Further to my posts here about the OH&S issues with heavy newspapers and the risk of employee injury if publishers and newsagents do not address the problem, research ought not be undertaken on magazine bundle weight. The stack in the photo arrived this morning bundled together. While we do not have scales we feel it weighed around 15kg - but we may be wrong in our estimate. The bundle was the heaviest we received and, in our view, way too heavy. Maybe we will get some scales and start keeping track of this.
UPDATE: We have purchased scales and will now record the weight of heavy bundles.
3 responses so far ↓
1 TODD // Aug 8, 2007 at 3:51 PM
WOT ABOUT THE BIG CHUNKY SATURDAY PAPERS AND THE THROWING OF THEM FROM VEHICLE
2 mark fletcher // Aug 8, 2007 at 9:37 PM
Hector, Check out my earlier posts on this issue of heavy newspapers. Mark
3 Jennifer // Aug 1, 2008 at 10:48 PM
Not long ago I got annoyed with the weight of magazines that had been delivered. So out of interest I emailed NDD who was the major offender asking them “Out of interest what is the recommended maximum weight parcels can be before it becomes an occupational health and safety issue”
I was interesting in knowing what was the maximum weight we could sent to them and what they could send to me.
Im only asked them because i had noticed the parcels of magazines from them had been getting heavier and heavier for example today on one day one of the parcels I received weighs 19.57 kg and the other one weighs 13.77 kg. I would of rather get 3 smaller parcels ones that weighs no more then 13kg.
There reply was “The maximum recommended weight is 14kg where a manual lift is involved.”
Delivering smaller parcels is difficult, if they are not strapped together there is a risk the smaller keyparcel moves about on the truck and then not unloaded when the truck arrives at your retail outlet.
Hence the reason why the driver is strapping the smaller key parcels together to assist with ensuring you receive all the keyparcels.
I would recommend that you purchase a hand trolley from Bunnings, the one with the pump up tires, they retail for $25 and make life much easier moving magazine bulk and heavier keyparcels. I would also recommend you implement a culture with your staff that all bulk must be moved using the trolley/s and not lifted by hand”
Ok I can understand trying to keep a delivery together by strapping it all together, however by doing so it makes the parcel extremly heavy and well over 14kg
As for the trolley suggestion I asked them for the $25 to buy one if they continue to send me excussive heavy magazine parcels. Still waiting for a reply.
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