No One Makes It Easier, Safer or More Rewarding To Install Your Own Solar Water Heater than SolarRoofs.com!
SolarRoofs.com manufactures solar collectors so light that almost anyone can pick one up. Our six-foot Skyline® 10-01 collector weighs only 19 pounds and our twelve-foot Skyline® 20-01 collector weighs only 38 pounds. Not only does this make installation easier and safer, it also saves money on shipping!
Many homeowners even install our Skyline® Solar Collectors themselves. We provide the do-it-yourself homeowner with a colorful, self-explanatory installation manual. We also provide a toll-free number where installers can get technical assistance! We want every installation to be successful because we know homeowners will save money and together we can do something good for our environment!
Many homeowners don’t have the time or the inclination to install their own system. In this case, SolarRoofs.com can recommend excellent Dealers around the country who are qualified to professionally install the perfect solar water heating system to meet any need.
SOLAR INSTALLATION SAFETY
A Note on NIOSH, Workers Compensation and Safe Lifting
Back Injury is the most prevalent and costly source of injury to American workers. A reported 372,683 back injuries occurred in 2001, accounting for 27% of all lost time cases. (US Bureau of Labor Statistics). Twenty-two percent of these back injuries involve more than 31 days lost from work. Using the figure of just 31 days per case, that accounts for 6,964 years of lost time! Since the Bureau of Labor Statistics only reports 31 days or more lost, it can be safely assumed that this figure is even higher! Back injury costs are staggering. The US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventative Medicine reports that the average cost of a lost-time back injury is over $24,000 and cases involving surgery average $180,000. Once a back injury occurs, the patient is 90% more likely to suffer a recurrence of a back injury than the general population.
From an individual standpoint, few injuries are as debilitating or as painful as a serious back injury. Affecting not only work, but sleep, eating, playing, and every other facet of an individual’s life are all negatively impacted by a back injury. Using the following guideline from The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the NIOSH formula prescribes a Load Constant of 51 pounds (23 kilograms). Completely optimum conditions rarely exist. This means that under no circumstances, should a person lift more than 51 pounds.
Here are the weight/resistance limits of the common materials handling tasks:
Push-100 pounds*
Lift-51 pounds
Pull-35 pounds.*
No One Makes It Easier, Safer or More Rewarding To Install Your Own Solar Water Heater than SolarRoofs.com!
SolarRoofs.com manufactures solar collectors so light that almost anyone can pick one up. Our six-foot Skyline® 10-01 collector weighs only 19 pounds and our twelve-foot Skyline® 20-01 collector weighs only 38 pounds. Not only does this make installation easier and safer, it also saves money on shipping!
Many homeowners even install our Skyline® Solar Collectors themselves. We provide the do-it-yourself homeowner with a colorful, self-explanatory installation manual. We also provide a toll-free number where installers can get technical assistance! We want every installation to be successful because we know homeowners will save money and together we can do something good for our environment!
Many homeowners don’t have the time or the inclination to install their own system. In this case, SolarRoofs.com can recommend excellent Dealers around the country who are qualified to professionally install the perfect solar water heating system to meet any need.
SOLAR INSTALLATION SAFETY
A Note on NIOSH, Workers Compensation and Safe Lifting
Back Injury is the most prevalent and costly source of injury to American workers. A reported 372,683 back injuries occurred in 2001, accounting for 27% of all lost time cases. (US Bureau of Labor Statistics). Twenty-two percent of these back injuries involve more than 31 days lost from work. Using the figure of just 31 days per case, that accounts for 6,964 years of lost time! Since the Bureau of Labor Statistics only reports 31 days or more lost, it can be safely assumed that this figure is even higher! Back injury costs are staggering. The US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventative Medicine reports that the average cost of a lost-time back injury is over $24,000 and cases involving surgery average $180,000. Once a back injury occurs, the patient is 90% more likely to suffer a recurrence of a back injury than the general population.
From an individual standpoint, few injuries are as debilitating or as painful as a serious back injury. Affecting not only work, but sleep, eating, playing, and every other facet of an individual’s life are all negatively impacted by a back injury. Using the following guideline from The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the NIOSH formula prescribes a Load Constant of 51 pounds (23 kilograms). Completely optimum conditions rarely exist. This means that under no circumstances, should a person lift more than 51 pounds.
Here are the weight/resistance limits of the common materials handling tasks:
Push-100 pounds*
Lift-51 pounds
Pull-35 pounds.*