Ergonomic Solution Engineering Controls Pullout steps, external handles and multilevel shelving have been installed in delivery trucks to make beverage cases access easier. Counterballancing devices have been added to improve hand truck stability. Beverage cartons have been redesigned for easier handling. Substituting plastic for some glass containers decreased the total weight. Improved physical and psychological comfort.
Posture Bending at the waist is required to place the carton on the pallet.
Force Lifting and lowering is required to pick-up and stack the cartons. Engineering controls A manual pallet unitizer was placed under the pallet. This device automatically adjusts and keeps the pallet height as the optimum level for the worker. This device also rotates 360 degrees which reduces walking and reaching. The employer avoided business costs of retraining the injured employee and developing a replacement employee.