Use the advanced On-lift solutions to help truck driver reduce workers’ compensation costs

The trucking industry forms an essential part of the US economy, but sadly they also suffer from a large number of injuries leading to higher Workers’ Compensation costs. According to the US Bureau of Labour Statistics, as of 2007, the US trucking industry had an employee’s injury rate of 30% higher than the other US industries.

The injury to drivers is caused mainly due to cranking landing gears on trailers which have become the everyday work for them. No matter how careful the drivers remain, a little improper cranking of the trailer landing gear can cause severe back and shoulder pain and other ergonomic injuries. Such frequent injuries to the drivers have resulted in them staying away from the work while claiming personal injury compensation from their companies.

More often than not, these injuries have forced the drivers to leave the job permanently. Due to all these reasons, Patriot Lift Company, LLC has developed an advanced landing gear automation technology that significantly helps truck driver reduce workers’ compensation costs while improving the ability of the trucking companies to hire and retain drivers. Read on to know more!

What Is Workers’ Compensation for Truckers?

Workers’ compensation for truckers is a mandatory type of insurance policy for the trucking companies that they need to have in order to pay insurance coverage to their employees for the medical expenditures, lost income/ wages, rehabilitation expenses, and death benefits. The laws for this coverage usually vary from state to state, but it is mandatory to have this policy if you have employees in your trucking company. Remember, you will have to pay stiff penalties if you are not covering your employees under this insurance policy.

Why Landing Gear Automation Is Safer For Drivers?

A recent study has shown that 2.5% of the drivers are getting injured every year because of operating landing gear manually. Since the mechanism of cranking landing gear manually has a straight impact on the amount of bending and twisting at an awkward position, attention should be paid towards implementing optional methods of raising and lowering the landing gear.

Automated landing gear hugely improves the productivity of the trailers as well as the working environment that is correlated with the loading and unloading of heavy trailers.

By implementing an automated trailer process, the transport companies can reduce workers’ compensation costs by atleast $12,000 per year, along with a reduction in equipment damage by $3,700 per year. Moreover, the trucking companies can also avoid purchasing new trailers, which would at least save the cost by $40,000. Also, the installation process saves time and energy as it can be carried out in only a maximum of two hours. Thus, providing a smooth, easy, and hassle-free lifting and loading of the trailer, thereby reducing the workload time and improving productivity.

Final Word

Patriot Lift Company, LLC offers two of the high-quality air-powered landing gear automation- On-Lift 2000 and 2000HD, which not only helps truck driver reduce workers compensation costs but also improves the ability of the trucking companies to hire drivers of all ages, genders, and physical handicaps. The best thing is that it puts an end to the strains and muscular-skeletal injuries in drivers that result from the repetitive cranking of landing gear manually with forces up to 100 lbs.

In the current market, these two exclusively patented air-powered landing gears are the most advanced and reliable landing gears automation technology that easily retrofits to your existing manual landing gear and performs the operation safely and efficiently. So, contact the professionals today to implement the On-lift automation solutions for truck driver activities.

On-Lift is the most effective and reliable patented landing gear automation on the market worldwide. The automation is capable of raising and lowering landing gear in less than 10 seconds and there is virtually no maintenance required