Common injuries to muscles, bones and joints - Muscles bones and joints

Healthy muscles bones and joints are important to a fit active lifestyle and a safe and secure working life. To protect these from injury and illness such as back pain or repetitive strain symptoms you could adopt safe working practices, understand risks and responsibilities and spot patterns or trends in workplace incidents, accidents or absence.

Use the links below to find information on where such risks come from, signs and symptoms to look out for and what you can do to prevent such injuries.

1. Common injuries to muscles, bones and joints

Injuries to muscles, bones and joints in the workplace can be caused in a number of ways, such as

carrying out repetitive tasks
staying in one position for too long, such as at workstations or prolonged driving.

Injuries can also be caused by work tasks that involve manual force. This includes to

carry
move
push
pull
slide
stop
extract.

This can lead to issues such as

sore joints
cuts, burns and freezing
lower back and neck injuries
muscular pain and poor circulation
sleep disturbance, stress and fatigue.

Injuries to muscles bones and joints are often referred to as musculoskeletal disorders (MSD). You can find out more about MSD on the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) site.

Visit the HSE site for more about MSD