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Allowing effective rest periods for soft tissue 
If you have gone through your hierarchy of controls and adopted a job rotation, you need to ensure the rotation is effective. In many workplaces workers change tasks every two hours, but there is often no consideration for the muscle groups performing the motions or the MSI risk factors present in the task. Anyone developing the job rotation plan should have a solid understanding of the risk factors and muscles used within the various tasks, and understand how the frequency, magnitude, and duration of exposure may effect the strain on those muscles and tissues. The primary purpose of job rotation is to reduce workers’ exposure to risk factors and provide opportunity for fatigued muscles to recover. Therefore, tasks included in the job rotation schedule should involve varied body parts and/or movements. Considering the order or sequencing of various tasks may also impact muscle recovery. Read more Effective implementation of job rotation
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