Cummins has joined the National Safety Council, America’s leading nonprofit safety advocate, and more than a dozen of the nation’s leading employers in signing the MSD Pledge to address the most common workplace injury: musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).
The MSD Pledge aims to inspire a global movement across industries that improves workplace safety, reduces MSD risk and enhances the well-being of all workers.
Born out of the Council’s groundbreaking MSD Solutions Lab program – launched last year to tackle this omnipresent safety challenge, which affects more than a quarter of the world’s population – the pledge represents a first-of-its-kind commitment from employers to identify and reduce MSDs across workplaces worldwide. Along with Cummins and NSC, founding pledge members include Amazon, Alcon Research, LLC; Ansell Inteliforz; Amentum; American Industrial Hygiene Association; AMP; Benchmark ESG; Cummins; Human Balance and Stability Systems, LLC; MEGA InTech; Meteorite; Tenneco; United Airlines; and Velocity EHS.
“Caring is a foundational value at Cummins, and the health and well-being of our employees is our top priority, said Michelle Garner-Janna, executive director – Corporate Health, Safety and Environment. “We are committed to finding new ways to ensure we are fostering a culture of safety, and are proud to join NSC and other organizations by taking this important step in mitigating MSDs at our company.”
Specifically, Cummins is pledging to:
- Reduce risks by analyzing the causes of MSD injuries across operations and investing in solutions and practices that reduce risks to workers.
- Innovate and collaborate by leveraging best practices and sharing learnings and countermeasures to expand upon innovations to improve safety practices.
- Build an organizational culture that values safety by promoting a workplace where safety excellence, transparency, and accurate reporting are equally valued, and where everyone, at every level of the organization, is accountable for the safety and health of workers.
- Commit to a significant reduction of MSD injuries by creating safer outcomes for millions of workers worldwide and reducing MSD risk and subsequent injuries by 25% by 2025.
