How did Mowi Chacabuco implement Makana to prevent injuries?

The challenge: preventing instead of reacting

At the MOWI Chacabuco plant, in Chile's Región de Aysén, the Health & Safety team identified an urgent need: preventing musculoskeletal conditions from appearing among its employees.

Looking for a solution that was sustainable, measurable and effective, MOWI found in Makana a strategic partner able to address physical and psychosocial wellbeing right inside the workplace, without disrupting production flows.

The system also offered a key advantage over other options on the market: people could run it on their own, without depending on a specialist being permanently on site, which kept operations continuous and the service efficient.

The implementation: wellbeing inside the plant

Makana's integration at MOWI Chacabuco was designed around a simple but powerful premise: bring wellbeing to where the people are. With a system of guided, personalized routines, employees can take 10-minute breaks inside the plant itself, using technology that is easy to access and a continuous assessment system that measures progress every six weeks.

The monthly reporting Makana delivers also became a key decision-making tool: it made it possible to identify the most affected areas of the body, the teams using the service most, and the areas that needed additional preventive work. Wellbeing became measurable, giving real traceability of its impact on occupational health.

The results: data that speaks for itself

The impact of the project was immediate. According to the MOWI team, the service significantly reduced absenteeism and sick leave, improving the work climate and how cared for employees felt. Ignacio Jara Rojas, health and safety expert at MOWI Chacabuco, tells us:

“Makana has helped us a lot with our absenteeism and sick leave rates. Today we can see with hard data that they have gone down exponentially, and that works in favor of productivity and safety,” they say at the plant.

With sustained participation of between 60% and 70% of employees, MOWI reached a milestone that reflects how mature its prevention culture is: a historic 0% accident rate.

In the words of the people living the change

Beyond the indicators, what stands out most is the human effect. Maria Ainol, an active participant from the value-added area, sums it up like this:

“It has helped my lower back a lot, my lower body. It changed my life quite a bit, because when I go into the Sala Makana I leave happier, in a better mood and in better spirits.”

Testimonials like this one confirm that wellbeing is not just a benefit, but an investment in the people who make production possible.

A project built to last

Today, MOWI treats its work with Makana as a core part of its occupational health and safety strategy, not as a one-off initiative. The project's success rests on how usable it is, how measurable its impact is, and how broadly workers and leaders alike have embraced it. The result is a concrete example of how a company can strengthen its prevention culture, turning wellbeing into a strategic management tool.

Conclusion: measurable wellbeing, sustainable results

MOWI Chacabuco's experience shows that preventing is also producing. Bringing Makana in did not only improve employee wellbeing, it also strengthened operational continuity and productive efficiency. This case reinforces a key truth about workplace wellbeing in Chile:

When people feel better, the company performs better too.

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Watch the MOWI Chacabuco success story and hear, from the people who lived it, how Makana became part of their prevention culture, improving wellbeing and productivity from the south of Chile.

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