In just a few short months kids will be out of school for the summer and a large percentage of American families will be embarking on week long vacations. During the warm summer months business in the hospitality industry really picks up and the workload of the employees responsible for cleaning and preparing rooms for guests increases dramatically.
Employees in hotels and motels that still use manual carts for transporting linens and supplies during the summer months are at an increased risk of injuries due to the heavier workload. Employees required to push or pull fully loaded carts at an increased rate of speed due to the traffic occurring during summer are highly susceptible for injuries from overexertion.
The chances of these debilitating injuries can be minimized through the use of powered carts like the motorized clean linen cart from DJ Products. The motorized clean linen cart is easy to operate via ergonomic variable speed twist grips and can easily hauls loads of up to seven hundred pounds. The motorized clean linen cart also travels easily over a wide variety of surfaces, including carpeting, which makes it an ideal addition to hotel or motel equipment regardless of flooring.
Dramatic increases in workload can easily result in injuries that will require valuable employees to miss time from work. Many of these injuries could also result in worker’s compensation claims that will ultimately cost employers a substantial amount of money.
In order to minimize the chances for potential injury while keeping up with the increased volume of work employees need access to equipment that will make their jobs safer and easier. Upgrading from manual carts to motorized clean linen carts can help employees complete all necessary duties during even the busiest times of year without increasing the chances of work related injuries.