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Utilities - Gas and ElectricUtility workers work in a variety of environments, They precariously climb on top of transmission towers, splice cables manholes. Duties require a full range of physical motion and activities in all weather conditions including heavy lifting and manual digging for extended periods of time under all weather conditions; removing manhole covers, pump rotating units, toolboxes and other heavy or cumbersome objects; working in noisy locations; working near moving mechanical parts; working in high, precarious or dark, wet underground places.
Valves, pipes, meters, and other components are engineered to provide natural gas or electricity to consumers and to protect public safety. However, they are not always designed to make installing, maintaining and replacing them easy and comfortable for workers. As a result of the working conditions described above, by having to perform their duties in awkward positions on a daily basis, utility workers are prone to on the job injuries due to cumulative strain on their bodies. For instance, according to the Gas Technology institute, strain or spain injuries accounted for 26.8% of all reported injuries for transmission companies, and for local distribution companies, this number climbed to a staggering 43.6%. PSR®, Professional Safeguard Resources®, for 25 years has specialized in preventing human capital injury losses (primarily back injuries, neck injuries, shoulder injuries, falling injuries) and all types of effort related CTD's (Cumulative Disability Disorders) and MSD's (Musculoskeletal Disorders) in the labor intensive, HRIE (High Risk Injury Employees) workforces. PSR®'s injury reduction training program is specifically designed for the actual physical, physiological, and psychological demands of the work arena, as well as the true performance needs for each unique work environment, including the gas and electricity industry sectors. PSR® is a synthesis of western orthopedic practices and Eastern (Asian) biomechanic and therapeutic sciences. PSR® uniquely establishes a reflexive self strengthening work experience in the most awkward of circumstances. The system matures with minimum follow-up to become part of the workforce culture. The PSR® slogan is "If the work experience does not make you stronger, and you do not feel it making you stronger, it is breaking you down"©. This is particularly true for a utility company employee where the work arena has significant limitations to its' ergonomic redesign and the 'correct' position of the body is often based primarily on safety factors such as maintaining themselves safely on the pole or elsewhere while focused on the task at hand. The body knowledge of how a a leveraged unit body feels requires additional skills. |
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The physical forces exerted on these workers are enormous and can expose workers to musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). Workers are constantly required to stand for long times in areas with limited footprint space; push and pull; bend or twist/turn from the upper body; reach horizontally, forward and below the waist with hands and arms and have cervical extension, rotation and bending; frequently required to negotiate stairs and ladders; squat; climb and turn the wrist and assume various positions such as sit; kneel; crawl; reach overhead; and pinch with hands. Physical demands are described as very heavy (exert in excess of 100 lbs. of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 50 lbs. of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 lbs. of force constantly in order to move objects). 
