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WHY IS IT THAT YOUR HARDEST WORKING
EMPLOYEES WIND UP HURT?
The best employees in the
trades are the ones who say “Can DO!” But let’s face it, that same
can-do attitude leads to injury and lost work time. Give them SPITZLIFT,
and watch your injury rate drop.
Picture your high-energy,
hot-shot out on the job. The highly productive worker makes deadlines,
gets the job done no matter what. How many times, though, is the
challenge getting a piece of equipment up into the truck or hoisted up
to the worksite? How many times does your “Can Do” employee say he’s not
going to wait for someone to show up to help him, he can lift that 100
pound generator into his truck himself?
With the best workers, they
don’t wait. They get it done.
What’s the result?-- over
130,000 lost time injuries to the upper body in 2005 alone. In fact,
according to the National Safety Council, your employee is two and a
half times more likely to suffer a lost work injury to his or her back
or upper extremities than anywhere else. What’s more, one fourth of all
lost work injuries are due to overexertion. The bottom line, your best
employees hurt themselves trying to do the job you want them to do. The
cost? The average cost to an employer for one lost work injury is
estimated by OSHA at $28,000.
Michael Spitsbergen found
himself in that position while running his construction company. Work
stoppages waiting for a lift, work injuries to his best people who
wanted to get the job done, gave birth to SPITZLIFT. Designed and built
in Poway, California, Michael’s HIROK Inc. is now in full production
with distribution of the patented SPITZLIFT nation-wide and in Europe.
Priced between $400 and $1200 with manual and powered versions,
SPITZLIFT reflects Michael’s construction trade experience. Rugged,
light, and powerful with mounts to fit dozens of applications, its user
friendly design lifts up to 900 pounds without pinched fingers or
strained backs. Move it from vehicle to vehicle on separate mounts and
you’ll save thousands over tailgate lifts or permanent bumper crane
installations. If it means you can send three less workers out on a job,
like Cal Trans and other Fleet managers are finding out, you can save
its cost in a week.
From workboats, to Sprinter
vans, pickups to Humvees in the field, the OSHA compliant, GSA listed SPITZLIFT is already saving dozens of lost work injuries a week and
thousands of dollars in wages through boosted productivity.
The bottom line, use
SPITZLIFT instead of your employee’s backs and you’ll go a long way
toward protecting your best employees and your pocketbook.
By the way, use one to pick
up your ATV or that lawn mower you just bought. You’ll save your own
back as well.
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