EACH year, injuries caused by manual materials handling are a significant cost to industry in terms of medical costs and lost productivity. According to recent Liberty Mutual Insurance statistics, ...

If your job involves lifting or carrying heavy or awkwardly-shaped equipment, or repetitive lifting, you need to know how to minimise the risk of injury - this Guideline should help. Injuries caused ...

In 2012, overexertion and bodily reaction were the leading cause of lost-time occupational injuries, accounting for 36.6 percent of all lost-time nonfatal cases, even more than slips, trips, and falls ...

Phil Chesworth, Midland Pallet Trucks MD, said: “January is one of the busiest months for warehouse teams getting back up to ...

Personalized technology allows workers to monitor and learn about their own movement safety while on the job, at any time, giving them the training required to prevent injuries from occurring. Before ...

Few places capture the controlled chaos of American dining quite like a Denny’s kitchen at sunrise—fryers humming, spatulas clattering, and the scent of hash browns and bacon drifting through the air.

Talks are under way to roll out an innovative scheme to reduce manual handling injuries in the NHS. Discussions on extending the ‘All Wales Manual Handling Training Passport and Information Scheme’ ...

As warehouse operations accelerate into the busy festive period, Midland Pallet Trucks is urging businesses to put safety at ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The new glass handling tools and equipment market research from Technavio indicates Neutral growth in the short term as the business impact of COVID-19 spreads. Get detailed ...

Manual material handling is the moving of objects unaided by mechanical devices. Manual material handling include activities like pushing, pulling, carrying, lifting, and lowering. At Purdue ...