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Accessible Baby Changing Stations
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Adjustable Exam Tables
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Adjustable Massage Tables
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Adult Changing Tables
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Aerial Lifts
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Animal Lift Tables
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Automated Filing Systems
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Ball Transfer Tables
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Bath Chairs
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Battery Powered Lift Tables
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Cake Decorating and Baking Equipment
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Carts
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Compact Material Handling
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Compact Mobile Cranes
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Drum Handling
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Drywall and Wallboard Lifts
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Electronic Organizers
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Engine Lifts and Lift Plates
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Ergonomic Assessments
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Ergonomic Equipment
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Evacuation Devices
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Folding Steps
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Hair Scissors
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Hands Free Resuscitation Devices
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Height Adjustable Table Legs
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Independent Living Aids
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Job Restructuring
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Large-Rated Small Step Ladders
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Large-Rated Wheelchair Lifts
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Lift Gates
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Lift Tables
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Lifters and Carriers for Mobility Aids
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Lifting Aids
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Light Switch Extension Handles
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Lightweight Lead Aprons
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Low Task Chair
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Manhole Cover Lifts
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Multi-Purpose Carts
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Patient Lifts (General)
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Periodic Rest Breaks
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Pickups, Semis, and Heavy Equipment
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Pipettes
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Pool Lifts
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Power Lift IV Stands
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Powered Bath Lifts
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Professional Organizers
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Proper Lifting Techniques
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Rolling Safety Ladders
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Spring-Loaded Carts
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Stainless Steel Carts and Worktables
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Stair Assists
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Stairclimbing Handtrucks
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Talking Bar Code Scanner/Reader
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Test Tube Holders
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Tire Handling
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Toileting Aids
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Tool Balancers
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Transfer Aids
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Transfer Sheets
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Truck Mounted Cranes
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Vacuum Lifts
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Vacuum Pickup Tools
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Vehicle Lifts and Manipulators
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Walk-up Changing Tables
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Wheelchair Lifts
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Winches and Chain Hoists
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Work Platforms
Accessible Baby Changing Stations
Installable commercial baby changing platforms for restrooms and private areas that can be made with disabled individuals in mind.
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Adjustable Exam Tables
Lifting, transferring, or examining patients can be difficult for individuals with certain impairments. Adjustable exam tables can be raised or lowered to the appropriate height necessary to examine, reposition, or assist patients in healthcare settings.
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Adjustable Massage Tables
Tables that can adjust at different angles and elevations to comfot guests as well as masseuse and massage therapists at a reasonable posture.
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Adult Changing Tables
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Aerial Lifts
Aerial lifts (sometimes called platform lifts or manlifts) are used to access materials at heights out of reach. They often replace climbing a ladder and come in a variety of sizes and shapes, including smaller lifts called scissor lifts and platform lifts and intermediate lifts called maintenance lifts.
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Animal Lift Tables
Veterinary aids that automatically lift and secure animals during examinations or procedures.
Automated Filing Systems
Filing cabinets that have rotating drawers for more organization potential.
Ball Transfer Tables
Ball transfer tables or conveyors can assist in the moving or positioning of items at a workstation. They can also be used to connect workstations so that items can be guided across the ball transfer table rather than carried.
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Bath Chairs
Chairs installed in a bathtub to assist individuals with balance or mobility impairments to retain their independance in the bath or shower.
Battery Powered Lift Tables
Lift tables that can be operated away from power sources and outlets, offering a wider range of mobility and use.
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Cake Decorating and Baking Equipment
Equipment designed to relieve strain and stress from creating cookie and cake molds and loading them onto a pan.
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Carts
Carts come in all shapes and sizes. Some of the more common types that are used as job accommodations include:
Janitorial
Linen
Motorized
Multi-Purpose
Spring-Loaded
Stainless Steel Carts and Worktables
Vehicle Access
Wheelchair Carts/Trailers
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Compact Material Handling
Compact material handling devices are small and portable enough to work in office or tight storeroom environments. These lifting and carrying devices have platforms that are variable heights. Activation of the horizontal lifting surface is typically powered by batteries, hydraulic foot pumps, or hand cranks. Ball transfer tables may be added to the horizontal-lifting surface. This reduces the push and pull force needed to move materials to and from the lifting device. Products from this category help individuals with lifting or carrying restrictions resulting from back, neck, shoulder, heart, and various repetitive strain injuries.
