Bindery Safety/Ergonomics — Finishing Without Incident

Education and training are also vital elements of the RCP program, and injury reporting—no matter how small the incident—is tracked closely. Welch revisits incidents on a monthly basis to ensure that employees are not exhibiting symptoms or to see if they are using any home treatments.

Automated machinery cannot eliminate every labor-intensive bindery task, but some feel that headway can still be made. Andersen seeks a cost-effective solution to automating the amount of handling required to load a folding machine. He also believes a versatile, cost-effective, automated solution in a wide range of formats for the handling and packaging of finished material off of the folding equipment is a necessity.