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Porcupine North-Eastern
Ontario Mine Safety Group
Conference (PNOMSG)
Saturday, July 18, 2015
Musculoskeletal Disorder
Prevention At the Metsite
MSDs and Risk Factors
History of MSD Team
Metsite Program
RAC MSD Hazards
Projects
Benefits of MSD Prevention
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Introduction
Musculoskeletal Disorders
• Injury or disorder of the muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints,
nerves, blood vessels, or related soft tissue
• May be caused or aggravated by work
• Often called sprains and strains
• Common examples include bursitis, tendonitis, trigger finger
white hand, tennis elbow and include conditions such as back
injuries involving muscles, ligaments or spinal discs
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Introduction
Primary Risk Factors:
Secondary Risk Factors:
- contact stress
- local or body vibration
- personal factors
- cold and hot work environments
- work organization
- work methods
- ergonomic factors
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Introduction
Regulations under the Occupational
Health and Safety Act
Duty of the employer to take every
reasonable precaution to ensure the health
and safety of workers
MSD Prevention introduced to the Health and Safety
and Reclamation Code for Mines in BC
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How We Started
History
• Identified as a key safety
initiative for Concentrator
• Employees participated in
ergonomics training
• Committee formed
• MSD Prevention Program
• Delivery of General
Awareness and Education
• Developed Survey and with
opportunities for Feedback
• Survey Analysis
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MSD Prevention Program
– Goals and Objectives
– Commitment
– Scope of Program
– Roles and Responsibilities
– Procedures
– Education and Training
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General Awareness and
Training
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New hires and existing employees receive(d)
MSD Awareness Training
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Contractors receive training through
indoctrination
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Training includes:
• recognizing new and existing hazards
through risk factors
• Ensures understanding of MSD Prevention
and hazard identification
• Requirements for reporting equipment
problems, incidents and unsafe tasks
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Surveys
• General Survey and Workstation Ergonomic Survey
• Classification of Employees
• Maintenance
• Service Crew
• Operation
• Office Employees
• Identification of potential Hazards for each group
• Common MSD symptoms
• Common MSD hazards
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Analysis
CLASSIFICATION OF MSD RELATED SYMPTOMS FOR THE CONCENTRATOR
OFFICE
MAINTENANCE
NECK
SHOULDERS
UPPER BACK
UPPER BACK
LOWER BACK
LOWER BACK
KNEES
SERVICE CREW
ELBOW
LOWER BACK
KNEES
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Lower
Back
Elbows
Upper
Back
Upper
Back
Lower
Back
Neck
Shoulders
Shoulders
Neck
OPERATIONS
NECK
UPPER BACK
LOWER BACK
SHOULDERS
Upper
Back
Lower
Back
Lower
Back
Knees
Knees
Service Crew
Office
Maintenance
Operations
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Problem Solving using:
Recognize
Assess
Control
Recognize
Reactive
Proactive
Deals with
issues as
they arise
Anticipates
and prevents
problems
Passive
investigation
methods
V
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Proactive Approach
Identifying risk factors before
accidents occur
Active
investigation
methods
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Recognize
• Training (co-chairs, supervisors,
JOHSC members and workers)
• Standardized surveys
• Workplace inspections
• Qualitative and quantitative
assessments
• Recognizing symptoms (early
reporting)
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Recognize
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Target certain tasks or areas of workplace
HSEC project management
Capture in project design
Drawings reviews, HAZOPs and risk assessments
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Pre-Construction Engineering Checklist
Site Specific Orientation
Contractor Crew Toolbox meetings
Contractor Work Procedures, Health and Safety and
Environmental Procedures
General Specifications for Engineering Consultants
General Specifications for Contract Labour
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Assess
•Qualitative and quantitative tools
•Standardized surveys and
assessments
•Discomfort surveys
•Questionnaires
•Industry Standard Tools
(RULA, Wash. State, Niosh Lifting
Equations, etc.)
