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Every year, warehouses and manufacturing sites brace for the same story: order volumes spike, shifts get longer, and injury risks increase as a result.
On paper, it looks like you’re just doing more of the same work. In reality, peak season changes who’s doing the work, how fast they’re doing it, and what that work actually looks like and that means your risk profile changes too.
For musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) especially, peak isn’t just “business as usual, but busier.”
Peak season usually brings three big shifts:
Seasonal shifts can change:
The result: your most common, everyday tasks – picking, packing, pallet building, loading, unloading – start happening faster, more often, and with more people who are still learning the job. That combination is exactly where MSD risk thrives.
A 2024 analysis from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that MSDs are the top cause of injuries for warehousing and “last-mile” delivery workers.
The patterns are familiar:
According to GAO, overexertion and bodily reaction are the leading direct causes of these MSDs in warehousing jobs.
Zooming out, MSDs are also the most common workplace injury category in the U.S. and cost private-sector employers an estimated $20 billion a year in workers comp claims.
Peak season doesn’t create new movement patterns, but it intensifies the ones that already cause trouble. And, temporary and seasonal workers carry disproportionate risk.
Temporary and seasonal workers are essential during peak, but decades of data show they’re also more likely to be injured than permanent employees doing similar work, due to:
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Real-time feedback bridges the gap between initial training and on-the-job safety, reducing the learning curve for new hires while actively preventing injuries. This immediacy is especially critical for seasonal workers, who often lack comprehensive ergonomic training or prior experience.
Managing ergonomic safety for hundreds, or even thousands, of seasonal workers across multiple sites is a daunting task. By automating assessments and delivering real-time feedback, you can scale your ergonomics program as your workforce grows, without slowing productivity.
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