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June 28, 2010

Ergonomic Multidisciplinary Steering Committee

Takes Shape at BGH

Brockville—Members of the new Brockville General Hospital Ergonomic Multidisciplinary Steering Committee had training sessions June 7 and June 24 on dealing with Muscular Skeletal Disorders in the workplace. The committee is piloting the introduction and facilitation of the EPIC (Ergonomic Program Implementation Continuum) program into BGH as part of ongoing occupational health initiatives. As a multidisciplinary body, the committee would then have its members return to their various areas to address MSD prevention—through identification and control of related hazards in a participatory approach between staff and management.


“Participation, in the context of occupational health and safety, creates the foundation for all activities that aspire to promote and encourage health and safety in the workplace,” explains Pat Hoy, BGH Manager of Occupational Health and Safety. The Multidisciplinary Steering Committee has been created to support the prevention and elimination of MSD hazards in the workplace using a participatory ergonomics approach.  The responsibility for a safe and healthy workplace falls on every person in the workplace.”




BGH staff Karey Rutledge (l) and Shelley Weapenicappo take cues on MDS prevention from Ryan Adams of the Ontario Safety Association for Community & Healthcare. 


For more information, please contact:

Maggie Wheeler Communications Officer BROCKVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL 613-345-5649 Ext. 1-1504

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