a psychosocial ‘choose your own’ adventure
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Is the work safe? Do I feel safe?A psychosocial ‘choose your own’ adventure
Alison Gembarovski, Senior Ergonomist
Ian Sutcliffe, Manager Return to Work Inspectorate
NSW MSD Symposium November 2018
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International Ergonomics Association
Congress 2018 Florence, Italy
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The vision:
• Is the work safe?
➢ Hazardous manual handling/tasks – OHS/WHS Regulations – musculoskeletal disorders
➢ Work-related stress – OHS/WHS Act – psychological health
• Do I feel safe?
➢ Impacts of the above on return to work – WIRC/WIMC Act
➢ Work-related stress – OHS/WHS Act – psychological health
*This concept can be adapted to any hazard*
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OH&S Act WIRC Act
Legislation (Victoria)
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A visual representation to demonstrate:
Objective 1 - The links between organisational factors and injury
(poor psychological outcomes and development of MSDs)
Objective 2 - How the OHS/WHS legislation encompasses many organisational factors
Objective 3 - What interventions can look like
Objective 4 - How discharging of OHS/WHS duties can impact positively.
Objective 5 - How lack of discharging of OHS/WHS duties can impact negatively.
What have we done:
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Stickperson 1Stickperson 2
Manual handling
resources
OH&S Act WIRC Act WorkWell
WorkWell
resourcesRTW resources
Work-related stress
resources
Organisational factors:Poor job demands
Low job control
Poor job support
Poor change management
Poor role clarity
Poor relationships
Incivility
Early intervention
Guidance material (Victoria)
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How can we make it more simple?
How do we show the ‘peel off’
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Evidence based policy and practice
Macdonald, Wendy (2012). Conceptual framework for development of a toolkit for
prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Work Vol. 41 Pages: 3933-3936
Organisational factors and development of musculoskeletal disorders
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Organisational psychosocial factors can be also important factors in:
▪ Why a claim is lodged
▪ When a claim is lodged
▪ How a claim is received
▪ How and when someone returns to work (or not)
Evidence based policy and practice
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The vision:
“Choose your own adventure”
No injury and
business
productivity $$$
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intervention
costs and risk
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with costs
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costs
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How does this play out in real life?
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In a workplace somewhere……. A year ago
High
physical
job
demand
Low job
control
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Do
somethi
ng
Do
nothing
Boy, this job is hard…
Surely there is a better way…..
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• Then answer the question anonymously…….. ‘choose your own adventure’ MAJORITY RULES
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In a workplace somewhere……. A year ago
High
physical
job
demand
Low job
control
D
Do
somethi
ng
Do
nothing
Boy, this job is hard…
Surely there is a better way…..