Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features the release of a new white paper from the National Safety Council on how employers can successfully implement emerging tools to reduce workplace musculoskeletal disorders.
NSC noted that rapid changes and a lack of clear standards for MSD-focused innovations can create uncertainty among organizations looking to adopt some of the more risk-reducing technologies, and the white paper aims to bridge the gap between solution providers and adopters so that all organizations, regardless of their size or industry can understand their options. The paper references nearly two dozen academic publications to assess the benefits of the most common emerging safety technologies: computer vision, wearable sensors, exoskeletons, autonomous and semi-autonomous materials handling equipment, digital twins and extended reality.