What do we do?
At UMANA, we help companies prevent workers’ injuries and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).
We provide companies with our most advanced workstation biomechanical analysis technology (uMITIGA), enabling precise risk assessment and the development of renewed, more effective, and tailored preventive action plans.
uMitiga technology
biomechanical analysis of workstations
We help you reduce injuries and MSDs with our uMitiga technology, which goes beyond conventional ergonomic methods and provides significant benefits for the biomechanical analysis of workstations:
- fast and non-invasive
- simultaneous analysis of all risk factors
- high calculation accuracy (+200 parameters per task)
- assessment of % physical load on each joint
- identification of injury-related tasks
- optimization of preventive solutions
uMitiga services
renewed and effective preventative solutions
Through our uMitiga technology, we offer four services focused on injury and musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) prevention:
- Risk assessment
- Preventive solutions
- Customized workstation adaptation
- Ergonomic workstation validation
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biomechanical precision and ergonomic simplicity
precision and simplicity
uMitiga technology
biomechanical precision and ergonomic simplicity
Agile data capture
uMITIGA’s job analysis technology is based on:
- video recording (for 3D analysis of postures and movements)
- load recording (weights, distances, forces, vibrations…)
- time measurement (workday and cycle duration, breaks…)
And it allows data collection from any station in less than 1 hour.
Harmless monitoring
When conducting the biomechanical study through video analysis, it is not necessary to place any type of sensor on the worker.
uMitiga is a non-invasive technology that allows all data capture to be carried out without interfering with the worker’s movements and efforts, or disrupting production.
Measurement of all risks
uMITIGA is the only workstation analysis technology that considers all biomechanical risk factors simultaneously:
- joint ranges of motion
- movement repetitiveness
- overexertion
- static postures
- awkward postures
- precision
- vibrations
Critical task detection
uMITIGA technology allows the analysis of up to 50 tasks per workstation and accurately calculates the physical load borne by the worker in each of them.
This makes it possible to identify “critical” tasks, which are those that exceed healthy limits and involve a high risk of injury.
This enables preventive actions to be effectively targeted, focusing on the tasks with the poorest biomechanical records.
Maximum calculation accuracy
uMITIGA assesses over 200 biomechanical and organizational parameters for each job task:
- 8 movement repetitiveness parameters
- 26 overexertion parameters
- 6 precision parameters
- 120 joint range parameters
- 32 static and awkward posture parameters
- 24 vibration parameters
- 3 global body posture parameters
Mapping of the % joint load
uMITIGA calculates the maximum and accumulated physical load percentage that the worker faces throughout the day in each of his joints:
- neck
- shoulders
- elbows
- hands-wrists
- upper and lower back
These levels of physical load are a precise measure of the overall risk of musculoskeletal injury faced by the worker.
Optimization of preventive solutions
uMitiga technology allows us to predict how a worker’s physical load changes when any element of the workstation is modified (exoskeletons, cobots, redesigns, and rotations).
This enables us to quantify the benefits of each change and identify those that provide the best preventive outcomes.
In addition, as it is a computational simulation technology, it is not necessary to physically implement and test solutions at the workstation, resulting in time and resource savings.
scientific basis
"based on complex biomechanical algorithms and computational simulation"
multifactorial
"considers all risk factors simultaneously, including both biomechanical and organizational aspects"
360º prevention
"It analyzes all the preventive solutions: exoskeletons, cobots, redesigns, and smart rotations"
real solution
"It defines renewed, effective, and tailored preventive actions based on the client's needs and resources."
quick and harmless
"It takes the data in less than 1 hour and without sensors or interference for the worker."
50 tasks/position
"for a super-detailed study of the injury risks present throughout the entire work cycle"
200 data points/task
"which provides maximum reliability for identifying all critical tasks with risk of injury"
10M parameters
"for a very precise diagnosis of the percentage of joint load that the worker bears throughout the workday"
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occupational health services
uMitiga services
RISK ASSESSMENT
- Calculation of % accumulated and peak physical load at each joint (neck, shoulders, elbows, hands-wrists, and lower back)
- Identification of “critical” tasks (tasks within the work cycle that involve the highest risk of injury)
- Detection of risk factors for each task (movements, repetitiveness, static and awkward postures, overexertion, precision, vibration, work pace, breaks…)
- Report on levels, tasks, and risk factors of the workstation (breaking down the information by task and for the overall workstation)
- Definition of action plans for risk reduction (preventive solutions or customized workstation adaptation)
- Calculation of % accumulated and peak physical load at each joint (neck, shoulders, elbows, hands-wrists, and lower back)
- Identification of “critical” tasks (tasks within the work cycle that involve the highest risk of injury)
- Detection of risk factors for each task (movements, repetitiveness, static and awkward postures, overexertion, precision, vibration, work pace, breaks…)
- Report on levels, tasks, and risk factors of the workstation (breaking down the information by task and for the overall workstation)
- Definition of action plans for risk reduction (preventive solutions or customized workstation adaptation)
Preventive solutions: exoskeletons
We analyzed the need to use exoskeletons, and selected the most effective one.
