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Manual handling: not just hands
When you're lifting, or stacking, or moving things about, you're not just using your hands. You're using all the tools at your disposal, all the muscles, joints and ligaments in your body.
People with manual handling tasks use these tools every day. But like anything used frequently, these tools-these muscles, joints and ligaments-get taken for granted. That's when accidents happen.
In fact, more than a third of all industrial accidents, every year, are caused by handling loads. Just by pushing, pulling, or lifting. Most of these injuries are strains-to back, arms, hands, fingers-and sprains: to the wrist, the thumb and the ankle.
These accidents are often caused by lifting heavy things too often, or twisting round to stack things at the side, or pulling loads by the simple measure of bracing the back and giving a good heave.
Many of these accidents can be prevented. They should be prevented, in fact, because employers have the legal duty to: "So far as is reasonably practical, avoid the need for their employees to undertake any manual handling operations at work which involve a risk to their being injured".
It is in employers' legal interests to make sure their employees are handling goods and loads safely.
It's also in their economic interests. Millions of working hours are lost every year through injury, and personal injury cases and compensation can prove costly.
Employers could even boost productivity by training their employees to handle loads properly, or by providing materials handling equipment to aid them with the job. Lifting something by hand is hard work; fortunately today's employer has solutions to lighten the
load
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ERGONOMICS
ENVIRONMENT
SAFETY
ECONOMY
Stringo
makes the movement of vehicles indoors easy. All Stringo models are
extremely simple to operate-drive Stringo into position against the tyres
of the car, touch a button on the handle. Ready!
Stringo
flexibility is due to the unique design and robust construction.
With Stringo it is possible to rotate a vehicle 360 degrees with one of
its wheels remaining on the same spot. One person can easily move
vehicles in a flexible and safer way. It is not necessary to enter
the vehicle; a vehicle can be moved without disengaging the gearbox,
without creating harmful exhaust emissions and thus there is no disturbing
engine noise to contend with. You save time and money-better
ergonomics and increased safety are additional important features.
Stringo
models are available in three sizes. The starting model Stringo
260 is especially suitable for the smaller company. Our best
selling Stringo 360 is widely used in car factories, test
laboratories, exhibition halls, bodyshops and car painting shops.
The top of the range is the powerful Stringo 450, which can move
larger vehicles and vans.
Whichever
model is chosen it has been highly appreciated by the customer and user.
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