AWARD YEAR
2019
CATEGORY
Work
GOALS
Decent Work & Economic Growth
KEYWORDS
injuries, Ergonomics, exoskeleton
COUNTRY
United States of America
DESIGNED BY
Strongarm Tech
WEBSITE
https://www.strongarmtech.com/strongarm
FLX ErgoSkeleton™
Dynamic back support for industrial workers
American businesses have a major problem - together, they spend more than a billion dollars per week on nonfatal workplace injuries, according to the 2016 Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index. Of those disabling workplace injuries, close to one-quarter (24.4%) pertain to overexertion involving outside sources - lifting, pushing, pulling, holding, carrying or throwing objects. Protocase customer StrongArm Technologies has developed next-generation workplace safety equipment to combat exactly those types of injuries. The Brooklyn, NY-based company's patented ErgoSkeleton™ products offer dynamic back support to industrial workers, easing strain on the lower back and encouraging wearers to adopt a better posture.