Spaulding Composites Inc.Roll HandlingYazid Eideh, David Evans, Ben Johnson, Ben Keach and Dan Richards

2015

Thank you note.  

Yazid Eideh: Group ConsultantDavid Evans: Head Contact, Group ConsultantBen Johnson: Group ConsultantBen Keach:Group ConsultantDan Richards: Group Consultant

Our group would like to thank Spaulding Composites for giving us the opportunity of working with them at their plant. This opportunity has bettered us as safety professionals and will help us begin our careers. We would also like to personally thank Tammy Thibault, Kenneth Otto, Brent and Peggy for taking time out of their own schedule to benefit our experience.

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Foreword by the faculty

The Safety Studies Department at Keene State College is deeply grateful to you and your company or organization for engaging in this collaborative learning experience for our students and we appreciate your personal contributions to this work. We believe that this experience has supported our students’ development of critical thinking and problem solving skills that will help support their future careers as Health and Safety Professionals.

As we committed to you and your organization at the beginning of the semester, every effort has been made to maintain and safeguard your confidentiality.

This course exercise was created to provide an applications-based learning opportunity for graduating safety studies majors at Keene State College. Students were challenged to identify and effectively deliver feasible recommendations that address a series of health and safety challenges currently facing your company or organization.

This report was designed to provide clarification of compliance requirements, recommendations for prioritization of the challenges, alternative solutions to address each challenge, and programmatic recommendations that are systematic, feasible, business-integrated, and sustainable.

Disclaimer: As structured, the collaborative engagement has been facilitated by a senior faculty member from the Keene State College Safety Studies Department. It was the intention that this semester-long collaboration between participating organizations and the students at Keene State would serve as a culminating learning experience in the Safety Studies major and would challenge our students to apply their academic preparation in a relevant way. We hope that this report will provide value-added recommendations to address the Environmental, Health and Safety (ESH) challenges facing your company or organization. Every effort has been made to ensure that the students conducted diligent research and that they engage critically and creatively in this work. The faculty member has done their utmost to assure accuracy in the work. However, please appreciate that ultimately this has been an experiential learning opportunity for our students. Thus, the Safety Studies Program specifically and Keene State College generally assume no responsibility for errors or omissions that may exist.

If you have any questions or comments about this work or the process, please contact:

David C. May, ScD, CIHAssociate ProfessorDept. of Safety and Occupational Health Applied Sciences TDS Building, MS 1901229 Main St. Keene State CollegeKeene, NH 03435-1901

dmay@keene.edu(603) 358-2696        

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ContentsThank you note............................................................................................................................................2

Foreword by the faculty..............................................................................................................................3

Executive summary:....................................................................................................................................5

Introduction:...............................................................................................................................................5

Scope of Work:............................................................................................................................................6

Methods: ....................................................................................................................................................7

Findings ....................................................................................................................................................12

Discussion/Recommendations:.................................................................................................................18

Bibliography...............................................................................................................................................19

Appendices................................................................................................................................................20

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Executive summary:

Spaulding Composites Inc. has provided us with the task of eliminating a potential

ergonomic hazard that their roll handling workers have been faced with. As any ergonomic issue

should be faced, we looked at it from different perspectives to see which way of controlling the

hazard would be the proper way of eliminating it. First we were thinking about the use of PPE

like back belts, but the overwhelming weight and awkward size of the rolls proved to be a

difficult task to use only PPE for. Administrative controls would only be able to rotate workers

around so one doesn’t have to lift the rolls too many times in one day, but the roll is so heavy

that it might only take one improper lift to permanently damage a workers back. Putting two

people on the job might help out a little bit but the roll has no handles to it so at any time it could

roll over onto someone’s finger while they are lifting the roll. The best option after looking at all

of them is the implementation of engineering controls. Using a machine that will lift and rotate

the roll for the worker is the only way of completely eliminating the use of manual labor to move

the roll.

The conclusion was made easier by using the guiding philosophy of ergonomics: “Fit the job to

the man.” This philosophy is used to make the workplace safer, more comfortable and much

more efficient. Also by using this philosophy we are deciding that Spaulding Composites can

hire anyone and they will be able to accomplish the task of moving this 300 pound paper roll to

its necessary location. The incorrect approach to ergonomics is “Fit the man to the Job” which

means Spaulding would only be able to hire an employee that is capable of lifting 300 pounds

without having any issues. A person like this that will willingly lift 300 pound paper rolls

properly for a living is few and far between, so it makes much more sense to make adjustments

to the job that allows for anyone to accomplish this task.

