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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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