National Safety Council Marks MSD Pledge Anniversary by Surpassing 200 Signatories and Awarding Nearly $265,000 in Grants to Solve the Most Common Workplace Injury
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Today, more than 200 of the worlds leading organizations representing nearly 2.9 million employees have joined this effort to reduce MSD risk and enhance the physical and psychological wellbeing of all workers.To commemorate this milestone, the MSD Solutions Lab, a groundbreaking NSC initiative established in 2021 with funding from Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) to solve workplace MSDs, today hosted its third annual Workplace Safety Summit: Harnessing Innovation and Collaboration. The MSD Solutions Lab addresses the critical toll MSDs take on people and businesses, and Im incredibly proud of the progress we have made in just three years," said Lorraine Martin, NSC president and CEO. "Between growing the MSD Pledge to more than 200 committed organizations and awarding grants to some of the nations top innovators, we are one step closer to helping workers everywhere lead healthier, fuller, MSD-free lives. ""We value our NSC partnership because of our shared commitment to reducing MSDs through engaging key stakeholders, conducting research, identifying new technology, innovating solutions and scaling the results," said Sarah Rhoads, Vice President of Global Workplace Health and Safety at Amazon. None Wichita State University (Wichita, Kansas), awarded $48,500 to assess the feasibility of utilizing arm support exoskeletons for overhead construction tasks and evaluating the impact on musculoskeletal health.This years MSD Solutions Pilot Grant, which is designed to help organizations prevent MSDs caused by upper-extremity work, provides MSD Pledge members with the opportunity to partner with six leading technology providers to trial emerging solutions in real-life applications.