Protecting Your Most Valuable Asset: Your People
Comprehensive workplace safety solutions that reduce risk, ensure compliance, and create a culture of safety across your organization.
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Workplace Safety Solutions
Your people are your most valuable asset. Since 1946, Ballymore Safety Products has helped warehouses, distribution centers, and industrial facilities prevent falls, reduce lifting injuries, and support OSHA compliance through engineered safety equipment and free evaluations from our Certified Safety Professionals.
How We Develop Workplace Safety Solutions
Ballymore's Certified Safety Professionals follow a 6-step process to identify workplace hazards, develop the right safety solution, and deliver equipment that helps reduce fall and lifting injuries in warehouses, distribution centers, and industrial facilities.
- Define a Customer Safety-Driven Issue
Identify and clearly define the workplace safety hazard a customer is experiencing. Our Certified Safety Professionals (CSPs) work alongside your team to understand root causes, incident history, and the full scope of the hazard before any solution work begins.
- Deploy an Existing Solution
When an off-the-shelf Ballymore product addresses the identified hazard, we move quickly to deploy it. Our catalog of rolling safety ladders, powered lifts, and material handling equipment covers a wide range of common workplace safety challenges.
- Modify Existing Solutions
If a standard product is close but not quite right, our engineering team modifies it to fit. Through custom dimensions, additional guarding, and specialized finishes, we adapt proven safety equipment to meet your exact application requirements.
- Engineer an Innovative Solution if None Exists
When no existing product can solve the problem, we build one. Our EAS team designs custom, purpose-built safety products from the ground up, tackling unique facility layouts, process constraints, and OSHA regulatory requirements.
- Test Solution, Prove Design & Quantify Impact
Before full deployment, solutions are tested in the field and validated against the original hazard. We measure and document risk reduction using REBA (Rapid Entire Body Assessment), NIOSH, and incident rate data, giving you quantifiable proof of ROI.
- Deliver to the Broader Market & Expand Product Line
Proven solutions don't stay custom for long. When a solution works for one customer, we bring it to market so the entire industry benefits, continuously expanding the Ballymore safety product line with innovations born from real workplace problems.
Ergonomic Evaluations
Identify and mitigate workplace ergonomic risks to reduce injuries and improve productivity.
Safety Professionals
Access to certified safety experts with decades of combined industry experience.
Case Studies
Real-world examples of how we've helped companies improve safety and reduce incidents.
Safety Products
Implement safety products that minimize hazards and support safe, efficient operations.
Resources
Access guides, checklists, and training materials to enhance your safety program.
Risk Reduction
Proactive strategies to identify hazards and implement preventive measures.
Workplace Safety Services Beyond Equipment
Workplace Safety by Equipment Type
Explore focused workplace safety guidance for the most common hazards in warehouses, distribution centers, and industrial facilities. Each page covers OSHA standards, essential safety rules, equipment selection, and frequently asked questions for that equipment type.
500+
Companies Served
85%
Incident Reduction
30+
Years Experience
100%
Compliance Rate
Focused Safety Guidance for Everyday Operations
Explore practical safety guidance for the most common workplace tasks. These resources highlight key considerations, best practices, and equipment solutions designed to help teams work safer and more efficiently.
Safety Guidance
Safety by Product
Explore focused safety guidance for the most common workplace hazards. Each section covers OSHA compliance, equipment selection, and best practices specific to that task.
Meet Our Experts
Paul Gilkinson
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Zack Moya
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Meet Ballymore's Certified Safety Professionals
Our on-staff Certified Safety Professionals bring decades of combined real-world experience in ergonomics, risk assessment, and OSHA compliance, helping warehouses, distribution centers, and manufacturing facilities reduce injury risk at no cost to you.
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Paul is a seasoned safety professional who has worked with a broad range of companies, from Fortune 100 corporations to locally owned family businesses, over the last 30+ years. He has deep experience helping companies reduce the risk of severe workplace injuries across Retail, Manufacturing, Transportation, Construction, and Distribution.
Zack arrives at Ballymore with a storied history in Environmental Health & Safety. With over 12 years across Fortune 100 companies, he has deep experience in Warehousing, Transportation, Retail, Construction, and Energy. He specializes in lowering accident rates and building a sustainable workplace safety culture.
Success Stories
Real results from real companies
MSD Injuries – Distribution
3PL DISTRIBUTION • MATERIAL HANDLING
200-person warehouse cuts MSD injuries by nearly half after ergonomic evaluation and lift table deployment
42%
Injury Reduction
PROBLEM
18 MSD recordables per year. 6 high-risk manual handling tasks. Rising workers' comp costs.
SOLUTION
Lift tables at palletizing stations + ergonomic carts replacing manual carry routes.
