It has long been recognized that back injuries account for a disproportionate share of worker’s compensation dollars paid in permanent disability, in questionable worker’s compensation claims, and in ...

A Salt Lake City company is acquiring Auburn's Safe Handling Inc., with the deal expected to close at the end of the month. Savage Services Corp. of Utah has entered into an agreement to acquire the ...

Hospitals that implement safe patient handling and moving policies may find these practices associated with fewer injuries among health care workers, a small study suggests. Researchers analyzed data ...

There may be times when it is necessary to lift someone or help them to transfer out of a wheelchair to another location. Anytime you need to assist someone in transferring or if someone has to be ...

End users of lifting equipment are rallying behind the #GLAD2024 campaign, taking place on Thursday, July 18, 2024. Organized by the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA), #GLAD2024 aims to ...

A new, free mobile app released by The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) aims to help workers stay safe while manually lifting objects. The app, called NLE Calc, is based ...

Construction workers do a lot of lifting on the job, and the construction industry has one of the highest incident rates of back injuries. Most of the time, construction workers probably don’t think ...

Backhoe-loaders and excavators are made primarily for moving dirt or powering attachments. But at times they are used in lifting applications, such as laying pipe or installing trench boxes. Using ...

Patients who arrived Friday at Bay Area hospitals affiliated with Sutter Health were greeted by chanting nurses on picket lines under the watchful eyes of security guards. Hundreds of registered ...