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Compact Mobile Cranes
Compact mobile cranes are devices meant to do heavy lifting while also being constructed to be portable and easy to use. They are often used in construction projects.
Drum Handling
Drywall and Wallboard Lifts
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Electronic Organizers
Electronic organizers are electronic devices, such as PDA's, that allow an individual to download important information such as names, phone numbers, email address and dates. They might have alarms/cues that will remind the individual of datelines, meetings, and so on.
Engine Lifts and Lift Plates
Automatic lifting devices to assist elevating engines from vehicles.
Ergonomic Assessments
Industrial or office ergonomic assessments can help to maintain the health and safety of employees and may be necessary as part of a reasonable accommodation for an employee with a disability. In some cases, an ergonomic assessment can be performed by an in-house safety or human factors employee who is qualified to perform an analysis on an employee’s work environment and make appropriate recommendations. When this is not available an employer may need to look elsewhere for this type of service or they may want to consider training for future ergonomic assessment needs. JAN provides the following list of organizations that offer ergonomic assessment consulting services, referrals, and training materials. This list is not exhaustive and JAN does not specifically endorse these organizations over others that provide similar services.
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Return To Work Partners
Ergonow
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)
Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA)
Structured Health Resources, Inc.
SuccessAbility, Inc
VelocityEHS
Worksite International Inc.
Ergonomic Equipment
Ergonomic office equipment includes copyholders, monitor risers, keyboard trays, keyboard rests, and foot rests. Other equipment characterized as ergonomic are ergonomic or electric staplers, staple removers, scissors, and hole punches. Individuals with handling, fingering, and grasping restrictions resulting from cumulative trauma disorders can benefit from this equipment. Products in this area alleviate the repetitive motion common to many hand-intensive jobs.
Evacuation Devices
Emergency evacuation devices are available to help remove individuals with mobility impairments from buildings. These devices typically help individuals quickly move people with mobility limitations down the stairs or across rough terrain.
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Folding Steps
Folding steps attach to vehicles allowing the individual to step up into a vehicle.
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Hair Scissors
Scissors designed with ease of use and ergonomic design.
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Hands Free Resuscitation Devices
Height Adjustable Table Legs
Height adjusters are hydraulic height adjustable legs that can be attached to an existing workstation. By working the hand crank, a workstation can be raised, lowered, or have the angle adjusted.
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Independent Living Aids
Aids to assist individuals with independent living needs are available. These tools and devices enable people with various types of limitations to perform personal and household activities such as reaching, reading, writing, dressing, personal hygiene, walking, eating, cooking, cleaning, and gardening.
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- Aqueduck Faucet Extender
- Black & Decker PHV1810 18V Dustbuster Cordless Vacuum
- Blade Brush Knife and Cutlery Cleaner
- Chef'n SaladShears Lettuce Chopper
- Fox Run Can Tab Can Opener
- Krups 404-70 Open Master Can Opener
- Magnifying Pill Cutter
- Med-E-Lert Automatic Pill Dispenser
- Non Skid/Slip Socks - Hospital Socks
- Norpro Grip-EZ Jar Opener
- OXO Egg White Separator
- Sero
- EazyHold Green Two Pack 4 1/2"
- EazyHold Lavender Two Pack 5 1/4"
- EazyHold Pink Two Pack 4"
- EazyHold Two Pack Sippy Cup Bottle Holder 7 1/2"
- EazyHold Yellow Two Pack 4"
- Infant to Child 5 pack
- Therapist/Teacher 7 Pack
- Two Pack - Aqua - 6 1/2"
- Two Pack - Orange - 5"
- Two Pack- Blue - 5 1/4"
- Youth to Adult 5 pack
Job Restructuring
Job restructuring is a form of reasonable accommodation which enables many qualified individuals with disabilities to perform jobs effectively. Job restructuring as a reasonable accommodation may involve reallocating or redistributing the marginal functions of a job. However, an employer is not required to reallocate essential functions of a job as a reasonable accommodation. Essential functions, by definition, are those that a qualified individual must perform, with or without an accommodation.
