It’s not just the unnecessary labour costs but more importantly, it’s the high risk of a back injury that costs companies thousands of dollars in workplace injury claims. It takes about 4 minutes to hand stretch wrap a pallet, multiply that by the number of pallets needed to be wrapped per day. This repetitive strain of awkward motion and poor posture can cause musculoskeletal injuries resulting in a permanent back injury. It’s no wonder warehouse workers are at least 8 times more likely to suffer back injuries. This is why Worksafe Australia strongly recommends stretch wrapping pallets with a pallet wrapping machine to remove the high risk of musculoskeletal injuries.

Manually Hand Wrapping Pallets – What are the Facts?

• $3.09 billion is the estimated cost to employers for work-related injury and illness in 2012/13
• 36% of all workplace injuries are from the transport and manufacturing industry
• 56% of all workplace injury claims made are stains and musculoskeletal disorders
• 1/5 of serious workplace claims involved an injury to the back
• Warehouse workers are at least 8 times more likely to suffer back problems than other industries

Stretch Wrapping Pallet Loads – What is the best solution?

Pallet Wrapping Machines are the Perfect Solution to Reduce OH & S Risks. Eliminating the need to manually wrap your pallets, reduces the physical stress on the body. It is important to select a machine that incorporates all safety features possible so the people who are operating the pallet wrapper are as safe as possible.

• Many warehouse incidents occur when getting on and off forklifts. This risk is reduced by using a wrapping machine that will automatically attach and cut the stretch film each cycle, eliminating this step to get on and off the forklift.
• A remote control to operate a stretch wrap machine is another safety feature as well as a big time saver.

Elite Glide Hand Stretch Wrap Dispenser 

Relieve the labor-intensive process of manually hand wrapping pallets with Omni's Elite Glide hand stretch wrap dispenser. This smart, ergonomic, one-hand operational dispenser has been designed to transform the traditional ways of hand-wrapping pallets. Hand rolls of 'Elite' pallet wrap are made to suit this dispenser. 

No longer do your floor operators have to strenuously wrap uncomfortably bend over to wrap loads. This continuous repetition of movement can take its toll and consequently cause fatigue, serious back pains, muscular injuries, and friction burns. There is a better and safer way!
 
Introducing the perfect hand pallet wrapping solution that’s putting health and safety first at your workplace and meeting AU Guidelines for Manual Handling and Pallet Wrapping. Ease the pain with a competitive advantage – OH&S, optimized load containment, secure load-to-pallet bond, wrapping consistency, stretch film & time savings whilst helping the environment.