Move Items/People

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.

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.

Veterinary aids that automatically lift and secure animals during examinations or procedures.

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.

Lift tables that can be operated away from power sources and outlets, offering a wider range of mobility and use.

Equipment designed to relieve strain and stress from creating cookie and cake molds and loading them onto a pan.

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

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.

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.

Automatic lifting devices to assist elevating engines from vehicles.

Individuals with neck, back, shoulder, and upper extremity limitations may benefit from using ergonomic hand and power tools. Ergonomic hand tool designs allow users to maintain neutral postures while minimizing wrist deviations. Users also have an easier time keeping shoulders relaxed by using lightweight tools. Mechanical stressors such as misaligned finger grooves, sharp edges, and single finger triggers should be avoided. Vibration from the tool should be minimized, and heavier tools can be suspended from tool balancers when possible. Spring loaded returns on tools such as scissors and pliers are also a part of good ergonomic design.

Support bars installed next to toilets to help individuals stand up from a seated position.

Scissors designed with ease of use and ergonomic design.

Low step ladders designed to support higher weights than normal step ladders.

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.

Attachments for light switches that make them easier to use for individuals with physical impairments.

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.

Small devices used to suck up fluids and contain them.

These are devices that help individuals into and out of pool water.

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 are less steep than regular ladders, therefore, easier to climb; other features include handrails and locking casters.

Mobile carts and static tables made of stainless steel to promote a clean and stable working enrivonment.

Support bars that are mounted on a pivot so they can freely swing allowing more mobile support for individuals with physical impairments.

Devices and equipment that simplifies handing vehicle tires.

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.

These are sheets that can be used to pick up and carry objects or individuals.

Safe and hygenic storage containers for trash and miscellaneous refuse.

Equipment designed to use vacuum suction cup lifting to hold and relocate heavy weights while preventing potential damage to the material.

Equipment designed to perform the lifting, holding, and relocating of small weights while preventing potential damage to the material.

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.