What's wrong with this picture? These paper rolls weigh about 3,000 pounds. Just imagine how much stress it puts on the worker's back, shoulders, arms and wrists to roll these monsters by hand—especially across a concrete, sloped floor that's pocked with holes and latticed with roll stand tracks! It's a musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) just waiting to happen. The Moral: Heavy, bulky and irregularly shaped materials should be moved with the aid of mechanical devices across a surface that's smooth, level and even. What MSDs Are The things you do at work every day like lifting, moving or rolling big and bulky […]