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Introduction:

Spaulding Composites, Inc. is located in Rochester, New Hampshire at 55 Nadeau Drive.

Spaulding Composites Inc. has been in business since 1873.

“Spaulding Composites is a global supplier of specialty composite materials and value

added fabricated products…. [Spaulding Composites] has a commitment to deliver uniquely

engineered thermoset composite materials and components that meet the specific requirements of

our global industrial customers and exceed performance expectations.” (Spaulding Composites)

The purpose to our Capstone course is to prepare each group member for real world

scenarios and work experiences. The student team collaborates with Spaulding Composites to,

propose a work plan, evaluate and prioritize hazards and risks, and develop feasible control

strategies. The short length of this class requires timely and quality results in order to accomplish

the objective, much like real world situations. This project brings out the best qualities in each of

us including, critical thinking and problem solving, interpersonal skills with the company and

each other, and the ability to work as a team to come up with the best results. Communication

and project management are key components to working well as a team.

Scope of Work:  

At Spaulding Composites Inc., as well many other workplaces, a main focus is safety.

One major safety concern anywhere you go is ergonomics. Ergonomics, otherwise known as

human engineering, is “an applied science that coordinates the design of devices, systems, and

physical working conditions with the capacities and requirements of the worker” (Merriam-

Webster, 2015). Although some ergonomic injuries may seem as minor as a sore back, it can

cause permanent damage at any given moment. “Musculoskeletal disorders account for nearly 70

million physician office visits in the United States annually, and an estimated 130 million total

health care encounters including outpatient, hospital, and emergency room visits.” (National

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Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2013) This includes all ergonomic

injuries, but the main injury being focused on at Spaulding Composites are back injuries. “In

2001, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 372,683 back injury cases involving days away

from work.” (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2013) The

executives at Spaulding Composites want to find a way so that their workers do not contribute to

that growing statistic.

The process reviewed at Spaulding is quite simple; the large rolls of product are

transferred from the storage area into the line of work where they are placed onto the machine.

They are combined with a resin material to form tube products and further processed elsewhere

in the plant. The part that is causing the ergonomic concern involves the transferring of the rolls

of product from a standing up position to lying horizontally. This part is quite difficult

sometimes as the rolls weigh up to 300 pounds and put a lot of stress on the lower back. The

awkward postures caused by rotating the 300 pound roll exacerbate the forces on the spine.

Methods:

To begin our research we thought of the three types of controls for an ergonomic hazard,

administrative controls, engineering controls and personal protective equipment. Once these

three categories were planned out, other things researched online during this process included the

workers personal factors affecting their work capacity including their:

a. Age

b. Gender

c. Body Mass

d. Personal Health

e. Proper Training

f. Motivation

All of these factors played a part in our decision to nix the manual labor aspect of this

process and introduce a new machine to make things much simpler. Overexertion causes fatigue

and fatigued workers minimize productivity. According to WorkSafebc Studies, “53 percent of

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injuries resulting from overexertion were classified as back strain injury. The second leading

type of incident — voluntary motion — accounted for 45 percent of injuries resulting, with the

third leading type of incident — involuntary motion — at 18 percent.” (Occupational Diseases in

British Columbia, 2012)

Much of our research was directed towards what the possible outcomes of improper

lifting techniques are, which showed us that many musculoskeletal disorders come from

improper lifting, especially at such a volume as the issue present. Whether this was read in a

book or found on different sources online, “The causes include; poor posture, repetitive

movements, manual handling, awkward movements, forceful hand applications, direct

mechanical pressure on body tissue, vibrations and cold work environment. Some types of

disorders are associated with particular tasks and occupations.” (MedMedia Group, 2015)

While at the plant, pictures were taken of the storage area, their equipment they use and

recorded the process of moving the horizontal roll onto one of the machines. The step by step

process that the roll goes through on its way to the extrusion machine is as follows:

1. Shipments of rolls come in through the delivery area (picture 1, below) on palettes

of up to 16 rolls, that can total in weight up to almost 3000 pounds, as seen in

picture 2 & 3 below.

(Picture 1, left)

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(Picture 2, left)

(Picture 3, right)

2. The rolls are then transferred into the storage room and organized on different

racks, (as seen in picture 4 & 5 below), to be used at a later date.