uMITIGA allows us to calculate how injury risks are reduced at a workstation when using any type of exoskeleton. We achieve this through biomechanical simulation that determines the new levels of physical load, taking into account the technical characteristics of each exoskeleton:
- Passive/active exoskeleton
- Lumbar / neck-shoulder / hand-wrist exoskeleton
- Joint torque (Nm)
This enables us to identify the exoskeleton that delivers the best performance for the workstation. In addition, this is particularly relevant because not all risk factors can be mitigated with an exoskeleton, and uMITIGA allows us to assess its real usefulness in order to optimize company investments.
Preventive solutions: cobots
We analyzed the need to use cobots, and identified the tasks to be replaced
uMITIGA allows us to calculate how injury risks are reduced at a workstation when using any type of cobot.
First, we accurately identify the “critical” tasks within the workstation, which are those that cannot be performed by human workers without risk of injury. Then, we carry out biomechanical simulations of the workstation using different levels of automation for these tasks (through cobots), to calculate the new levels of physical load in each scenario.
This enables us to determine in which tasks it is truly effective to implement cobots, and what is the minimum level of automation required to ensure worker health. Additionally, this approach helps optimize company investments.
PREVENTIVE SOLUTIONS: REDESIGN
We reconfigured workstations to reduce the risk of injury.
uMITIGA allows us to identify which specific “actions” and risk factors concentrate the greatest physical load on the worker throughout the workday. Identifying these “critical” aspects within the detailed job profile enables us to simulate the benefits of potential ergonomic modifications to the workspace, including:
- furniture
- equipment
- machinery
- tools
- hand tools
In this way, we can evaluate which redesign parameters and elements are most effective in reducing injury risks for workers, and propose different options to select the most technically appropriate solution.
PREVENTIVE SOLUTIONS: ROTATIONS
With uMITIGA, we define the optimal set of worker rotations across the workstations of a production line and/or plant. These smart rotations are calculated using a pioneering biomechanical algorithm that evaluates billions of possible combinations until finding the rotation that minimizes the accumulated injury risk across all joints of all workers at the end of the workday.
Rotations can be calculated with customized time intervals (every hour, 2 hours, 4 hours…) and for groups of up to 100 workstations. In addition, this smart rotation approach can be refined by applying employability criteria, which assign workers to positions according to their biomechanical capabilities.
PREVENTIVE SOLUTIONS: PREPARATION
We help workers prepare to prevent injuries
With uMitiga, we design tailored plans for worker preparation. These plans are defined to reduce real injury risks, taking into account the risk levels present in each joint and the factors that cause them, and include:
- warm-up routines
- stretching routines
- physical conditioning routines
- physiotherapy routines
- preventive training courses
This set of routines effectively and efficiently reduces risks, as they focus on warming up, stretching, strengthening, and relieving those joints that bear the highest physical load at the workstation, minimizing the time required to prepare workers for their workday.
CUSTOMIZED ADAPTATION
- Biomechanical study of the worker’s functional capacity: First, using uXplore technology, we assess the worker’s levels of mobility, strength, endurance, and/or balance and gait capabilities.
- Biomechanical study of the workstation: Second, through uMitiga technology, we assess the levels of physical demand at each joint, and identify tasks and risk factors.
- Calculation of the worker’s % suitability for the workstation: By comparing both studies, we identify the tasks the worker can perform and those for which they are not qualified.
- Proposal for personalized workstation adaptation: Finally, we generate a report outlining priority intervention actions for personalized workstation adaptation: exoskeletons, cobots, workspace redesign, furniture, equipment, machinery, tools…
ERGONOMIC VALIDATION
We guarantee the correct design of the workstation with our ergonomic validation.
- Validation of acceptable % physical load at each joint: We confirm that the levels of physical demand are acceptable in each body region.
- Validation of the absence of “critical” tasks: We verify that there are no “critical” tasks that involve a high risk of injury.
- Validation of the absence of “significant” risk factors: We confirm that there are no significant risk factors with harmful implications for the worker.
- uMitiga ergonomic validation report of the workstation: Finally, we issue a report with a detailed breakdown of the job profile, ensuring proper workstation design. We also generate an ergonomic validation QR label with direct access to the report.