Pallets – preventing handling above shoulder height: A health and safety solution

How to reduce the workplace health and safety risks of workers handling items on pallets above shoulder height.
Last updated

Oct 2008

Reading level

easy

File type and size

PDF, 333.1 kB

Document length

1 page

What it contains

This health and safety solution outlines ways employers can prevent injuries by reducing the heights workers need to reach when loading and unloading pallets. This includes:

  • reducing the layers of products stacked on pallets
  • ensuring suppliers avoid stacking pallets too high
  • using low profile lifters
  • providing workers with a platform to stand on
  • moving the scissor lifter below floor level to reduce the pallet’s height

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