Workplace NL is highlighting the importance of prevention in helping to address the number of breaks, sprains and strains suffered in the workplace.

This Is Move Well-Work Well Week; a time set a side to raise awareness of musculoskeletal injuries, or MSIs, and finding practical solutions to prevent them in the workplace.

According to Workplace NL, MSIs account for 69 per cent of all claims involving lost time from work, 71 per cent of all costs related to lost-time claims, 75 per cent of all lost-time weeks from work and $103 million in annual claims costs.