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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260130T104000
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URL:https://www.eng.ufl.edu/news-events/events/ise-industry-talk-series-dr
 -rammohan-ram-maikala/
SUMMARY:ISE Industry Talk Series: Dr. Rammohan (Ram) Maikala
DESCRIPTION:MSD Solutions Index: An Organizational-Level Benchmarking Tool 
 for Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs)\nDr. Rammohan (Ram) Mai
 kala\, PhD\, ASP\, FHFES\nABSTRACT:\nMusculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) cont
 inue to be the most pervasive workplace injury worldwide. Research and inj
 ury surveillance data\, from the International Labour Organization\, Europ
 ean Statistics on Accidents at Work\, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics\
 , the Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index\, and the National Safety Coun
 cil’s Injury Facts®\, consistently highlight the critical need to addre
 ss MSDs. While organizations commonly use qualitative and quantitative ass
 essments of work\, workers\, and the work environment to identify MSD risk
 s\, organizational commitment and accountability for preventing these inju
 ries remain in their infancy.\nTo accelerate progress\, the National Safet
 y Council (NSC) created a unique MSD Pledge to encourage organizations to 
 challenge themselves and take measurable action toward reducing MSDs. Supp
 orting this effort\, the NSC developed the MSD Solutions Index\, a first-o
 f-its-kind survey-based tool designed to evaluate MSD risk factors within 
 the workplace and hold employers accountable for meaningful prevention. Co
 mpleting it annually reinforces accountability for organizations that have
  made the MSD Pledge\, enabling them to track progress\, benchmark against
  similar organizations\, and strengthen their safety metrics over time.\nT
 he presentation will explore how the MSD Solutions Index enhances organiza
 tional accountability\, strengthens MSD prevention strategies\, and advanc
 es workplace safety on a national scale.\nBIO:\nDr. Ram Maikala is a Subje
 ct Matter Expert and Program Technical Consultant at the National Safety C
 ouncil’s MSD Solutions Lab\, where he has been leading innovative effort
 s to advance workplace ergonomics and prevent musculoskeletal disorders (M
 SDs) since November 2021. The Lab focuses on transforming workplace injury
  prevention through data-driven strategies\, collaborative partnerships\, 
 and frontline engagement.\nRam currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of 
 Ergonomics in Design. He was inducted as a Fellow of the Human Factors and
  Ergonomics Society (HFES) in 2023 and was named a Science Policy Fellow b
 y HFES in 2022.\nRam holds a Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Science from the Univ
 ersity of Alberta\, Canada\, an M.S. in Industrial Engineering with a spec
 ialization in Ergonomics and Safety Engineering from West Virginia Univers
 ity\, US\, and a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University\, 
 India.
CATEGORIES:Seminars
LOCATION:https://ufl.zoom.us/j/98155004142?pwd=2KyFaTolVBWl4OTM4AmI8Jv1vVfP
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