Health care workers almost always refuse to use patient lifting devices. The human body has limitations. This is the point at which the human body must interact with the machine. Changes made without worker input are done TO them rather than WITH or FOR them. Changes made to the work area must have the input of the workers from that area and from all shifts of that area.
Braces can make the worker aware that parts of their body can be stressed and injured.
This is the challenge for anyone who is responsible for ergonomics in the workplace. It is critical that we learn to modify the machine in order to minimize stress on the worker. Because it is a continuing process, management personnel must buy-in to the project. Worker injury rates will decrease if ergonomic process is followed diligently and supported with the associated time and money required to succeed. No employee is paid enough to go home hurting or injured at the end of the work day.