BACKGROUND: Exposures to occupational hazards substantially increase workers' risk of developing @entity85 ( @entity85 ) and can exacerbate pre-existing disorders. The effects on @entity11159 risk of the physical requirements of work performance are well recognised, but there is now ample evidence that work-related psychosocial hazards can also have substantial effects; further, some hazards may be additive or interactive. This evidence is not reflected in current workplace risk management practices. DISCUSSION: Barriers to more effective workplace management of @entity11159 risk include: the widespread belief that risk arises largely or entirely from physical hazard exposures; regulatory and guidance documents targeting @entity85 , most of which reflect this belief; risk assessment tools that focus narrowly on subsets of mainly physical hazards and yet generate outputs in the form of @entity11159 risk indicators; and the conventional @entity3675 ( @entity3675 ) risk management paradigm, which is ill-suited to manage @entity11159 risk. It is argued that improved workplace management of @entity11159 risk requires a systems-based management framework and more holistic risk assessment and control procedures that address risk from all types of hazard together rather than in isolation from each other, and that support participation by workers themselves. New @entity11159 risk management tools are needed to meet these requirements. Further, successful implementation of such changes is likely to require some restructuring of workplace responsibilities for @entity11159 risk management. Line managers and supervisors often play key roles in generating hazards, both physical and psychosocial, so there is a need for their more active participation, along with @entity3675 personnel and workers themselves, in routine risk assessment and control procedures. @entity85 are one of our largest @entity3675 problems, but workplace risk management procedures do not reflect current evidence concerning their work-related causes. Inadequate attention is given to assessing and controlling risk from psychosocial hazards, and the conventional risk management paradigm focuses too narrowly on risk from individual hazards rather than promoting the more holistic approach needed to manage the combined effects of all relevant hazards. Achievement of such changes requires new @entity11159 risk management tools and better integration of the roles of @entity3675 personnel with those of line managers.

Requirements for more effective prevention of work-related XXXX .

@entity85 :: ('MESH:D009140', 'Disease') :: ['musculoskeletal disorders', 'MSDs'] @entity11159 :: ('MESH:D052517', 'Disease') :: ['MSD'] @entity3675 :: ('MESH:D009784', 'Disease') :: ['occupational health and safety', 'OHS']
@entity85 :: (MESH:D009140,Disease) :: ['musculoskeletal disorders']
