for Recovery: The Nurse Advisor's Role in Return-to-Work Planning (PDF 737 KB)
- Return to Work is Good Medicine (PDF 541 KB)
- Return to Work is Good Therapy (PDF 242 KB) Also available in Punjabi.
Tools
Web
- WorkSafeBC Ergonomics web pages
- Selecting Hand Tools (PDF 22 KB)
How to select well-designed tools, considering grip, handle size, grip surface, weight, and trigger.
Source: Alberta Human Resources and Employment - Construction Ergonomics Checklist
A checklist to help workers identify ergonomic problems and prevent injuries.
Source: eLCOSH
Regulation & guidelines
- OHS Regulation Part 4: General Conditions - Ergonomics (MSI) Requirements
- OHS Regulation Part 7: Noise, Vibration, Radiation and Temperature - Division 2: Vibration Exposure
- Guidelines Part 4: General Conditions - Ergonomics (MSI) Requirements
- Guidelines Part 7: Noise, Vibration, Radiation and Temperature - Division 2: Vibration Exposure
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