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The Easy to Understand Ergonomic Stands Buyer’s Guide

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Outfitting your food or beverage processing plant with high quality ergonomic stands can prove to be a challenge.

Do a quick Google search for ergonomic stands, and you’ll find a number of options, styles, and configurations to choose from. How do you know what ergonomic stands to purchase? How do you choose which ergonomic stand style will work best for your operation?

Choosing the right ergonomic stands can be difficult, but here at Fusion Tech, we’ve tried to make it easy for you. Our ergonomic stands buyer’s guide below will help you choose the right stand for your food or beverage processing operation.

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4 Safety Reasons to Invest in an Ergo Trim Station

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According to the California Department of Labor Statistics and Research, workers in food-processing plants have a higher likelihood of being hurt on the job than workers in many other industries.1 Reaching across a conveyor, lifting heavy loads, twisting and bending at a work station, performing repetitive tasks, and working in awkward positions – all tasks commonly found in processing plants – are leading risk factors for injury.

It’s why ergonomics — the study of how to improve the fit between the tasks of the job and the employees who perform the work — play a significant role in promoting safe workplaces and reducing the high cost of employee absenteeism and injury.

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Test Out the Most Durable Ergonomic Stands at Process Expo

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Process Expo is the place to discover, interact with, and try out the latest and greatest solutions available in the food processing industry. It’s where thousands go to find new solutions that will increase their product yield, decrease their operating expenses, and make their facilities safer for employees.

That’s why one of the solutions we will showcase at this year’s Process Expo is our Ergonomic Stands.

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5 Easy Ergonomic Solutions for Awkward Posture Tasks

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Employees working with awkward posture is one of the leading factors of musculoskeletal disorders in a food processing plant. Reaching across a conveyor, lifting heavy loads, twisting and bending at a work station, raising product overhead are common tasks in a food processing plant — and all raise the risk of employee injury.

Prolonged reaching, stretching, bending, twisting, kneeling, squatting, and working overhead (the seven categories of awkward posture) affects the muscle groups in use and makes work tasks more demanding. The constant and increased demand in turn can cause damage to the muscle groups, ligaments, tendons, and joints.

Reducing awkward posture at workstations in your food processing plant not only reduces the risk of employee injuries, it also reduces your risk of paying out the high costs of employee injuries.

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6 Benefits of Stainless Steel Ergonomic Stands

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Ergonomic stands have become staple equipment in any food processing facility.

The differing heights of employees, mixed with the growing awareness of musculoskeletal disorders caused from stretching, twisting, overreaching, and repeated awkward movements, has made ergonomic stands necessary to keep employees safe and accident reports (and costs!) down. A facility without ergonomic stands opens itself up to a greater risk of employee injuries and a greater risk of shelling out thousands of dollars for those injuries.

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Ergonomic Work Station Design

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Work station design plays a huge role in either contributing to or reducing the risk of employee injuries. Neglecting to account for the space needed for tool use, the height and depth of a work station, the location of the work station, lighting, and even the proper flow of the manufacturing process put your employees at risk of injury.

A poorly designed work station can expose workers to awkward postures, extended reaches, contact pressure, and unnecessary movements – all known factors of on the job injuries and musculoskeletal disorders.
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