The National Safety Council has released a new white paper entitled Preventing Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Systematic Review of Current Interventions and Future Research Directions. Interventions including the use of assistive devices, exoskeletons, or employer-backed physical activity programs have the potential to be effective at reducing MSD discomfort, pain, and injury. Programs that couple physical modifications with cognitive processes and organizational change management forms of prevention have been shown to have higher levels of effectiveness than those focusing on physical modifications alone.

In 2020, NSC reported the private sector experienced more than 247,000 MSD injuries resulting in days away from work. Further, MSDs in the private sector cost businesses nearly $17 billion a year, according to the Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index. The MSD Solutions Lab, an initiative established in 2021 by NSC with Amazon, aims to solve this safety challenge and reduce these risks and subsequent injuries by 25% by 2025 through the MSD Pledge.