Adjustable Height Work Bench

An adjustable height work bench is a bench with a surface that can be adjusted by telescoping legs, a hand crank, or a motorized mechanism.


Risks Addressed:

Stooped postures can cause low back disorders, such as muscle strain or a disc herniation (“slipped disc”), which is bulging of disc material possibly pressing on the spinal cord or nerves that go into the leg.  The adjustable height work bench can help reduce stooped postures by keeping the work between knee and shoulder height.

Overhead work can cause musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) such as shoulder muscle strains; tendonitis, which is inflammation of the tendons; or rotator cuff tears, which is a rupture of a shoulder tendon.  The adjustable height work bench can help reduce stooped overhead work by keeping the work between knee and shoulder height.

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 adjustable height work bench can help reduce stressful hand and wrist activity by keeping the work between knee and shoulder height.  

Prolonged kneeling and squatting can cause musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) such as osteoarthritis of the knee (degenerative joint disease), which is deterioration of the cartilage between knee joints causing bone on bone contact.  The adjustable height work bench can help reduce prolonged kneeling and squatting by keeping the work between knee and shoulder height.


How Risks are Reduced:

There are several ways that adjustable height work benches reduce the risk of developing painful conditions in the muscles and joints.  Workers are able to keep work at an optimal height, which is slightly below elbow level when standing.  In general, work should be kept between knee and shoulder height, especially for manual material handling.  Working at waist level reduces fatigue and risk of back problems associated with bending.  Use of an adjustable height work bench may also encourage workers to perform assembly tasks at a safer height, possibly reducing the need for awkward overhead work postures.

Availability

Red Dragon Industrial Work Benches
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Pucel Enterprises
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