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Midland Paper Products can now finally announce their new innovation: the Esfina Carry Pack. Find out how it can help to solve dilemmas in the cleaning industry.


Why might cleaners


be at risk? he Ss aring for leaners document details how high lev els of musculoskeletal prob lems ( muscular aches, pains and discomfort) hav e


b een found among cleaners in a numb er of studies, b oth in this country and in urope he level of such health prob lems is high among cleaners compared to other age earners


A gain, according to the H S E , cleaning work is demanding and lab our intensive hanges ithin the industry mean that cleaners increasingly work under sev ere time constraints, and many tasks inv olv e heav y manual work, putting strain on the heart, muscles and other tissues t explains that manual handling includes “ pushing and pulling; lifting and lowering; carrying and holding; loading and unloading; holding and restraining;


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reaching and holding; grasping and throwing; and operating lev ers and controls here force is reuired


Craig Williams, S ales D irector for Midland P aper, said: “ O ur distrib utor customers hav e told us for many years that traditional hand towel cases, packed full of sleev es of hand towels, are b ulky, heav y and can prob ab ly b e b lamed for stress ex perienced b y their end users during the manual handling process


From warehouse


to washroom Midland P aper took a good look at the lifecycle of the process, from arehouse to ashroom room


L ifting, turning, carrying and stacking traditional cardb oard cases of hand towels, during distrib ution and in arehouses, is demanding ork T hen once onsite, cases hav e to b e distrib uted around the b uilding;


multiple packs hav e to b e mov ed in to and out of lifts, carried up and down stairs and balanced on trolleys raig continued: “ E v en trying to manage


b undles of sleev es rather than the case doesn’t really help, b ecause it increases the numb er of j ourneys required and dropped sleev es lead to even more bending t is beholden on prov iders to do their part to minimise these risks where possib le, and in turn, help to reduce the costs associated with sick leav e from this type of inury hese ere key drivers


b ehind Midland P aper’s decision to launch the s na arry ack


he s na arry ack is a plastic enclosed case of functional hand towels, with inb uilt handles that make it easier to lift, carry and use he s na Carry P ack deliv ers functionality that helps through the entire lifecycle of the washroom b usiness process, and it


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