New technology to improve age-old injury issue
Turning the tide on what is generally accepted in the pick and pack industry as ‘inevitable,’ pharmaceutical supply company EBOS tackled body stressing injuries with new wearable technology.
"It is accepted within our industry that body-stressing injuries are almost inevitable due to the repetitive nature of the work we do, such as stock picking and packing. This risk was further amplified for our business at the peak of COVID-19 when demand for medical and pharmaceutical products was at its highest," explained Paul Sporbert, NSW Operations Manager for Symbion, a division of EBOS.
"The ability to quantify the number of high-risk postures has enabled us to be proactive and targeted when having open safety discussions with our workers about identifying and addressing the issues causing these high-risk postures," he added.
Over the duration of an eight-month icare wearable technology pilot, EBOS experienced a steady reduction in the number of high-risk postures in workers who have consistently worn the devices, resulting in an average improvement of 46 per cent across all three of its sites.
