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.

Discover how posture, force, and repetition drive ergonomic injury risk, and how AI-powered video analysis helps prevent MSDs across multiple sites.

During this episode, we sit down with a true global ergonomist. As a senior researcher at the European Trade Union Institute, Dr. Menekse Barim’s work spans biomechanics, exoskeleton applications, and occupational health and safety. Formerly at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), she led projects on ergonomic surveillance, next- generation assessment tools, and the evaluation of exoskeletons across industries. She also organized a Global Safety workshop to promote collaboration between Turkish and American professionals, along with many other noteworthy professional achievements.