Scissor lift table reduces risk of injury at warehousing company

A national warehousing company recently approached Optimum Handling Solutions (OHS) with an issue when unloading goods from a high number of pallets each day. The risk of injury was high due to operators having to bend below waist and above elbow height in order to unpack the pallets for sorting.

One of OHS’ experienced consultants assessed the situation and chose Optimum’s LTH2010 - 2000 kg heavy-duty lift table with the Logic lift height sensor option and the Palturn turntable for the application.

The lift height sensor unit keeps the pallet at working height throughout the whole unloading procedure - resulting in a safe and efficient depalletising process.

Eight of these pallet elevating units were put into action in four of the company’s distribution centres in NSW, Vic, Qld and WA along with the Optimum’s durable gravity conveyor system.

With the issues of safety being significantly reduced and productivity increased, the result was a significant change for the global giant. The plant manager of the NSW site was pleased with the final solution.

“The whole depalletising process has sped up amazingly and, most importantly, has reduced a lot of safety hazards that the employees were in danger of,” he said