An employer may exchange marginal functions of a job that cannot be performed by a person with a disability for marginal job functions performed by one or more other employees.
Although an employer is not required to reallocate essential job functions, it may be a reasonable accommodation to modify the essential functions of a job by changing when or how they are done.
Large-Rated Small Step Ladders
Low step ladders designed to support higher weights than normal step ladders.
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Large-Rated Wheelchair Lifts
Individuals with mobility impairments who use aids such as scooters, wheelchairs, and power chairs typically use some type of lift to access upper and lower levels of buildings. Large rated wheelchair lifts feature a higher weight capacity than standard wheelchair lifts. They may be necessary when both a passenger and an individual who uses a wheelchair need to access a space.
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Lift Gates
Devices attachable to vehicles that can secure and lift weighted loads or wheelchair users up and safely into the vehicles.
Lift Tables
Lift Tables lift objects that are placed on it up so that the object can be worked upon efficiently while reducing strain from awkward positioning. Lift tables come in a variety of sizes and some are usable with hand cranks, while others are fully electronic.
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Lifters and Carriers for Mobility Aids
Equipment or products are available to be added to a vehicle that will permit a wheelchair or an individual to be lifted into or out of a vehicle.
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Lifting Aids
Lifting aids can be helpful for those with lifting or carrying restrictions who are moving smaller items. These types of aids can be an alternative to larger lifting devices.
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- ShoulderDolly 144-in Polypropylene Moving Straps
- Waxman 108-in Nylon Moving Straps
- Waxman 4-Pack 3-1/2 x 6-in Oval Non-Adhesive Backed Reusable Felt Hard Surface Slider
- Waxman 4-Pack 9-1/2-in x 5-3/4-in Oval Reusable Plastic Carpet Slider
- Waxman 8-Pack 5-in Round Non-Adhesive Backed Reusable Felt And Plastic Carpet And Hard Surface Slider
Light Switch Extension Handles
Attachments for light switches that make them easier to use for individuals with physical impairments.
Lightweight Lead Aprons
Medical aprons made with pregnant women in mind to reduce the normal high weight from their body.
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Low Task Chair
Low task or mechanics chairs are small stools on wheels. Some options are height adjustment and tool trays under the seat. May also be purchased at a local auto parts store.
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- Dale Adams Enterprises The Tail Bone 5131 Rough Rider Mechanic's Stool
- Powerbuilt 640834 Professional Pneumatic Roller Seat
- Powerbuilt Heavy Duty Rolling Mechanics Seat Brake Stool 300lb Capacity - 240036
- Sunex 8514 300-Pound Capacity Telescoping Tractor Seat with Parts Tray and 3.5-Inch Heavy Duty Casters
- Traxion BigFoot GearSeat 2-432
- WEN 73012 300 lb Capacity Pneumatic Rolling Mechanic Stool
- Whiteside Manufacturing USA Made - Professional HD Mechanic's Seat (HRS)
Manhole Cover Lifts
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Multi-Purpose Carts
Moving, carrying, or transferring items around an office or retail space can be difficult for individuals with certain impairment, such as back or arm impairments that limit motor movement. Multi-purpose carts can be used to transport items and are available in a wide range of sizes with various features.
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Patient Lifts (General)
A variety of products are available to assist health care professionals with lifting, moving, and transferring patients. Portable, ceiling mounted, sling, bedside, and heavy duty options are available.
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Periodic Rest Breaks
Periodic rest breaks can allow an individual to move about, stretch, adjust their seating position, or modify how a task is completed. Breaks can be short in duration, depending on the individual’s needs. Time used for breaks can be taken from already provided break time, lunch, or made up so there is not an impact on productivity.
