Lift Table

Lift Table

Industrial Lift Tables Help Decrease Employee Injury

Industrial lift tables, also referred to as scissor lifts and platform lifts are primarily used to raise or lower a platform. They make overhead tasks safer and more efficient and help to improve the proper location of materials which helps reduce work related injuries.

 

Cumulative trauma disorders, the leading occupational hazard for workers are a result of employees performing repetitive motions or working in awkward positions for long periods of time.  Such awkward, repetitive motions can lead to:

1. Increased medical costs
2. Increased worker's compensation costs
3. High absenteeism
4. Low employee morale

 

In fact, in Ontario the average cost of a lost-time injury claim through WSIB in 2007 was $98 000. The high costs associated with worker injuries, however, can be reduced by using ergonomically designed equipment.

 

Lift tables provide immediate returns in increased safety, productivity and improved employee morale and can prevent costly injuries by reducing musculoskeletal disorders by positioning work and objects at a suitable height for operators.  Lift tables are a high quality ergonomic solution for automation of industrial and warehouse applications.

 

There are a number of types of lift tables and they can not only lift but also rotate and tilt. A few of the types of lift tables that are available include:

1. Rotating
2. Low profile
3. Stainless steel
4. Ball screw electric
5. Custom designed

 

Ball screw electric lift tables are designed to provide solutions to automation, longevity and repeatability, while providing zero load drift at any elevation.  Therefore, ball screw electric lift tables are an ideal choice for robotic integration and applications where operators may have to work underneath the product.

 

They are used to raise and position materials for workers in a way that will help reduce potential injuries. It helps create a safe and efficient workplace, increase productivity and reduce the potential of time lost due to work place injury. There are a number of safety options available for lift tables, including:

1. Toe guards
2. Safety bars
3. Speed fuses
4. Protection skirts
5. Individual fail arrest devices

 

Lift tables are a popular industrial ergonomic solution and for this reason they are used in a wide variety of industries, including:

1. Wood working
2. Metal working
3. Paper, printing and publishing
4. Warehousing and distribution
5. Light assembly
6. Heavy machinery and transportation

 

It is designed and built for a wide variety of uses and as a result they can be used in a number of different industrial processes, such as:

1. Wheelchair lifts – although not designed for passenger use, lift tables can be modified with special safety features and precautions to easily lift individuals in wheel chairs
2. Work positioning in assembly operations and manufacturing
3. Load positioning (when integrated into conveyor systems)
4. Materials position in machine feeding applications
5. Pallet loading and unloading (usually for cartons of finished or unfinished goods)

 

Ultimately, safety is of the utmost importance to you and you want to choose equipment that will improve the safety of your workers.  Industrial lift tables are an excellent ergonomic solution that will help improve safety, efficiency, employee morale and reduce workplace injury.

About the Author

R&D Ergo are suppliers and custom solution providers of in-line process and material handling equipment. Industry leaders since 1995, R&D Ergo are members of the Material Handling Association and the Packaging Association of Canada. Assisting employers who believe in implementing workplace safety to avoid injury, R&D Ergo are experts in workplace safety solutions and provide a wide variety of products and applications, including industrial lift table to solve workplace safety needs.

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