Musculoskeletal Health Council

February 1, 2021        1:00 – 2:45 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Welcome
• OSH practitioners’ presentations on their workplace MSD issues and ergo programs by Jack Nunes, Kate Akerman and David Brodie
• Members’ announcements
• Workgroup leaders’ updates on council projects
• Potential work items for 2021
• Wrap up and open mic

May 3, 2021        1:00 – 2:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Welcome
• Invited presentations
  • The New Liberty Mutual Manual Handling Tables & ErgoValuator^TMby Jim Potvin and George Brogmus
  • An Overview of Ergonomics at General Motors by Bob Fox
• Members’ announcements
• New workgroup for developing ergonomics guidelines for handling mass fatalities
• Proposed work items for 2021

Aug 2, 2021         1:00 – 2:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Announcements
• Develop recommended action items in various themes through breakout groups
• Create a list of recommended action items for future projects

Nov 1, 2021         1:00 – 2:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Announcements (one new member, publication of the AIHA ergonomic toolkit)
• Develop a shorter list of recommended action items from the last meeting notes
• New sub-committees for selected action items
• Meeting schedule for 2022; suggested speakers for future meetings

February 12, 2020           2:00 – 3:00 pm ET (conference call)

• Roll-call
• Members’ announcements
• Workgroup leaders David Rempel’s and Scott Schneider’s updates
• Discussion about upcoming conferences and communication plans for products
• Wrap up and open mic

May 4, 2020,                     1:00-2:00pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Roll-call
• Members’ announcements
• Co-chair’s update on NORA councils evaluation findings (MUS related: Engagement and implementation of best practices).
• Workgroup leaders David Rempel’s and Scott Schneider’s updates
• Discussion about the publication plans for products
• Potential work items
• Wrap up and open mic

Aug 3, 2020        1:00-3:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Roll-call, introduction of a new member
• NIOSH researchers’ presentations on 15 musculoskeletal health projects
• Members’ announcements
• Workgroup leaders’ updates on two council projects: (1) the AIHA ergo toolkit; and (2) the ergo guidelines/solutions spreadsheet on the IEA website
• Marketing plans for sharing the above info
• Potential work items
• Wrap up and open mic

November 2, 2020           1:00 – 3:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Welcome, Roll-call
• Other NORA councils’ presentations on their MUS related projects or activities.
• Members’ announcements (HFES, IEA, OIICS 3.0 coding system)
• Workgroup leaders’ updates on council projects
• Discussion about marketing plans for the above projects
• Potential work items (e.g., COVID-19 related work)
• Wrap up and open mic

April 1, 2019                       2:00-2:30 pm ET (Virtual meeting)

• Co-chair’s introduction and roll-call
• Report presentation of MUS agenda poster at Applied Ergonomics Conference
• Report discussions during meetings of three workgroups (intervention; technology/risk assessment; and surveillance/impact) for addressing agenda objectives
• Discuss workgroups’ proposed plans on future council activities/products and determine how the council can execute the plans
• Set up the next meeting and wrap up

August 5, 2019                 2:00-3:30 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Intro of new members and updates
• Reporting of workgroup meetings
• Presentation on ergonomic risk assessment methods used by CPE (an updated survey by Patrick Dempsey and Brian Lowe)
• Discussion of proposed council activities/products
• Wrap up and open mic

November 15, 2019                       11:00-12:00 am ET (virtual meeting)

• Co-chair’s roll-call and reporting of the MUS agenda poster at the HFES meeting
• Members’ announcements
• Rempel’s update on the development of the Excel file for classifying ergo risk assessment methods and potential collaboration with AIHA
• Discussion about the publication of the Excel file, such as website or pamphlet
• Discussion of other potential work items
• Wrap up and open mic

January 23, 2018              10:00 – 11:00 am ET (virtual meeting)

• Co-Chair’s introductions of new council members and new co-chair
• Introductions of attendees
• Discussion about the response to NIOSH OD’s comments on research agenda
• Discussion about plans for future council meeting schedule and activities
• Open mic

May 30, 2018                     2:00 – 3:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Co-chair’s introduction of new council members
• Introduction of how to response to public review comments on research agenda per NIOSH’s OD examples
• Co-chair’s overview of public comments
• Co-Chair leads group discussion for writing up the response to the comments
• Discussion about various responses
• Discussion of a need for slight revision to agenda
• Set timeline for submitting council’s response and revision to agenda
• Wrap up

Dec 5, 2018                       2:00-3:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Co-chair’s introduction and roll-call
• Co-chair’s announcement of recently published research agenda
• Co-Chair’s summary on selection of workgroups by council members
• Discuss the proposed plan on three workgroups for accomplishing three grouped objectives of the research agenda: (1) intervention, (2) technology and risk assessment; and (3) surveillance and impact
• Discuss how to divide the council into the workgroups for accomplishing selected goals
• Discuss about future council activities and research products
• Wrap up

February 13, 2017           2:00 – 4:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Co-Chair introductions
• Introductions of new attendee
• Council members needed
• New attendee input for new topic areas
• Topic area working groups/input
• Wrap up

March 13, 2017                 2:00 – 4:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Co-Chair Lead-off
• Introductions of new attendees
• Council members needed
• Topic area working groups/input
• Wrap-up

April 10, 2017                    2:00 – 4:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Co-Chair Lead-off
• Introductions of new attendees
• Council members needed
• Topic area working groups/input
• Wrap-up

May 8, 2017                        2:00 – 4:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Co-Chair Lead-off
• Introductions of new attendees
• Council members needed
• Topic area working groups/input
• Wrap-up

June 12, 2017                     2:00 – 4:00 pm ET (virtual meeting)

• Co-Chair Lead-off
• Topic area working groups/input
• Wrap-up