Pickups, Semis, and Heavy Equipment
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Pipettes
Small devices used to suck up fluids and contain them.
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Pool Lifts
These are devices that help individuals into and out of pool water.
Power Lift IV Stands
These powered stands provide healthcare workers with hazard-free, ergonomic lifting solutions during procedures. These stands neutralizes bag weight to ease raising and lowering and prevent workplace hazards.
Powered Bath Lifts
Automatic devices that assist in raising and lowering an individual into and out of a bath.
Professional Organizers
Assistants or companies that can help an individual with organization or developing organizational skills.
Proper Lifting Techniques
Following proper lifting techniques is important for minimizing strain on the body. Proper lifting techniques involve using the legs and hips to lift rather than the back. People with limitations in lifting need to be especially aware of proper lifting techniques. Use of team lifting is also important in the event of lifting and carrying heavy objects. For more information on proper lifting practices, see OSHA's Materials Handling: Heavy Lifting Guide.
Rolling Safety Ladders
Rolling safety ladders are less steep than regular ladders, therefore, easier to climb; other features include handrails and locking casters.
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Spring-Loaded Carts
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Stainless Steel Carts and Worktables
Mobile carts and static tables made of stainless steel to promote a clean and stable working enrivonment.
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Stair Assists
Devices and products built to assist individuals in walking up stairs and maintaining their balance.
Stairclimbing Handtrucks
Stairclimbing handtrucks are used for moving loads up an down stairs, on an off vehicle/loading docks, and across flat surfaces, while keeping the load in a well balanced position. Some are motorized and others lightweight or designed for exceptionally heavy loads.
Talking Bar Code Scanner/Reader
Commercial bar code readers that can read out products scanned in a synthetic voice to assist low-vision users.
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Test Tube Holders
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Tire Handling
Devices and equipment that simplifies handing vehicle tires.
Toileting Aids
Individuals with mobility limitations can benefit from toileting aids to allow for greater independence and safety. Toileting aids can include grab bars, raised toilet seats, toilet supports, or lifting toilet seats.
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Tool Balancers
Tool balancers are devices engineered to offset tool weights. Springs or other tensioning devices are attached to tools, which counters the weight of the tools. Tool balancers are often used with in-line tools. Individuals with neck, back, shoulder, and cumulative trauma disorders to the upper extremities may benefit from tool balancers.
Transfer Aids
Transfer aids are devices that assist individuals in going from a sitting position to a standing position and vice versa. Transfer aids come in all shapes and sizes and have a wide range of uses. They can allow an individual to assist in independently transferring themselves, or eliminate the need to lift the patient entirely in the given situation.
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Transfer Sheets
These are sheets that can be used to pick up and carry objects or individuals.
Truck Mounted Cranes
Truck mounted cranes are devices meant to do great deals of heavy lifting and are mounted to trucks to support this. They are often used in large construction projects.
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Vacuum Lifts
Equipment designed to use vacuum suction cup lifting to hold and relocate heavy weights while preventing potential damage to the material.
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Vacuum Pickup Tools
Equipment designed to perform the lifting, holding, and relocating of small weights while preventing potential damage to the material.
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Vehicle Lifts and Manipulators
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Walk-up Changing Tables
Changing table with steps allowing a child to be assisted in climbing to the changing table height. May be used to accommodate a daycare worker with a lifting restriction.
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Wheelchair Lifts
Individuals with mobility impairments who use aids such as scooters, wheelchairs, and power chairs typically use some type of lift to access upper and lower levels of buildings. Individuals with mobility impairments may also be limited in climbing. Lifts may also maneuver individuals between floors or over steps. The vendors listed below provide a variety of options to meet household, industrial, and commercial needs.
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Winches and Chain Hoists
Vehicle-mounted devices that wind in cables and chains.
Work Platforms
Work platforms are adjustable height workstations that can be adjusted to optimum heights or fixed height platforms used to raise workers to the working level. Some platfoms provide access for wheelchair uses where the use of ramps is not possible.