Case Study: Travis Perkins reduces manual handling injuries by 55% with Soter Analytics

Soter Analytics helps UK’s largest building merchant to reduce manual handling injuries by 55%

Travis Perkins, the UK’s largest distributor of building materials, needed to reduce manual handling injuries across its operations while strengthening its already strong health and safety culture. To address this challenge, the company worked with **Soter Analytics** and its **SoterCoach** wearable technology solution, which helps workers identify and reduce hazardous movements in real time.

**Soter Analytics** implemented SoterCoach across 38 UK branches for 450 employees, combining wearable feedback, a mobile app, and an online management dashboard with micro-learning and self-tracking. The program led to a **55% reduction in manual handling injuries in 2019**, while hazardous movement frequency also dropped in both medium- and higher-risk groups, showing clear measurable impact on worker behavior and injury prevention.

Travis Perkins

Vimel Budhdev

Head of Health