ResinDek® Provides More Than Endurance For Industrial Mezzanine Platforms:
“As an industry leader, we want to do more than simply provide mezzanine flooring. We want to provide solutions that improve the ergonomics in work environments, save money, reduce environmental impacts, and bring significant value to the professionals in material handling and logistics. We will continue to invest in our people, partnerships, customers, products, research, testing, and engineering to keep delivering more than mezzanine flooring.”
Greg Doppler, President of Cornerstone Specialty Wood Products, LLC
Why the Ergonomic performance of your pick module, working platform, distribution center, and manufacturing warehouse mezzanine flooring should matter to you!
The Warehouse Workforce has a Higher Injury Rate than other occupations
The 2010 Bureau of Labor Statistics show that warehouse injuries are 5.9 per 100 versus 3.6 per 100 in all other occupations. Warehouse injuries are 1.1% of the total workforce.
The Warehouse Workforce is Growing
Warehouse workforce in 2010 was 0.6% of the work population.
Warehouse Injuries and Absenteeism Reduce Productivity
In 2009, 10,100 cases resulted in missed days of work and 95% were related to job injuries.
Almost everyone at some time has experienced pain or discomfort from walking or running on hard surfaces for long periods of times. So the mezzanine work floor you install deserves some thought for productivity, safety, and workforce comfort.
What’s even more amazing is that industry reports state the annual cost of workplace injuries at about “$171 billion,” which is equal to the profits of the top 20 largest USA companies, while workers’ compensation is running close to $60 billion per year (average lost time $26k annually).
Highlights of Research Conducted by Dr. Steve Lavender for The Ohio State University’s Institute for Ergonomics
Location of Research: A logistics facility and their employees in a 500,000 square foot warehouse that has bar grate and ResinDek® platforms.
Testing Parameters: 
- 16 volunteers
- Ordinary work routine
- Pedometers collected at the end of an 8 hour shift
- With a 30” pace, employees averaged 18,860 steps or 8.9 miles a day!
- Used accelerometers on volunteers
- Measured tibia acceleration on various surfaces and different walking speeds
- Wore their usual work shoes during the collection process (athletic shoes primarily)
Summary of Biomechanical Analysis of Walkingon ResinDek® and Other Mezzanine Floors
- Significantly less tibial shock with ResinDek® at work rate walking speed*
- Concrete increased the tibial shock by 7.8% at the work rate walking speed
- Bar grate work walking pace showed an increased tibial shock rate of 10.6%
*Work rate walking speed defined as walking 15% faster than an average walking pace.
So what does this really feel like?
When you convert the data from tibia shock force to pounds you can easily see and feel that working on ResinDek® all day compared to concrete or bar grate.
- Working on Concrete is Equal to adding 13 lbs. to your body compared to ResinDek®.
- Working on Bar Grate is Equal to adding 18 lbs. to your body compared to ResinDek®.
So why would you ever add more weight to your employees that are already packing, loading and moving packages?
Savings keep adding up when you use ResinDek® instead of concrete or bar grate
- ResinDek® saves $3-$5 per sq. ft. vs concrete
- ResinDek® saves $2-$4 per sq. ft. vs bar grate
- ResinDek® XLD50 and LD50 can save 30% in freight
Using ResinDek® leads to more than just LEED® credits
- ResinDek® is a Net Energy Producer (80% more energy at end of life cycle than consumption)
- ResinDek® produces 50% LESS hydrogen ions than concrete
- ResinDek® generates 67% LESS smog than concrete
- ResinDek® is a carbon negative product since it absorbs more during its life cycle than it emits
- ResinDek® can take 56 cars off of the road for 1-year if used instead of concrete on a 50,000 sq. ft. mezzanine