Imagine lifting heavy boxes to help your child move into a dormitory
on a college campus. Consider the stress and strain on your back
with each lift, compounded through repetition. Now, imagine doing it every day, all day, for years. Think ahead to lifting your grandchildren up in your arms after retirement from years of strenuous manual labor without proper back support. These real-world scenarios are similar to the experiences for millions of workers in logistics facilities in the United States and around the world, feeling the aches and pains in their backs – or worse – from lifting objects at work. And companies are feeling the effects of increased liabilities and spiraling costs from workers‘ injuries on the job.
The Issue Resulting from repeatedly lifting heavy objects on the job is a type
of chronic, physical issue called musculoskeletal disorder (MSD). It is the cause of an inordinate amount of missed workdays, workers compensation claims, skyrocketing medical bills and lost productivity – and even early retirement.
Approximately 33% of all injuries involve MSDs due to physically intense work. In the US, over 600,000 disabilities and illnesses were reported as MSDs, which are the leading cause of compensable injuries.
In his Letter to Shareholders on April 15, 2021, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos revealed that 40% of Amazon’s work-related injuries are MSDs.
New Scientific Study
A scientific study was conducted to analyze the effectiveness of wearing an exoskeleton while lifting boxes and other objects in a logistics facility. Without Paexo Back, an employee who lifts 33 lbs on piecework a day has moved a total of over 300,000 lbs across his back at the end of one week. With Paexo Back, however, it is only approximately 75,000 lbs. This is a 75% improvement in reducing the stress and strain on a person’s back while doing the same amount of work.
For a worker who moves 11 lbs, the lifting support of Paexo Back
neutralizes the package weight.
