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Versatility Can Make all the Difference in Efficiency

Virtually every employer looks for an employee that has the most skills that can be adapted well to a large number of tasks. The specialist can be a necessary part of your team but the “jack of all trades” most certainly has his place too. You have many different problems that can come up in a day and you don’t want your expert in that area doing something else when an emergency arrives. It helps to have an employee who is experienced in many areas to handle any emergency that might arise.

The same can be said for the equipment that these employees handle. The large distribution center or manufacturer may have large carts and racks with casters that need to be moved to the shipping, receiving or storage area. If you are counting on one employee that has the strength to move these carts and they are out sick or busy with another task, productivity will suffer.  The addition of a powered tug helps any employee to safely maneuver heavy carts of material to their required destination.

Battery powered cart pullers can be a great tool for the large storage facility.  DJ Products has battery powered solutions that make virtually all facets of material handling safer and easier for your employees.

The best part about the versatile equipment from DJ Products is that literally any employee can learn to use it effectively. All of the powered movers are ergonomically designed with employee safety in mind and their ease of use will make training any employee a simple task. The battery powered movers from DJ Products can easily take on carts weighing from three to fifty thousand pounds so there is almost no job they can’t safely handle.

Cart Caddy Minimizes Hospital Worker Injuries

Injury occurs when the physical demands of a task exceed the physiological capabilities of a worker. In a hospital, pushing or pulling a rack of dinner trays, a portable x-ray machine or a patient bed may present minimal risk for a healthy, 25-year-old, 5′ 10″, 160-pound male. However, the same task can cause serious injury in a 50-year-old, 5′ 3″, 135-pound female.

Height, weight, age and general health all affect a worker’s physical ability to accomplish various hospital tasks. Different workers will need to exert different amounts of force to move the same piece of equipment. Injuries are most common when initiating and stopping motion. Those movements require application of the greatest amount of force, compared to the relatively low amount of force required to keep an object in motion.

Injuries are also common when maneuvering equipment around turns, up or down inclines, and into or out of tight spaces, such as elevators and next to hospital beds. No matter what a person’s body type, injury is apt to occur any time body posture is thrown off center, as when maneuvering a piece of equipment around a corner. Over-extension of the muscles in the arms, legs, shoulders, back and neck during maneuvering is another frequent cause of worker injury.

The CartCaddyLite Puller takes the physical strain out of moving hospital carts and other equipment. The smallest, most maneuverable tug on the market, the CartCaddyLite Puller is powerful enough to handle most push or pull applications, including linen carts, hospital carts, maintenance carts and hospital beds. Capable of performing fine maneuvers in tight spaces, the CartCaddyLite Puller allows any worker, no matter their size or age, to move equipment without injury.

Click here to watch a video of DJ Products’ dynamic hospital CartCaddyLite Puller in action. You’ll notice how easily the powered CartCaddy attaches to a bank of carts, allows the worker to pull it out, maneuver and then replace it.