Handle with Care: Corrugated Packaging Standards
When justified by a product’s size and/or weight, hand holes (also known as access holes) are designed into corrugated boxes to facilitate safe manual handling. Examples of such products include…
Defective Gym Equipment
Case Synopsis: While working out at a gym, the plaintiff was attempting to perform an abdominal crunch using an adjustable pulley weight machine when the cable on the machine suddenly broke…
A Shocking Design Failure
Colin Brigham, CIH, CSP, Safety Management and Ergonomics Expert Case Description: A high school science teacher was using a hot plate on the top of her laboratory bench in a…
