The annual cost of workplace injuries in the UK was equivalent to \u00a35.2 billion last year*. In total, 581,000 workers sustained non-fatal injuries, and 20% of these were as a result of handling, lifting, or carrying. As an industry sector, manufacturing witnesses a statistically higher than average workplace injury rate than many others.<\/p>\n
\nWe know that there can be significant health and safety issues surrounding manual palletising. Historically,\u00a0 Injuries caused as a result have seen payouts of between \u00a334,000 and \u00a3141,000.<\/p>\n
Mitigating these risks along with the additional labour costs of manual palletising can be offset by installing an automatic palletising system.<\/p>\n
Having worked in the palletising industry for many years, it still surprising that some clients think that installing an automatic palletising system will cost far too much; the expectation that they will spend over \u00a3100,000 just isn\u2019t true. PALpack have machines which start at less than \u20ac60,000 \u2013 this includes all infeed conveyers and guarding, complete with a twelve-month warranty.<\/p>\n
However, when taking into consideration labour costs, loss of labour due to ill-health, and potential for payouts; the payback can be achieved in a very short period of time. In fact, we carried out a recent installation of four lines into a well-known crisp manufacturing organisation and they achieved payback in less than six months.<\/p>\n
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*according to the HSE summary statistics for Great Britain in 2019<\/p>\n
*40% of all work-related musculoskeletal disorders in 2018\/19 were back related. This accounts for 200,000 in the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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