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Overhead work is聽common聽on construction sites聽and the effects of injuries caused by this can be significant聽to both workers and businesses.聽Employees risk damage to their聽health,聽wellbeing and income if time off work is required and in turn, businesses suffer the financial impact of days lost and a reduction in productivity.聽

Our聽innovation,聽developed聽in partnership with聽medical technology company聽Ottobock,聽is a wearable exoskeleton聽designed聽to help support construction workers.聽The聽EXO-O1 provides relief for workers completing聽such聽physically demanding tasks聽such as fixing plasterboard to ceilings. This is something聽that Peterson and Hansson takes very seriously.聽聽聽

We are proud to be聽supporting Swedish building and construction company,聽Peterson聽& Hansson, in its mission to protect its workforce from damaging musculoskeletal injuries, with the supply of two of the very first EXO-O1聽overhead聽exoskeletons in Sweden.聽

Per聽Thor茅n, carpenter and safety representative at聽Peterson聽& Hansson聽told us,聽鈥渢he health and safety of our workforce is imperative to us. Employees frequently need to work in challenging positions - such as above their heads 鈥� for projects that span weeks, sometimes months at a time.鈥澛�

Work like this can strain employees鈥� upper limbs leading to fatigue or injury.聽Per聽Thor茅n聽continues, 鈥渢he decision to purchase the EXO-O1 is an attempt to tackle these challenges. We could see the benefits and additional support it would provide our workforce and in turn, keep injuries and days lost to a minimum, as well as business productivity up.鈥澛�

The EXO-O1聽overhead exoskeleton聽takes the load placed on the arms and transfers it to the hips via arm supports, using sophisticated mechanical cable and pulley systems.聽The EXO-O1 is a passive model, which means it doesn鈥檛 need聽an energy supply聽to function. It features adjustable strength settings, which enables companies to support diverse workforces.聽The聽easy-to-use adjustments ensure both a perfect fit for the user, as well as the possibility to share EXO-O1 within teams.聽

The benefits the EXO-O1 has brought for the Peterson and Hansson workforce聽shows the positive impacts聽of working with the exoskeleton support.聽A聽海角社区 Account Manager further explains, 鈥淥ur system has been shown to reduce peak muscle load and relieves shoulders by up to 47 percent. So, we are confident that we can improve productivity and safety for other like-minded businesses and their workforce with this advanced technology.鈥