(Picture 4) (Picture 5)

3. Next, when a roll has been picked to be used it is then transferred from the storage

room, to a different little room using a dolly. (Picture 6 & 7)

(Picture 6) (Picture 7)

4. From this little storage area, the dolly is used again to bring the single rolls into

the extrusion area. (Picture 8, below)

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(Picture 8)

5. When the roll is moved into the extrusion area it then has to be rested horizontally

onto one of the two machines seen below in picture 9 & 10. This point proved to

be the most hazardous to the back due to the transition points of twisting the 300

pound rolls of material from vertical to horizontal.

(Picture 9, Right)

(Picture 10, Below)

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then lifted to the proper height for the bar on the extrusion machine to slide right

through as in picture 11.

(Picture 11)

7. After the bar is slid into place through the middle of the roll, the machine lowers

the roll into place and the bar holds it in place for it to go through the extrusion

process.

8. After the extrusion process is complete the excess material still on the roll must be

taken of the machine and weighed before being brought back into the storage

room. The current weighing machine is pictured below, (Picture 12).

(Picture 12)

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9. After being weighed, the rolls are brought back into the big storage room and

placed into their proper bins until they are needed again.

The video in Appendix E shows the step by step process from steps five through seven in greater

detail. These pictures and videos helped us determine that any type of administrative control

wouldn’t help the process either. Rotating workers would only make more people exposed to the

potential hazards and team lifts don’t work well with something as inconveniently shaped as

these rolls. Introducing any type of PPE to this process would not help as much as engineering

controls can. This decision was made after doing research on the benefits and drawbacks of each

type of control.

Findings

The task related risk factors that were the biggest concern were forceful exertion,

awkward posture and some sustained static posture. The elimination of manual labor is the best

option to eliminating the potential of any kind of musculoskeletal disorder caused by improper

lifting techniques. The most helpful resource found was the Ergonomic Guidelines for Manual

Material Handling book by NIOSH. This book provided fountains of information of different

ways to control lifting hazards while thinking of worker costs and control costs. “Scientific

evidence shows that effective ergonomic interventions can lower the physical demands of MMH

work tasks, thereby lowering the incidence and severity of the musculoskeletal injuries they can

cause. Their potential for reducing injury related costs alone makes ergonomic interventions a

useful tool for improving a company’s productivity, product quality, and overall business

competitiveness.” (National Institute for Occupation Safety and Health, 2007)

As shown below in Figure 1 the workers must bend down to move the roll of material

around. This process is better described in step 5 and 6 above in the methods section. Bending

while lifting is one of OSHA’s factors that cause back disorders, as seen in Appendix B

(Occupational Safety & Health Administration). Many others of OSHA’s factors for back

disorders are being performed in Figure 1 as well. Below in Figure 2, it shows that throughout

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the entire process of loading the roll of material, there are many of OSHA back disorder factors

being broken. The factors being broken in this instance include:

- Reaching while lifting.

- Poor posture--how one sits or stands.

- Bad body mechanics--how one lifts, pushes, pulls, or carries objects.

- Poor physical condition-losing the strength and endurance to perform physical tasks

without strain.

- Poor design of job or work station.

- Repetitive lifting of awkward items, equipment, or (in health-care facilities) patients.

- Twisting while lifting.

- Bending while lifting.

- Maintaining bent postures.

- Heavy lifting.

Disobeying one of these factors is likely to cause an injury, but disobeying almost all these

factors will make an injury to the lower back inevitable.

For additional diagrams on proper lifting techniques see Appendix C.

Figure 1 Figure 2

A few basic steps can be followed to mitigate or eliminate the ergonomic issue. These steps are

as follows:

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1. Provide Management Support: A strong commitment by management is critical to the

overall success of an ergonomic process.

2. Involve Workers: Allow workers to be part of the worksite assessments, solution

development and implementation.

3. Provide Training: Training ensures that the workers are aware of the ergonomic hazards

and they will understand the importance of reporting symptoms, instead of letting it go.

4. Identify Problems: It is important to be proactive about hazards and not reactive.

5. Encourage Early Reporting of Symptoms: By encouraging employees to report early

symptoms it shows that the manager is willing to listen instead of covering up an injury

they think the boss may not agree with.

6. Implement Solutions to Control Hazards: After assessing the hazards and deciding what

solution is best, implementation is the only way to begin the road to eliminating the

hazard.

