hinco- identifying and mitigating your employees' risks
Hinco uses two approaches to figure out why your employees may be experiencing soreness or injury
Ergonomics- Examining your current production systems and redesigning them to make them safer for the employee
Biomechanics- Examining the way your employees move and work within the production systems to figure out why they are experiencing pain
With this two-pronged approach along with data analysis, Hinco is able to identify the most cost-effective way to lower your sprains/strains recordables and near-misses by implementing:
Company-wide pre-shift stretching programs
Targeted programs for different departments with different risks
An update to your current static stretching routine. Adding dynamic and functional exercises to better prepare employees for work
Programs effective for laborers, feedlot workers, electricians, drivers, first responders, and more
Core activation programs and balance training
Evolving programs: exercises with a different focus each quarter for a more holistic approach and maximum participation
If you already have ergonomics or stretching in place and are wondering how Hinco can help you, here are two examples:
Employees who work within workstations that have been designed to proper ergonomic standards are still experiencing shoulder pain and discomfort. Why?
Solution
Even with appropriate working heights, working in the same position or performing the same task repeatedly will eventually cause the body to develop muscle imbalances that result in poor posture. Tight, forward-rounded shoulders and weak posterior shoulder muscles may be putting stress on the rotator cuff and neck. A program to correct this muscle imbalance will help prevent a soreness from becoming a recordable injury.
Team members are taught proper lifting techniques, such as “lift with your legs.” However, many employees still do not comply. Why?
Solution
A biomechanical analysis may reveal they lack the hamstring flexibility, quadriceps strength, ankle flexibility, or core activation to get into the correct lifting position. Rather than it being that they won’t lift properly, it’s that they can’t lift properly. Programs ideal for areas where ergonomic solutions are difficult to implement are available to correct these types of problems.