Food Distribution Doesn't Have to Be a Pain in the Back

摘要

Preventing back injury, the nation's top workplace safety problem, pays off in added safety, capacity and productivity at Great Lakes Cheese. Whenever commercial, manufacturer-sized loads are lifted, moved, or manipulated by operators in the food industry, there's risk of injury. The larger or more repetitive the load, the greater the risk. Some of the nation's most proactive food companies, including a cheese manufacturer that handles 250-pound and nearly 700-pound blocks of cheese, have heeded the call to prevent operator back injury while benefitting from more streamlined production with the strategic use of lift devices and attachments.