The APHIRM toolkit: an evidence-based system for workplace MSD risk management

Source avec lien : BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 20(1), 2019/10/30. 10.1186/s12891-019-2828-1

Les troubles musculosquelettiques sont l’un des plus grands problèmes de santé et de sécurité au travail dans le monde. Les pratiques actuelles de gestion des risques en milieu de travail ne répondent pas à certaines exigences importantes fondées sur des preuves pour réduire efficacement les risques de TMS. En particulier, ils ne tiennent pas compte des risques liés aux risques psychosociaux, ne permettent pas une participation suffisante des travailleurs et, souvent, ne maîtrisent pas les risques à leur source. Pour combler ces lacunes, une trousse d’outils sur l’identification participative des dangers et la gestion des risques a été élaborée.

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) continue as one of the largest occupational health and safety problems worldwide. One reason for this situation is that current workplace risk management practices fail to meet some important evidence-based requirements for effective reduction of MSD risk. In particular: they largely fail to address risk arising from psychosocial hazards; do not allow sufficient participation by workers; and often fail to control risk at its sources.To address these deficiencies, A Participative Hazard Identification and Risk Management (APHIRM) toolkit has been formulated in accordance with both a framework developed by the World Health Organisation and implementation science principles. It comprises a set of online tools that include automated data analysis and reporting modules, and procedures to guide users through the five stages of the conventional risk management cycle. Importantly, it assesses both hazard and risk levels for groups of people doing a particular job, focusing on the job overall rather than only on tasks deemed to be hazardous. Its intended users are workplace managers and consultants responsible for occupational health and safety, with active participation from workers also. Resultant risk control interventions are customized to address the main physical and psychosocial hazards identified for the target job, and repetitions of the risk management cycle enables ongoing evaluation of outcomes in terms of both hazard and risk levels.

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