--- title: SAFETY Part 4 of 5 – SAFETY Does Deliver a Return on Investment description: The PowerMate Ergonomic Advantage (Excerpts from the Stuart Report) Safety Blog Part 4 of 5 --- [Home](https://www.powermate.info) | [Contact Us](https://www.powermate.info/powermate-contact) | [Blog](https://www.powermate.info/powermate_solutions) [![powermate_logo](https://www.powermate.info/hs-fs/file-2154544098-png/Powermate/Images/powermate_logo.png)](https://www.powermate.info/) ![HeaderText](https://www.powermate.info/hs-fs/file-2157906024-png/Powermate/Images/HeaderText.png) ![header](https://www.powermate.info/hs-fs/file-2159061985-png/Powermate/Images/header.png) [![powermate_logo](https://www.powermate.info/hs-fs/file-2154544098-png/Powermate/Images/powermate_logo.png)](https://www.powermate.info/) PowerMate Safety Moving Products Motorized Stair Climbing Hand Trucks and LiftGates ![headerimg](https://www.powermate.info/hs-fs/file-2175243760-png/Powermate/Images/headerimg.png) ## [SAFETY Part 4 of 5 – SAFETY Does Deliver a Return on Investment](https://www.powermate.info/powermate_solutions/bid/93679/SAFETY-Part-4-of-5-SAFETY-Does-Deliver-a-Return-on-Investment) Posted by [Contributing Editor](https://www.powermate.info/powermate_solutions/author/contributing-editor) on Mon, Jul 29, 2013 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) The following are excerpts from the findings of the ongoing Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Study to date:  “Many of the injuries in the “construction sector” are musculoskeletal disorders caused by cumulative trauma. We call these injuries that result from cumulative wear and tear cumulative trauma disorders (CTDs).”  After an average follow-up period of 398 days, three companies that implemented powered dollies achieved the following results: ●**The CTD incident rate** (incidents per 200,000 hours) changed from 14.9 to 0 – a 100% improvement; ●**The Return On Investment (R.O.I.) is .18 years, or 2.2 months**; ●**The days lost due to CTDs** dropped from 29.8 days per 200,000 hours worked to 0 - a 100% improvement; ●**The restricted days due to CTDs** improved from 19.8 days per 200,000 hours worked to 0 - a 100% improvement; ●**The turnover rate** (per 200,000 hours worked) changed from 79.3 to 31.6 – a 60% improvement; ●**The average risk factor score** for four affected tasks in the three companies was 30.2 before the devices were put into place, and was 29.7 afterward - a 2%improvement.   [![LPM-PA049652 PowerMate Blog CTA 2013/07/11](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/70389/bb4c41ce-77cc-4e19-8c2f-95112ffae7e0.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/70389/bb4c41ce-77cc-4e19-8c2f-95112ffae7e0)     ### **  ****SAFETY DOES = PROFITS!**   *View the OBWC “Ergonomics Best Practices for the Construction Industry”* [![SAFETY and PROFITS!](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/70389/ad1013e1-682e-4462-8859-f3c4c29f252d.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/70389/ad1013e1-682e-4462-8859-f3c4c29f252d)   **NEXT WEEK: Implementing Your Own Safety Program** Tags: [powered dolly](https://www.powermate.info/powermate_solutions/topic/powered-dolly), [ergonomic strategy](https://www.powermate.info/powermate_solutions/topic/ergonomic-strategy), [hand truck](https://www.powermate.info/powermate_solutions/topic/hand-truck), [powermate](https://www.powermate.info/powermate_solutions/topic/powermate), [safety moving system](https://www.powermate.info/powermate_solutions/topic/safety-moving-system), [safety moving systems](https://www.powermate.info/powermate_solutions/topic/safety-moving-systems) ### Follow Me ### PowerMate and the HVAC Contractor Visit the [PowerMate HVAC-R micro-site](https://www.powermate.info/industries/hvac-r/powermate_industry_k0300199_hvacrwelcome) and find out if a PowerMate is right for your business. Learn about ROI, Safety, Efficiency, models, Service and Training. Start moving with PowerMate today! ### Subscribe to our blog ### Register for FREE Profit Analysis Register for a [FREE Profit Analysis](https://www.powermate.info/contact-us/?utm_campaign=BLOG%20form&utm_source=BLOG%20form) and find out if a PowerMate stair climber is right for your business. Do you move BOILERS, DRAIN CLEANERS, GEOTHERMALS, HOT WATER TANKS, WATER METERS or AC UNITS? Then you are a potential candidate to save on labor costs and injury claims. ### Posts by popularity © 2024 Copyright L P International Inc. All Rights Reserved  ![webtraxs](http://www.webtraxs.com/webtraxs.php?id=powermate&st=img)