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Warehousing and logistics

Warehousing and logistics workers lift, carry and stack repeatedly throughout every shift, often under time pressure, in tight spaces and across long distances. That repetition is what drives musculoskeletal injury.

The common roles at risk
  • Order selector
  • Case picker
  • Bulk loader
  • Replenishment worker
  • Receiving associate
  • Fulfilment associate
  • Stock associate
  • Cargo handler
  • Order packer
  • Forklift operator
  • Delivery driver
  • Inventory controller
  • 3PL coordinator
A warehouse worker wearing the Apex 2, hinging at the hips to lift a crate of shoulder straps beside a racking bay
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The hazard

Where the load
actually comes from.

Common risks include:

  • repetitive handling of packages and stock
  • lifting and carrying heavy or bulky loads
  • pushing and pulling pallets or roll cages
  • working in awkward postures: bending, reaching, twisting, kneeling.

Workers may also handle loads in confined spaces, at height or at floor level, which increases injury risk. Fatigue caused by high work volumes, extended shifts and fast-paced operations can further increase the likelihood of manual handling incidents.

Reducing the risk,
and meeting the duty.

In Australia and other regulated jurisdictions, employers have a legal duty to identify, assess and control the risks of musculoskeletal disorders, including back injuries, arising from hazardous manual tasks. The focus of WHS legislation is prevention through risk elimination (if possible) and engineering solutions rather than reliance on lifting technique training alone.

Safe Work Australia
Reducing back injury risk and meeting WHS requirements in warehousing and logistics operations:
  1. Identify hazardous manual tasks
  2. Assess risk factors in those tasks SA2050 can assist organisations assess and quantify risk for each manual task
  3. Minimise risks using the hierarchy of control Apex2 is a mechanical aid designed to reduce risk when lifting and bending
  4. Provide information, instruction and training SA2050 provides comprehensive training and assessment of the Apex2 in the workplace
  5. Review control measures

Peak does not lower the rate.

A back injury on a picking line is not one event. It is months of restricted duty, a backfill, and a person who was good at the job deciding the job is not worth it.

What one back injury costs
  1. An entry on the injury register that follows the site into every client or compliance audit.
  2. A gap in the team that the remaining crew has to absorb, at the same pick rate.
  3. A replacement who won't hit full speed for weeks while they learn the pick face.
  4. A worker who was good at the job deciding the job is not worth it.
Where the load goes

Elastic bands run down the back. Bending stretches them. Standing returns that energy to the lift, so the muscles carry less of it.

Without the Apex 2 With the Apex 2 Up to 40% less strain Apex2 published claim

Schematic. Shows the mechanism, not measured values.

The other operations
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