preventing musculoskeletal injuries

Preventing Musculoskeletal Injuries
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Preventing musculoskeletal injuries.
Research shows that the rate at which musculoskeletal injuries in the workplaces have been on the rise, the consequences are unending legal suits by the workers demanding compensation. The legal complaints are hurting the organizations and especially in clinical environments where the complaints have escalated. People have become familiar with their work rights which makes them search for legal remedies once such injuries are experienced. The legal process demands a lot of the organization’s resources which could be channeled towards other uses. The remedy would be preventing the occurrence of the musculoskeletal injuries at the workplace.
As the old adage goes, prevention is better than cure, the ability of the organizations in the clinical environment to reduce the legal obligations when such cases arise would reduce the losses experienced in such processes. The participants in the clinical environment can reduce the legal obligations by ensuring that every equipment or tool used in the organization is under maintenance. Proper maintenance of the tools and equipment’s ensures that everything is working in the right condition and chances of the breakdown are low (Davis et al., 2015). The manual for using workplace tools should be presented to the workers before any contact with the tool to ensure that the tools are used in the right way.
The installation of the equipment should be well monitored with a well-documented report that can be produced as evidence in a legal suit.

The recommended hours of contact with the equipment should be maintained to prevent burning out of the user. The management should ensure that all legal loopholes are well taken care of before any contact with the equipment is made. Legal processes are all about evidence and the right prevention measures and can be used to reduce the musculoskeletal injuries.References
Davis, K. G., & Kotowski, S. E. (2015). Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders for nurses in hospitals, long-term care facilities, and home health care: a comprehensive review. Human factors, 57(5), 754-792.