Storage regulations also tend to focus on bulk materials, even though industry deals with more non-bulk materials than bulk. More than 80 percent of the DOT-reported incidents are in non-bulk packages ...

Warehouse injuries often stem from small daily habits, but smarter material handling, better ergonomics, and proper training can significantly reduce risks and protect workers. Warehouses are ...

Warehouses present safety challenges for the people who work in them. All warehouses house different types of goods and materials, and they handle and move them in different ways. Safety meetings ...

The results of latest research programs show the importance of enhancing manual processes with modern technology to maintain a strong safety culture and high performing environmental health and safety ...

Retailers can reduce the number of strains and sprains in the workplace by using transport and lift-assist devices and modifying work practices to enable employees to work within their “power zone,” ...

Requirements for materials handling and conveying for the food industry vary with the foods and the processing methods. With safety and hygiene being the top priorities, food and beverage companies ...

Manual material handling is the moving of objects unaided by mechanical devices. Manual material handling include activities like pushing, pulling, carrying, lifting, and lowering. At Purdue ...

Fly ash is a general name used for the residual products of combustion that rise with flue gases. More than 100 million tons of fly ash is produced in the United States every year; most coming from ...

36th Annual State of Logistics Report: Navigating uncertainty amid rising costs and global disruptions The 36th Annual State of Logistics (SoL) Report highlights a logistics market tested by economic ...

HIAWATHA - Hawkeye Material Handling has been providing turnkey material handling and storage solutions for businesses, warehouses and distribution centers since 1982, when company founder Dennis ...