The prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries is high and it constitutes a major portion of workers compensation claims. These injuries may be due to work-related accidents, cumulative trauma, or ergonomic hazards.  These injuries may involve ligaments, tendons, faciae, muscles, bursae, nerves, joints, and bones. The medical literature explains how the management objectives in work-related injuries differ from non-work-related injuries.

Occupational and Environmental Medicine Specialists at IOMC are experts in the management of work-related MSK injuries. They develop MSK injury prevention programs for the industry. They develop return to work programs for workers with occupational MSK injuries in the workers compensation boards. They are specially trained in assessing the delayed recovery, chronic pain, and disability in work-related injuries using biological, psychological, and occupational perspectives on health. Their additional expertise on causation, apportionment, fitness to work, restrictions, limitations, disability, and impairment make them the ideal authority for providing opinions on work-related MSK injury claims.

The study of human-machine interface is important to prevent the work-related MSK injuries at the workplace. Literature provides evidence that force, acceleration, vibration, thermal stress, work duration, repetition, contact stress, and postures contribute in the causation of occupation MSK injuries. The American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) has published Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) for hand arm activity, lifting, hand arm vibration, whole body vibration, cold stress, and heat stress. The purpose of these guidelines is to prevent the occupational MSK injuries through specific control measures for the exposed workers.  Occupational and Environmental Medicine Specialists at IOMC consider the specific control measures for the physical exposures and associated non-occupational factors while developing control strategies for occupational MSK disorders in your industry.

Please contact IOMC for more information and to organize the following for your industry, organization, and institution.

• Occupational MSK Diseases Control Program  
• Integrated Ergonomics Program
• Medical Legal Opinion (Independent Medical Examination and File Review) on Work-related MSK Injuries
• Work-Related MSK Injuries Management
• Return to Work Program for Workers Compensation Board