Jul 2023

By 2021, electric vehicles were poised to take off in the United States. That year, the President came into the year’s legislative sessions with ambitious goals: The administration planned to build a network of half a million public EV chargers and make electric cars half of all new-vehicle sales by 2030.

In 2021, the food manufacturing industry employed more than 15 percent of all manufacturing workers. That was 1.7 million people — and many of those workers faced injury risks on the job.

In food warehouses, ergonomics are a crucial consideration. Workers that regularly move products and materials have a high risk of developing musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) — even when the weight of the load is fairly limited.