EACH year, injuries caused by manual materials handling are a significant cost to industry in terms of medical costs and lost productivity. According to recent Liberty Mutual Insurance statistics, ...

Automation and robotics have made material handling effortless (aside from the headaches created by software glitches). However, there are major limitations and some tasks cannot be done with robots ...

Manual handling means more than lifting or carrying something. The term is used to describe a range of activities such as lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling, carrying, moving, holding or restraining ...