7. Evaluate Progress: After implementing the solutions progress reports are a must as they

show the manager if any progress is being made towards eliminating the hazard. And if

no progress is showing it may be time to think of another solution. - (Bureau of Labor

Statistics, 2011)

With most ergonomic hazards it is easy to use the steps laid out above by OSHA, but for

something that requires moving or twisting 300 pound rolls to an upright position from laying

horizontally, things get more complicated. The human body was not meant to lift objects and

twist while holding them. The ideal lifting conditions in the NIOSH lifting equation include:

a. Sagittal plane, no turns/twists

b. Load is held 25 cm from body

c. Load is held at a height 75 cm from the floor

d. Load should not be lifted more than 25 cm higher than originally located.

e. Good coupling: Handles are present and easily graspable

f. Low frequency of lifts: 1 lift per 5 minutes per hour per 8 hour shift

- (Waters, Putz-Anderson, & Garg, 1994)

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Nothing about rotating a 300 pound paper roll from its horizontal position a few feet above

the floor to an upright position on the ground fits into these ideal conditions. It is also distant

enough from the ideal conditions that training on the proper way to go through the lifting and

twisting process would not fully eliminate the engineering controls can. An issue this large

requires another approach, like engineering controls. Using the six general principles of

workplace design:

1. Safety

2. Maintainability

3. Usability

4. Comfort

5. Reliability

6. Durability

It is easy to see that attempting to train workers will not fit most of these principles. A

machine can follow through with each of the six principles, while training the employees to lift

properly will just provide them with better reliability and safety. The rest of the six principles

aren’t showed by the use of training as the worker still has to lift 300 pound rolls giving the task

not much for comfort or maintainability. Using engineering controls may cost a little extra up

front, but it will in turn help productivity and save workers from being put out of commission

because of musculoskeletal disorders that could have been avoided.

The main ergonomic issue Spaulding Composites has been experiencing is the transition

point when workers transport the larger rolls into and out of the machines. When these paper

rolls are delivered they are usually stood up vertically. The weight of the rolls can reach of up to

300 lbs. This can make it very difficult and uncomfortable for the workers to move them. This

task is usually performed by one worker at a time, and can cause great strain on the back

repeating these processes throughout the day. One of the solutions that we believe can eliminate

ergonomic risk would be by the use of several lifts and transporters made by the Company

EasyLift Equipment out of Newark Maryland. The link shown in Appendix A shows a detailed

video of a very similar process of removing and applying a roll in and out a machine.

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Figure 3

EasyLift Ergonomic Roll Transporters (as seen to the left in

Figure 3) are available with an aluminum roll posts or stainless

steel V-Pans with manual rotation. V-Pans are built to

accommodate a customer’s roll sizes up to 30"/762 mm in

diameter, weighing as much as 600 lb. /272 kg.  V-Pans can be

lowered to floor level, being 4.5"/114 mm in overall height,

allowing the roll to drop into the V-Pan from a standard pallet.

Rolls can be manually rotated left and right to aid in placement

on converting machines.  The degree of rotation depends on the

roll width. The model shown in the video is finished in an FDA approved white powder coating

and equipped with an optional scale providing highly accurate roll weights.  Our Roll

Transporter models are available with foot pedal lift, but most customers prefer DC powered lift.

The machine below in Figure 4 and 5, the Roll Handling Lifts and Grippers, allows the

operator to safely lift, transport, and rotate the paper rolls 360 degrees. This machine will make

transporting the rolls upon delivery to the storage room and from the storage room to the

machine much easier. The lift itself is only 27 inches wide and can easily fit into tight spaces

throughout the facility that the normal

       Figure 4 Figure 5

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Both lifts come with various attachments such as rotators for specific diameters/lengths of

material, roll posts, and aluminum v-pan supports.

Another useful tool that this lift can provide is a scale mounted directly into the front of the lift.

One of the issues brought to our group by Peggy a floor worker was the difficulty of weighing

the rolls before and after the material is used. Having this scale mounted directly on the machine

would make the process of its transportation much easier for the worker. These lifts will provide

a more proficient way of transporting the material and eliminate the risk of injuries and any

potential safety hazards.

