As beverage delivery drivers are tasked with making more frequent deliveries to better meet the needs of their direct-store-delivery (DSD) customers, their employers are turning to powered delivery systems to make this work safer and more efficient.
“Most injuries don’t happen from one-time occurrences, they happen from repetitive movements over time like lifting a hand truck or keg on and off a truck multiple times per day,” says Andrea Horner, vice president of marketing for Standish, Mich.-based Magline Inc. Powered options can help reduce stress on delivery personnel by taking on some of the load for them, she adds.