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| Sector | Problem | Description | Online Resource |
| Food and Beverage Service | Hand Truck on Incline | Addition of brake on hand truck increases control on walk boards | www.globalindustrial.com |
| Food and Beverage Service | Hand Truck on Incline | Addition of brake on hand truck increases control on walk boards | www.handtrucksrus.com |
| Food and Beverage Service | Hand Truck Use | Negotiating curbs | www.moversupply.com |
| General Freight | Tandem Axle Sliding | Reduce back bending; Reduce frequency of cab entry/exit. | www.dieselboss.com |
| General Freight | Hand Truck on Incline | Addition of brake on hand truck increases control on walk boards | www.globalindustrial.com |
| General Freight | Hand Truck on Incline | Addition of brake on hand truck increases control on walk boards | www.handtrucksrus.com |
| General Freight | Coordinate With Co-worker | Manual handling assessment chart for partner/team moves, where miscommunication can cause an injury | www.hse.gov.uk |
| General Freight | Coordinate With Co-worker | Manual handling assessment chart for partner/team moves, where miscommunication can cause an injury | www.hse.gov.uk |
| Less than Truck Load | Raise or Lower Landing Gear | Mechanized method reduces forceful exertions | www.gearuplosethecrank.com |
| Less than Truck Load | Raise or Lower Landing Gear | Mechanized method reduces forceful exertions | www.transportproductsolutions.com |
| Less than Truck Load | Raise or Lower Landing Gear | Mechanized method reduces forceful exertions | www.hydraulicfifthwheels.com |
| Less than Truck Load | Freight Movement | Stackable, fits on dolly for easy moving; business/corporate moves | www.e-crate.newhaven-usa.com |
| Less than Truck Load | Hand Truck Use | Negotiating curbs | www.moversupply.com |
| Moving and Storage | Carry Household Goods | Reduce back bending | www.gripsystem.com |
| Moving and Storage | Carry Household Goods | Allows movement of appliance across flat surface, no need to pick it up | www.airsled.co |
| Moving and Storage | Carry Household Goods | Stackable, fits on dolly for easy moving; business/corporate moves | www.e-crate.newhaven-usa.com |
| Waste Disposal | Move Solid Waste | Reduce Back Bending | www.switchngo.com |
| General Freight | Tandem axle sliding | Strain or sprain from bending/crouching to view mechanism | www.trailerslidestop.com |
| Moving & storage | Hand Truck Use | Control of loaded hand truck on walk board | www.globalindustrial.com |
| Moving & storage | Coordinate with co-worker | Partner/team moves, where miscommunication can cause an injury | www.hse.gov.uk/msd/mac |
| Moving & storage | Coordinate with co-worker | Partner/team moves, where miscommunication can cause an injury | www.hse.gov.uk/pubns |
| Moving & storage | Negotiating curbs | Control of loaded hand truck where trying to go over a curb can cause an injury | www.moversupply.com |
| Waste Hauling | Strain or Sprain | Food waste at grocery or institutional level is transformed to light weight organic compound. Less weight equals less stress on body. | www.superiorequipco.com |
| Waste Hauling | Strain or Sprain | Manage waste at point of generation | www.wastecare.com |
| Waste Hauling | Manually dumping totes | Retrofit truck with semi-automated tote lifter | www.toter.com |
| General Freight | No Loading Dock available | Equip a portion of your fleet with liftgates | www.liftgate.com |
| General Freight | Slip Trip or Fall | Install a system to store hand truck | www.handtrucksystems.com |
| Food and Beverage | Slip Trip or Fall | Install a system to store hand truck | www.handtrucksystems.com |
| Specialized Freight | Slip Trip or Fall | Consider the safety release lever loadbinder | www.webriggingsupply.com |
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