Although one of these machines may cost a lot of money up front, in the long run it will

save Spaulding a lot of money on workers compensation. Easylifteqpt.com doesn’t have prices

listed for their equipment online, but for the sake of these equations we can assume that it will

cost between $10,000 and $20,000 dollars. Using the higher end of the price range will show that

the return on investment is still excellent even for a machine that is on the top end of

Easylifteqpt’s price range. According to OSHA’s Safety Pays Program, the estimated direct costs

for lower back strain injuries are about $67,000, and the indirect costs are about $74,000 which

totals around $141,000. Going more into detail the sales needed to cover the direct costs would

be over 2.4 million dollars and the indirect costs would need 4.7 million dollars in sales to cover

the cost. (National Council on Compensation Insurance, Inc., 2011)

So in this case we will say it is a low severity case and the worker receives 60,000 dollars

from workers compensation payments. Using the Return on Investment formula:

60,000 - 20,000   x 100% = 200%     20,000

This shows that purchasing one of these easylift machines will greatly outweigh the claim

payment that could happen if the workers continue to manually lift the rolls of material. Even on

the extremely pricey end of the machines, a $20,000 machine is much easier to pay for than

$140,000 od direct and indirect costs, which in turn effects up to 7 million dollars in sales.

Evaluating the progress of the solution is very simple in this case because our

recommendation takes all the weight out of the hands of the employee and the machinery does

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all the lifting, twisting and movement for them. The use of the ANSI Z10 standard and a

fishbone diagram helped eliminate the root cause of the ergonomic hazards, which was manual

labor and twisting while lifting. This also reduces further risks, while improving productivity and

worker satisfaction. See Appendix D to further examine the ANSI Z10 flow chart used to help

eliminate the hazard.

Discussion/Recommendations:

The challenge presented about the transition period of the rolls from vertical to horizontal

and from horizontal to vertical came down to ergonomic studies. The present plan had just been

using manpower to man handle the rolls into their proper position, but after further examination

this way proves to be harmful to the workers. Administrative controls are usually the least

expensive way to control an issue because it mostly consists of workers being reassigned in one

manner or another. The use of personal protective equipment can sometimes help lower the risk

of injury from a hazard but can’t fully eliminate it. Although PPE may be an easy way out in

some cases, it should be used as a last resort if administrative and engineering controls fail to

mitigate the issue. With the current plan, a back belt or proper training on lifting heavy objects

may help eliminate some of the lower back injuries caused by the twisting and lifting of the rolls,

but a much better way to eliminate any manual labor at all is to use some engineering controls

and introduce a machine that does the work.

Looking at components of the NIOSH lifting equation (Waters, Putz-Anderson, & Garg,

1994) it would help by adding handles to the rolls, but the twisting motion of standing it upright

or laying it down flat cannot be eliminated using any type of administrative or PPE controls. The

process will be the same; it’s just a matter of using machinery instead of manpower, which falls

under the use of engineering controls.When we decided to go with an engineering approach we

researched many different types of equipment to see what would be the best option to lift and

rotate the rolls without an issue. Most of the machines we discovered didn’t have an issue with

lifting the rolls, but only a few could actually rotate it through the transition period that is so

important to the process. Once narrowed down to the few that could rotate the roll, we had to

find one that could hold the rolls that Spaulding Composites has. Some would clamp down on

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the top which would ruin the material and another didn’t close enough so the roll would’ve

slipped right through it. The final machine was picked out because it can lift and rotate the rolls

on its own and it is small enough to fit in between the machines unlike the forklift Spaulding

already owns.

Such machines are made for issues like this, where the vertical rolls of material are

strapped into the forklift type machine and easily transferred into the other room where it will be

ready for its next part of the process. Once in the other room, the lift also rotates the roll and can

lower or raise the roll to the proper height of the machine it is being placed on. After being put

into place the lift can be unstrapped from the roll and continue to move onto the next roll. This

lift is small enough to fit through the openings that are provided by the roll machines yet strong

enough to lift more than the weight of any roll to come through the storage area. This lift is one

of a kind as it is has straps for keeping the roll steady through transport and it rotates the roll so it

can lie horizontally. Other lifts either clamp down onto the top of the roll, which would ruin the

material, or they don’t rotate in the proper direction that is needed for the task at hand. The

contact in Appendix F is the company that makes these machines that will solve any issues

caused by improper material handling.

