What impacts do musculoskeletal disorders and more particularly low back pain have for businesses?
Regardless of the number, there are always too many workplace accidents in companies. Let's not forget the employees who are not on leave but who suffer at their workstations. In both cases, people are in pain and the pains interfere with work.
Businesses need to work on thelayout and ergonomics of the station, or the improvement of processes. When the pain persists, sometimes that's not enough and it's important to try to find other solutions for them.
Why did you decide to test the Japet.W exoskeleton in your organization?
Japet equipment.W was proposed by an Operational Unit Manager (DUO) at the SNCF industrial technicenter in Hellemmes near Lille. His team includes agents who suffer from back problems and who were just looking for solutions. Iapet.W interested us because it is a personal assistance device different from those on the market.
It not only helps to carry the loads but offers these famous vertebral tractions that provide relief while maintaining trunk mobility. It is a solution to assist an agent with back pain on certain tasks, at certain times.
What is the field feedback on the use of Japet.W ?
It turned out that the agent actually feels the difference, he is not at all embarrassed in his activities, he feels supported and supported. The major positive point: that The pain is less severe. The officer had systematically hurt his back as early as Monday evening. Since he tested Japet.W, that considerably delays the onset of pain, which only appear on Wednesday evenings.
This device assists the mobility of the trunk, makes it possible to restore pleasure at work and limits the combinations of traumatic movements, which is very encouraging!
What are the next steps?
We are the first manufacturers to have tested Japet.W because it was a complete response to our global approach initiated within SNCF. At the same time, we are also developing our own modular exoskeleton internally to assist agents on a daily basis.
The objective of this test: to officially validate the Japet belt.W, so that all our establishments can buy it according to their needs. It is important to remember that This equipment is not there for reasons of productivity but because it is part of a global approach to personal assistance, also working on theLayout, the ergonomics of the station, the processes...
What advice would you give to other businesses?
Discover the system by simply testing it!
