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COLOMBIA All businesses All sites
Musculoskeletal
Health
Building strength,
reducing risk
Opportunity Results
Sedentary lifestyles increase • The program engaged
musculoskeletal pain by up 60% of employees, with
to 88% and drive disability. 70% completing the full
Aging amplifies risks, raising program
injuries and absenteeism. • It improved
A scalable preventive musculoskeletal health,
solution was needed to with participants reporting
Martin Costanian protect the workforce. gains in strength, posture,
CEO mobility, and overall
Solution fitness
ESCALAR*, a nationwide • The program secured
program to strengthen Holcim Colombia’s Healthy
employees’ musculoskeletal Organization Certification
health, was launched in
April 2024.
It combines prevention for
healthy employees with
Maria T. Uribe support for those with
Head of H&S existing conditions through *ESCALAR: Spanish acronym
for Schools of Lumbar and Joint
six specialist-led sessions. Conditioning.
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