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Transportation, truck forces

More than a third of over-three-day injuries reported each year are associated with manual handling. Manual handling is defined as the transporting or supporting of loads by hand or bodily force, i.e. human effort as opposed to mechanical handling such as a crane or fork-lift truck. Introducing mechanical assistance, e.g. a sack truck, may reduce but not eliminate manual handling since human effort is still required to move, steady or position the load. [Pg.313]

Hazards and risk will always be with us as a result, we are forced to make risk acceptance decisions every day. Some risk decisions are simple, such as deciding to cross a busy street, while others are more complicated, such as selecting a new car based on its unique safety features or choosing to implement a tri-redundant flight control system for aircraft safety. Sometimes, however, we are not even aware that we are participants in a risk acceptance situation, such as when a trucking company transports HAZMATs through our city streets, which could have a safety impact on our lives should a mishap occur. [Pg.328]

BioPharma transports the chemicals in specialized containers by sea and in specialized trucks on land. The transportation costs between plants and markets are as shown in Table 6-20. Historical exchange rates are shown in Table 6-21 and the regional import duties in Table 6-22. Given regional hade alliances, import duties in reality vary based on the origin of the chemical. For simplicity s sake, however, the task force has assumed that the duties are driven only by the destination. Local production within each region is assumed to result in no... [Pg.173]


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