Instruct the employees to bring the shopping carts closer to their bodies reducing the reach distance. Equip the shopping carts with a side that folds down allowing the cashier to place the bag directly in without lifting it up over the side. Excessive reaches for groceries, keyboards, and scales when shorter people are utilizing cashier stands. Provide elevated work platforms for shorter employees that will position them at optimum working heights. Maintenance of a static torso flexed posture during placement of items in plastic bags, bags at the end of the scanner due to the vertical location of the plastic bags and holders.
Torso flexion is consistent with low back problems.
Provide adjustable bagging platform that can be moved to fit the cashiers anthropometry.