Manual material handling is critical to warehouse operations, but it can be extremely challenging and dangerous for employees. Warehouse managers can implement best practices to improve safety and ...

Moving raw materials and finished products through a facility is a common process in industry. Throughout the process, operators routinely lift/lower, push/pull and carry an object, which presents a ...

There's no such thing as a virtual package - someone's got to deliver it," says Dan McMackin, a spokesperson and former safety supervisor for Atlanta-based United Parcel Service (UPS). Even in the ...

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 ...