The material handling workers are the one who experienced the most injuries in the last years. How could you prevent it?

1. Here is why a Zinzini
product can save you a lot
of trouble
SAFETY
FIRST

2. CONTENTS OF THIS PRESENTATION
Here’s what you’ll find in this presentation:
1. Some information about us
2. Statistics about labour injuries
3. Low back pain among workers statistics
4. What you can do
5. Conclusion

3. 01
Company information
Know a little bit about us
Labor Injuries
Some alarming statistics
you should consider
02
Low-back pain injuries
One of the highest rate of
injuries among material
handling workers
03
What should you do
How to prevent workplace
injuries
04

4. Movex innovation is a company based in
Shawinigan that develops and manufactures electric
remote-controlled vehicles to transport heavy loads
on stairs, in confined spaces, and on any type of
terrain. Furthermore, Movex has a division that
specializes in the design and manufacture of
products/solutions designed for the electrical
distribution and transmission industry.
OUR
COMPANY

5. New Partnership!
Movex Innovation became the sole distributor of the Zonzini
products in the United States and in Canada.

6. Stair climbers
Domino
Automatic
Skipper
Body and
Body Lift

7. 184 470
This is the total of
injuries in 2018 for
the transportation
and material
moving workers
20 %
The transportation and
material moving
workers represent 20 %
of all cases that
resulted in days away
from work.
13 days
This is the median of
days away from work
to recuperate from
their injuries for the
transportation and
moving workers.
Labor Injuries Statistics

9. 26 %
More than 1 in 4 working
adults experience low
back pain.
40 millions
This is the nomber of U.S.
workers that have
been affected by low
back pain.
20 %
« Of all workers with back
pain, 20% were told by
a health professional
that their pain was
work-related. »
Low Back pain injuries

10. 45 – 64
years old
Those people have more
pain than younger
workers
Increse in
death rate?
« A study found that those with a lost-time
disabling low-back workers’ compensation
claim had a higher rate of mortality when
compared to those with claims accepted for
the same diagnoses who did not miss time
from work.»
Low Back pain injuries

11. What can be done?
Addressing low back pain
as part of a workplace
prevention strategy can
prevent additional
workers from developing
pain in the first place.
Provide your workers
some equipment like
moving straps, hand
trucks, material handling
equipment, etc.
Use a Stairclimber like
the Domino Automatic
when moving heavy
loads up and down the
stairs.
Get all the information on
ergonomics here:
https://www.cdc.gov/nios
h/topics/ergonomics/defa
ult.html

12. Convinced? Low back pain is a very serious injury and it is clear that
most of it is caused by lifting heavy loads. There is a lot of useful
equipment that you can use to prevent those injuries. One of them is the
Zonzini’s Stairclimbers.
Next presentation will illustrate the different equipment you can use to
prevent low back pain.
Conclusion