Reducing Injuries in Distribution Centers
- Highly repetitive handling of cases and other grocery items
- Heavy weights of many of these cases
- Awkward postures required to remove cases from slots and position them on outbound pallets
Our ergonomics efforts included:
- Providing in-depth ergonomics training to groups of managers, safety & health personnel, and production employees
- Conducting ergonomics assessments of production jobs and providing recommendations for process improvement
- Developing corporate- and facility-level ergonomics teams and an overall macroergonomics process for the company
Best Practices Guide for the Reduction of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Food Distribution Centers