Training material

Education for employers

This section gives you access to MSD factsheets, guidance, information, training materials and web links aimed at employers.

Leaflets and information

Links

PowerPoint slides

Leaflets and information

Tackling musculoskeletal problems – information about the psychosocial flags framework from The Stationery Office (TSO)

• Tackling muscle and joint pain – a quick guide for the workplace, from The Stationery Office (TSO)
• Working with VDUs leaflet from the HSE
• HSE leaflet Aching arms (or RSI) in small businesses, about upper limb disorders in the workplace
• Assessing hand–arm vibration leaflet from HSE
• Assessing whole body vibration leaflet from HSE
• A short guide to the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992, from the HSE
• Are you making the best use of lifting and handling aids? – An HSE leaflet
• HSE’s Manual handling assessment charts
• Copies of health and safety legislation from OPSI
• Sickness absence management advice from the HSE
• Managing attendance and employee turnover advice from ACAS
• Overview factsheet on sickness absence and return to work form HSE
• A variety of publications from the HSE
• Factsheets about different conditions from the RSI Association
• Factsheets about various back issues from BackCare
• Factsheets from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
• MSD prevention guideline for Ontario from the Occupational Health and Safety Council of Ontario
• Understanding the risks of musculoskeletal injury – a Canadian leaflet for employees
• Small changes, big difference NHS Choices' advice for line managers on supporting employees with long-term medical condition
  

Links

• Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
• HSE MSD pages
• HSE Manual handling assessment chart (MAC) tool
• HSE Assessment of repetitive tasks (ART) tool
• HSE Better Backs campaign
• Case studies from the HSE
• FAQs from the HSE on MSDs
• European Agency for Safety and Health at Work’s MSDs pages
• NHS Direct
• Health and wellbeing: self-check tool from Investors in People

Powerpoint slides

• IOSH's MSDs: Managers' training can be downloaded and used for training purposes.  An editable ‘supplementary slide’ may be incorporated to tailor the material to a particular organisation
• European Agency for Safety and Health at Work Lighten the load campaign materials

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