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Control
•Risks are minimized to lowest reasonably practical using to
standard control hierarchy
•Goal is to design controls, systems and workstation to the
employee
Eliminate
Most Effective
Substitution
Engineering / Isolation
Administration / Training
Personal Protective Equipment
Behaviour Management
Least Effective
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MSD Committee Functions
• Review Program through MSD and JOHSC
committees
• Review of committee’s goals and
objectives by completing
Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle
• Align MSD program with Sustainable
Development and health and safety
programs
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MSD Committee Functions
• Team brainstorming and strategic
planning meetings
• Development of annual action plans
• Continuous preventative training and
awareness
• Team member professional development
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MSD Initiatives
Project – Valve Replacements
Problem:
Process valves used by employees
have known associated risks factors
when opening and closing
Solution:
•Replace valve with larger handles
and/or replace with different type of
valves to reduce risk factors
•Continuous improvement initiative
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Project – Valve Replacements
Problem:
Process Operator opens Tomlinson
Valves to drain pumpboxes. Valve
located in poor location under
pumpbox requiring operators to
exert force in awkward postures
Solution:
•Relocate existing valves to the sides
of pumpbox
•New pumpbox installations have
location included in the design
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Project – Cyclone Replacement
Problem:
Cramped space and poor design
for inspections and sampling of
Cyclones
Solution:
•Enlarged catwalk design and
removal of tripping hazards
•Easier access to cyclone overflow
and underflow sampling ports and
inspections
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Project – Dryer Hopper
Hammers
Problem:
Dewatering Operator bangs chutes
every 3 hours with heavy sledge
hammer exerting excessive force
and awkward posture
Solution:
•Install hopper hammers on Cu1,
Cu2, Zn1 and Zn2 dryers
• These hammers will help to
dislodge the concentrate that
builds-up in the chute walls
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Project – Workstation Seating
Problem:
•Loco Operator complaining of sore back and
legs falling asleep on Loco’s 054 and 055
•Chair not equipped with proper hardware (foot
pedal) creating height problem. Operators
compensate by leaning forward at lowest setting
to reach pedal, causing discomfort and awkward
sitting posture over course of 8 hour shift
Solution:
•Installation of “Industry Standard” and ergo
seating for operators with proper hardware
•Change process plant control room seating (Ergo
and CSA Standards)
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Project – Drill Core Sample
Prep
Replace
manual forklift
with battery
operated
forklift
Replace castors Rolling tables
on carts with
and lifting
pneumatic tires devices
Replace sample
Grease block
buckets to a
retrofits
smaller size
Replacement
of air hoses
with wands for
cleaning
Relocation of
disconnects
Modification of
crusher to
remove
redundant lip
Vibration
study; antifatigue matting
and dampening
mats
Changes to
procedures and
job rotation
Improved dust
control
Problem:
•Address ergonomic and
musculoskeletal hazards in the Drill
Core Sample Prep Lab for Manual
Handling of Samples, Crushing,
Pulverizing and associated work
Solution:
•Identified 29 item with risk factors
•Made changes to reduce high force
activities, non-neutral postures,
repetitive motions and long duration
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Project – Water Treatment
Plant
Problem:
•Equipment was built for very tall people.
Changing panel parameters and reading
panel required operators to be in awkward
posture
Solution:
•Build platform for worker to stand on for
viewing and making changes on panels
•Platform height build to the 95 height
percentile
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Project – Improvements and
Opportunities
Improvements:
•Ergonomic Tools (design and vibration rating)
•Vibration Studies
•Personal Protective Equipment
•Mechanical Assist
Opportunities:
•Central Control Room re-design
•Dryer Refractory and Hearth Rebuilds
•Physical Demands Analysis
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Benefits
•Maintained health
•Enhanced productivity for individuals and work groups
•Cost of injuries to worker and employer (quality of life)
•Improved workstation design
•Early management of symptoms
•Compliance with government regulations
•Employee satisfaction
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MSD Team
Alan Chow
-Training and Development
Tammy Harper
-Analytical Lab
Guy Lamb
-Safety
Gary Kader
-Maintenance
Wanita Muzyka
-Occupational Health
Mathew Street
-Industrial Hygiene
Shawn Connors
-Worker Rep.
All Employees
-Metsite Kidd Operations
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Thanks for you Attention!
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