Case Study: Parker Hannifin achieves 92% reduction in recordable incidents with VelocityEHS Industrial Ergonomics

How the Kent Campus Reduced Recordable Incidents by 92%

Parker Hannifin, a Fortune 250 leader in motion and control technologies with ~62,500 employees and 335 manufacturing plants worldwide, acquired the Kent, WA campus in 2019 and inherited an annual average of about 80 recordable incidents—many strains and sprains. The site’s challenge was to embed Parker’s continuous-improvement safety culture and an ergonomics program to reduce work-related injuries and improve worker wellbeing.

Kent implemented VelocityEHS Industrial Ergonomics via a cross-functional ergonomics team that assessed tasks, prioritized 20 action items, prototyped solutions (including a pivoting/inversion cart), and rolled out monthly micro e-learning sessions to engage workers. The combined design changes and training cut Kent’s recordables from ~80 in 2019 to six in 2024—a 92% reduction—with none of the recent incidents ergonomics-related.

Parker Hannifin

Shasta Denoso

Kent Campus Safety Manager