Wearable Safety Technologies
Discover the latest product updates, best-practices in industrial ergonomics, wearable safety technologies and get useful occupational safety tips
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25.05.22
Preventative Training: Essential when Human Physical Work is Part of a Value ChainEvery chief executive is concerned with the bottom line and not for no reason. Reducing operating costs to maximize profit is the fundamental policy of any successful business. A poor profit margin can sink even the most promising of companies. Expenses are an unavoidable reality and the cost of doing business. The trick is to […]
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15.04.22
How To Reduce Staff Turnover In Healthcare: Manual Handling Injury Prevention For Nurses, Paramedics and Aged Care WorkersStudies have linked a higher risk of pain and injury in the healthcare sector to a worker’s decision to leave their job. Employee turnover is a problem in many industries but in healthcare it is even more so. Quality workers are already in short supply and the cost of replacing even a single nurse in […]
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07.04.22
Investing in Ergonomic Safety Wearables? Know The Barriers to EffectivenessThe waning motivation of workers to engage with safety wearables is the real barrier to sustainable behavioral change Have you ever heard the sentiment that workplace health and safety is boring? All around the globe thousands of workers sit through unengaging, mandatory manual handling training every single day. A compulsory, corporate requirement that takes up […]
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11.03.22
SoterCoach & SoterTask – On the GroundMeet Chris and see how he implemented these solutions to reduce injuries at his workplace. If you’ve been wondering how SoterCoach and SoterTask work in practice, then this article is for you. Learning through others’ experiences is the best way to determine if a solution will work for your organization! Here we provide a simple […]
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09.03.22
How To Improve Warehouse Safety: Best Practices and New TechnologyWarehouses are filled with risks and hazards that could potentially cause significant harm to workers. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the US there are on average 16 fatalities in warehouses every year with a reported injury rate as high as 5%. It is no surprise then that warehouse safety is always a […]
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01.02.22
Why Safety Wearables Programs Fail & How We Fixed ThatThe barrier to the effectiveness of wearables lies in the name. Have you heard the story – The Emperor’s New Clothes? No one believes, but everyone believes that everyone else believes. This is how things manifested for the team at Soter Analytics; a technology company that develops wearables and AI products for manual material handling […]
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19.01.22
SoterCoach vs SoterTask: Which Solution Is Right For Me?At Soter Analytics we specialise in providing technology solutions to minimise the risk of injury to workers in the workplace. We have developed two unique ways to target ergonomic risk in the workplace: SoterCoach and SoterTask. Both of these solutions utilise Artificial Intelligence (AI) to reduce risks. However, the tech industry can be full of […]
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14.10.21
Wearables for Injury Prevention: Evidence of the Benefits of Short & Long-term UseProof of how leading companies around the globe are weaving wearables into their processes and gaining clear injury prevention metrics. Tara is a theatre orderly at a hospital in Perth, Australia. Every shift she puts on an arm strap with a device attached that collects information about her shoulder movements throughout the day. The device […]
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27.08.21
Safety Wearables for the Workplace That Keep You SafeWearable technology is a general term for all technological devices that are worn on or close to the body. Often known as ‘wearables’, these devices have come a long way since eyeglasses back in the 13th century, from the Sony Walkman in the late 70’s right through to the more recent Apple Watch. Now, due […]
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