Trash Room Injuries
Do you associate workplace injuries with assembly lines and other complex equipment? You might be surprised to learn that many of them occur in the relatively quiet trash room.
According to data from the Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index, these five injuries account for nearly 75 percent of the overall cost burden:
1. Overexertion
The top category includes injuries caused by pushing, pulling and other activities that cause undue stress on muscles and joints. Manually transporting dumpsters weighing hundreds or thousands of pounds can easily result in these types of injuries.
2. Falling
Employees are vulnerable to falling while moving dumpsters up and down inclines or across treacherous surfaces such as snow and ice.
3. Bodily Reaction
This category includes injuries such as getting fingers and hands caught in dumpster lids or stumbling and banging your head against the side.
4. Falling to a Lower Level
While technically this doesn’t usually apply to trash rooms, an employee can become seriously injured by a fall incurred by climbing into a dumpster.
5. Struck by Object
Unwieldy dumpsters can quickly get away from employees, striking them or causing them to be pinned against a wall or other obstacle.
Safeguard Employees with a Dumpster Mover from DJ Products
A dumpster mover like the WasteCaddyLite, our most popular product, eliminates many of the risk factors for these common injuries.
- A single employee can transport dumpsters weighing up to 2,000 pounds.
- Dumpster movers travel securely on inclines as well as rough or slippery surfaces.
- Our movers are ergonomically designed to prevent repetitive motion injuries.
Call 800.686.2651 to learn more about our full line of movers.