Wearable technology for shearer injury prevention

Kristen Frost
July 19 2019 - 10:00am
Back-breaking: Shearers spend hours every day with their backs in a flexed, bent over position. Research between the University of Melbourne and AWI is looking at how they can help shearers have better quality of life outside of the shed.
Back-breaking: Shearers spend hours every day with their backs in a flexed, bent over position. Research between the University of Melbourne and AWI is looking at how they can help shearers have better quality of life outside of the shed.

Shearing is one of the most important trades in Australia's wool industry, yet recent figures from Work Cover show it has six times higher rate of injury than other agricultural industries.

Kristen Frost

Kristen Frost

National Sheep and Wool Writer

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