* By Jean Feingold * In the fall of 2016, the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) passed a new walking-working surfaces standard for general industry (29 CFR 1910 Subpart D) which includes significant changes to fall protection requirements. Most sections of the new rule took effect on January 17, 2017. Although OHSA started working on revisions to this ...
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MODEX 2018
Futureproof your business at MODEX 2018, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA, April 9-12. Includes all the details you need to start mapping out your trip, and then some. Check out the list of exhibitors, the keynotes and some of the leading presenters, in addition to a full listing of the education sessions planned at MODEX 2018. Read More…
Read More »SAFER HANDLING: Ergonomic Industrial Cart and Caster Solutions
When large amounts of materials must be moved within a facility, using industrial carts with casters is the preferred and ergonomically sound solution. By Jean Feingold— An industrial cart with casters is the right choice “in any situation where an operator needs to push/pull light to heavy loads of material or manually pick material where ergonomic stress points are susceptible ...
Read More »MODEX Welcomes Inaugural Overhead Crane Safety Conference
Overhead crane safety tops the agenda as CMAA hosts its first safety conference at MODEX. By Brian Reaves— MODEX Welcomes The Crane Manufacturers Association of America (CMAA), an independent trade association affiliated with the Material Handling Industry (MHI), will host a one-day overhead crane safety-themed conference at next year’s MODEX show, which takes place 9-12 April 2018 at the Georgia ...
Read More »SAFER HANDLING: Electric Chain Hoists
Electric Chain Hoists Are a Safe, Ergonomic Solutions for Load Movement in Industrial Facilities By Jean Feingold— Electric chain hoists have been mass produced since the early 1900s to lift and lower items in industrial facilities. Even for a relatively low-weight item, say 10 pounds, it is beneficial to use a hoist to prevent operator fatigue if the lifting process ...
Read More »LIGHTENING PHYSICAL THERAPY LOADS
Gorbel’s Load Handling Technology Reimagined to Improve Patient Outcomes — By Carol Miller, MHI Vice President of Marketing and Communications — After watching her daughter endure painful gait and balance rehabilitation during her recovery from a motorcycle accident in 2011, one of MHI member Gorbel’s employees approached President and CEO Brian Reh to suggest the company adapt its G-Force® overhead ...
Read More »FORKLIFT REVOLUTION: SUSTAINABLE, EASIER TO MAINTAIN AND AUTONOMOUS
Revolutionary New Features and Trends in Lift Truck Design Are Benefitting the Supply Chains That Rely on Them By Greg Baer, MHI Director of Sales Even a casual browser passing through the lift truck exhibits at ProMat 2017 could clearly see that today’s load handlers are packing every bit as much technology as today’s consumer cars. And not just operator ...
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Turntables Reduce Worker Strain and Increase Productivity By Jean Feingold The constant moving required of workers engaged in manual material handling (MMH) can cause injury. One particularly stressful movement is reaching out or forward from the body while lifting. In fact, the likelihood of injury when reaching out is greater than when bending forward, noted Jim Galante of MHI member ...
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Items often need to be moved within a factory or warehouse. When workers lift and carry them manually the work is hard and subjects workers to serious risk of injury. If the items are heavy, these tasks can take multiple workers. Now there is a faster, safer way to do this work by using workstation crane systems, also known as ...
Read More »Order Picking Systems
Order picking is how warehouse and distribution center workers fulfill orders. “Order picking systems help reduce errors in picking by telling the worker what to pick and then confirming what was picked,” noted Brian C. Neuwirth of MHI member UNEX Manufacturing, Inc. “As order picking is the most labor intensive process in a warehouse, whatever can be done to speed ...
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