Solution Summary: Mechanical Roller-cover Cleaner
The mechanical roller-cover cleaner is a drill powered cleaner used to quickly remove paint from roller-covers for re-use or job cleanup.
Description:
The mechanical roller-cover cleaner is an engineering control that can reduce the risk of injury from stressful hand and wrist activity. The mechanical roller-cover cleaner is a drill powered cleaner used to quickly remove paint from roller-covers for re-use or job cleanup.
The mechanical roller-cover cleaner is powered by a drill and spins the roller-cover at high speeds in water removing left over paint. The roller-cover is placed between a pair of ribbed cylinders while still on the roller handle. A socket that attaches to a drill drives the mechanical roller-cover cleaner. The mechanical roller-cover cleaner has hooks to attach to the side of a container. The mechanical roller-cover cleaner is made of rust proof metal and comes in two sizes, 12 in and 18 in.
Figure 1. Paintrifuge set up.
Image accessed from http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paintrifuge-Paint-Roller-Cover-Cleaner/129956717021823?sk=wall&filter=12 on 02/18/2012.
Risks Addressed:
Stressful hand and wrist activity can cause musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) such as muscle strains; tendonitis, which is inflammation of elbow and wrist tendons; or carpal tunnel syndrome, which is compression of a wrist nerve, resulting in finger numbness and loss of hand strength. The mechanical roller-cover cleaner can reduce stressful hand and wrist activity by using a power drill to clean roller-covers.
How Risks are Reduced:
The mechanical roller-cover cleaner allows workers to clean rollers quickly with a neutral back posture with the use of a power drill. This reduces the time a worker spends in stooped postures over a sink or a bucket using their hands to clean paint from used roller-covers.
Safety and health experts believe that stressful hand and wrist activity will be decreased by using the mechanical roller-cover cleaner since it is operated by a power drill.
Effects on Productivity:
Productivity will improve as roller-cover clean up time decreases.
Additional Considerations:
When operating a power tool near water proper safety precautions should be taken to avoid electrocution.
Availability
The Paintrifuge (discontinued)
To obtain information, visit http://www.paintrifuge.com
or contact 1-888-484-0673
