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Best practice risk management for hazardous manual handling and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)

 

Location  

Webinar (online event)

Date  

Friday 27 October 2023

Time  

10:30am to 11:15am

Webinar details

This session will provide an overview of best practice risk management principles for hazardous manual handling and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), with practical case studies from the Manual Handling Grant recipients. Productivity Matters will discuss their project with addressing hazardous manual handling across 9 major hospital food service divisions, and the Royal Flying Doctor Service will discuss the design of a new vehicle fleet for bariatric patients.

Discover insights to improve the control of risks relating to hazardous manual handling in your organisation.

Anthony Carden

Dr Anthony Carden

Principal Ergonomist, WorkSafe Victoria

Dr Carden is a Principal Ergonomist, leading the Ergonomics and Human Factors Unit, at WorkSafe Victoria. Tony has a diverse range of experience across a wide array of industry sectors including housing construction, electricity distribution, property maintenance, security, outdoor education and adventure guiding.

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Andrew Morrison

Andrew Morrison

General Manager, Mobile Patient Care (as of 1 Sep 2023), Royal Flying Doctors Service (Vic)

Andrew has an extensive history in emergency management and program management in Victorian state government, with the Victoria State Emergency Service and at Department of Justice and Community Safety.

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Stephanie Cassidy

Stephanie Cassidy

CEO and Certified Professional Ergonomist, Productivity Matters

Stephanie is an Occupational Therapist and Ergonomist has 30 years of experience in managing and preventing work-related injury or illness in Australia.

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