Working in an industrial environment has many obvious hazards, but one hazard that some employees and employers have neglected is the probability of muscular and bone joint damage due to heavy lifting. If you don't consider the dangers of carrying heavy equipment, then your workforce might suffer due to it. So to start with if the workers are going to handle heavy loads by hand you'll need to make sure they are informed of the proper posture that they should have while handling said load.
There are a few ways that a worker can cause damage to their muscles and bones the first of which is picking up the heavy item and carrying it by suspending it in front of them with their arms. This could cause severe deformation in the spine if done incorrectly, namely they'll have to keep their back straight when picking it up. The next method is by pushing the object in place, while this is less dangerous it can still damage the body depending on the weight of the object and the posture of the worker that's pushing it. Same factors apply when pulling a heavy object, your posture and the weight of the object are the primary cause of any damage to your muscular or bone structure. However, you can avoid all of this in a very simple way, that is you could let the manual handling equipment bare the load while you maneuver it in place.
Forklifts for instance are the primary method for transporting very heavy loads, and you'll find them on a variety of industrial sites due to their versatility as a heavy lifter. But it's not the only type of equipment you'll see being used in industrial environments. They all fall under the general description of manual handling equipment, which is used in place of a lone worker with his bare hands, carrying a heavy barrel into position and ruining his/her body in the process. With a small trolley they can simply attach the barrel and become much more efficient in the process of transporting said barrels to the desired location without much risk.
There are more than a few ways to transport heavy objects with the right equipment, you have hoists, cranes, the aforementioned forklifts, hydraulic lifts, passanger lifts, trolleys and even conveyor systems. They are all used to make the process of transporting objects and items from one place to another in the most efficient manner possible.
There are more than a few ways to transport heavy objects with the right equipment, you have hoists, cranes, the aforementioned forklifts, hydraulic lifts, passanger lifts, trolleys and even conveyor systems. They are all used to make the process of transporting objects and items from one place to another in the most efficient manner possible.