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Appendices 

Appendix Ahttp://www. easylifteqpt.com/roll-handling-videos.php

Appendix BBACK DISORDERS

1. Factors Associated With Back Disorders. Back disorders result from exceeding the capability of the muscles, tendons, discs, or the cumulative effect of several contributors:

2.- Reaching while lifting.- Poor posture--how one sits or stands.- Stressful living and working activities--staying in one position for too long.- Bad body mechanics--how one lifts, pushes, pulls, or carries objects.- Poor physical condition-losing the strength and endurance to perform physical tasks

without strain.- Poor design of job or work station.- Repetitive lifting of awkward items, equipment, or (in health-care facilities) patients.- Twisting while lifting.- Bending while lifting.- Maintaining bent postures.- Heavy lifting.- Fatigue.- Poor footing such as slippery floors, or constrained posture.- Lifting with forceful movement.- Vibration, such as with lift truck drivers, delivery drivers, etc.

3. Signs and Symptoms. Signs and symptoms include pain when attempting to assume normal posture, decreased mobility, and pain when standing or rising from a seated position.

- (Occupational Safety & Health Administration)

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Appendix C

(Washington State Department of Labor & Industries, 2008)

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Appendix D

(OSHA ANSI Powerpoint image)

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Appendix Ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZJsLkcR6UY

Appendix F

Address:Easy Lift Equipment Co., Inc. 2 Mill Park CourtNewark, Delaware 19713Phone: 800-233-1800, 302-737-7000 Fax: 302-737-7333 Email: sales@easylifteqpt.com

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Appendix HProposalKeene State College Safety and Occupational Health Applied Sciences229 Main Street, MS 1901Keene, NH 03435-1901Date: 3/2/15

Mr. Kenneth J. OttoSpaulding Composites

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55 Nadeau Drive, Rochester, NH 03867 RE: Paper Roll Handling

Dear Mr. Otto,

First, our team would like to thank Kenneth J. Otto and the rest of Spaulding Composites for providing us an opportunity to help create a safer work environment for Spaulding Composites Inc.

Scope of Work:

We understand Spaulding Composites has an ergonomic challenge when handling and moving large rolls of paper used for production. These rolls of paper can weigh anywhere from 100-400 pounds and are anywhere from 1-2 feet in diameter and 4-5 feet in length. The problem workers face is moving these rolls of paper from where they are stored to where they are used and put in place for production. Ergonomic risk of injury and possible product damage from the roll moving process is an evident problem. We recognize there are some space constraints which may prevent the use of certain heavy equipment or machinery to maneuver the rolls of paper. Therefore our intentions are to address the problem areas while providing an affordable solution that will improve overall safety.

We are also hoping that in our second visit to the Spaulding Composites facility we will have the opportunity to observe employees perform the task of moving the rolls of paper from the storage area to the line of production. While employees are performing this task with your permission we would like to take photos and short video clips of the job so that we can further study the ergonomic risks and recommend a better alternative that will reduce risks of injury.

Below is a Gantt chart of our proposed timeline. As of now we have met with you once, and we are working on our proposal. Once our visit to see the shipment come in is complete, the rest of the project will finish up very shortly. We gave blocks of time we thought would be the best time to schedule each of the remaining meetings so we are able to have plenty of time to finish everything before the deadline. Please let one of us know immediately if any questions arise about the timeline we have provided.

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First Meeting

Proposal

First Delivery

Follow-up Meeting

Extra Meeting (If-necessary)

Final Presentation

Spaulding Composites Gantt Chart

Start Date Completed

Contact Information:

David Evans, devans@ksc.keene.edu 603-819-8587 *Group Contact* Ben Johnson, Bjohnson6@ksc.keene.edu 603-703-6446 Dan Richards, drichards1@ksc.keene.edu 603-852-5314 Ben Keach, bkeach@ksc.keene.edu 603-969-8345 Yazid Eideh, yeideh@ksc.keene.edu 978-457-3647

Disclaimer

As structured, the collaborative engagement is facilitated by a faculty member from the Keene State College Safety Studies Department. It is the intention that this semester long collaboration between participating organizations and the students at Keene State will serve

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as a culminating learning experience in the Safety Studies major and will challenge our students to apply their academic preparation in a relevant way. We hope that this endeavor will provide value added recommendations to address the Environmental, Health and Safety (ESH) challenges facing your company or organization. Every effort will be made to ensure that the students conducted diligent research and that they engage critically and creatively in this work. Please appreciate that ultimately this is an experiential learning opportunity for our students and the Safety Studies Program specifically and Keene State College generally assume no responsibility for errors or omissions that may occur in the final report.

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