RESULT
42% reduction in MSD injuries. $380K estimated annual savings. All 6 high-risk tasks eliminated.
Success Story 2
3PL DISTRIBUTION • MATERIAL HANDLING
200-person warehouse cuts MSD injuries by nearly half after ergonomic evaluation and lift table deployment
42%
Injury Reduction
PROBLEM
18 MSD recordables per year. 6 high-risk manual handling tasks. Rising workers' comp costs.
SOLUTION
Lift tables at palletizing stations + ergonomic carts replacing manual carry routes.
RESULT
42% reduction in MSD injuries. $380K estimated annual savings. All 6 high-risk tasks eliminated.
Success Story 3
3PL DISTRIBUTION • MATERIAL HANDLING
200-person warehouse cuts MSD injuries by nearly half after ergonomic evaluation and lift table deployment
42%
Injury Reduction
PROBLEM
18 MSD recordables per year. 6 high-risk manual handling tasks. Rising workers' comp costs.
SOLUTION
Lift tables at palletizing stations + ergonomic carts replacing manual carry routes.
RESULT
42% reduction in MSD injuries. $380K estimated annual savings. All 6 high-risk tasks eliminated.
Case Studies: Measured Reductions in Lifting Injury Risk
Two before and after ergonomic assessments show how Ballymore ball transfer tables reduce manual material handling risk: a 96% drop in NIOSH Lifting Index on a 93 lb lift, and a 37% drop in predicted back injury rate on a battery pallet lift.
93 lb Toilet Lift: Lifting Index Cut 96% with the Lucy Ball Transfer Table
| Measure | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| NIOSH Lifting Index | 5.13 | 0.23 |
| Load lifted | 93 lbs | 10 lbs |
| Task risk rating | High Risk | Low Risk |
Problem
A single worker lifted 93 lb units from the floor to 4.6 feet, 1 to 2 hours per shift. The NIOSH Lifting Index was 5.13, more than five times the recommended weight limit. Horizontal reach and travel distance were both rated high risk.
Solution
The Lucy Ball Transfer Table was deployed, eliminating the floor-to-overhead lift and reducing horizontal reach. The same worker was re-assessed at the same location under identical conditions.
View the Lucy Ball Transfer TableResult
The Lifting Index dropped from 5.13 to 0.23, a 96% reduction. All 4 risk factors were rated Good, the load fell from 93 lbs to 10 lbs, and the task was reclassified from High Risk to Low Risk.
Battery Pallet Lift: Back Injury Risk Down 37% with the Ball Transfer Table
| Measure | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Population percentile | 4th | 82nd |
| Vertical hand travel range | 38 in | 10 in |
| Horizontal reach | 50 in | Eliminated |
| Predicted back injury rate | Baseline | 37% lower |
Problem
Workers lifted batteries off a pallet with a 38-inch vertical hand range and a 50-inch horizontal reach. The task was suited to only 4% of the working population, with a high-risk posture on every repetition.
Solution
A Ballymore Ball Transfer Table replaced the full pallet lift with a slight lift onto the table. Hand height range was cut from 38 to 10 inches and horizontal reach was eliminated, with energy expenditure unchanged.
View the Ballymore Ball Transfer TableResult
Population percentile rose from 4% to 82%, predicted back injury rate fell 37%, vertical hand travel dropped from 38 to 10 inches, and the NIOSH Lifting Index improved to 1.53.
Featured Safety Products
Featured Safety Products
Safety Resources
Guides, training links, and regulatory references curated by our safety professionals.
Replace Unsupported Ladders With Rolling Safety Ladders
Leaning and A-frame ladders offer no guardrails, no stability mechanism, and no fall protection once you're on them. Ballymore and Tri-Arc rolling safety ladders address all three with a lockstep braking system, full handrails, and non-slip treads, giving workers a stable, guarded platform for elevated tasks.
Eliminate Manual Lifting With Ergonomic Equipment
Musculoskeletal disorders make up nearly 1 in 3 serious workplace injuries. Lift Products Inc. lift tables and Valley Craft ergonomic carts remove manual lifting from the equation, bringing work to the right height and eliminating the push, pull, and carry tasks that cause the most injuries.
Workplace Risk Reduction Strategies
Proactive workplace safety reduces costs, improves productivity, and protects your most valuable asset: your people. These six strategies target the most common fall and lifting hazards in warehouses, distribution centers, and industrial facilities.
Ditch the A-Frame Ladder
Stop Lifting by Hand
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Guard Your Elevated Openings
Use a Lift Instead of a Ladder
Need Something Custom? We Build It.
Safety Resources
Guides, training links, and regulatory references curated by our safety professionals.