Landing Gear Cranking Injury Prevention
Engineering the future of intelligent trailer security and active theft prevention.
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Engineering the future of intelligent trailer security and active theft prevention.
A landing gear cranking injury does not usually come from one bad hookup. It builds from the same rotational motion, repeated thousands of times, on the same shoulder, in every kind of weather. EM6000 Auto is built to reduce landing gear cranking injuries by taking that motion out of the job.
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Manual trailer cranking can create real, physical strain for drivers, and the mechanics of why are straightforward once you break the motion down.
Turning stiff high-ratio gears under heavy loads puts extreme stress on shoulders. This mechanical resistance frequently causes acute muscle tears and chronic strain.
Bending over at awkward angles to turn a manual crank forces the lower back to absorb intense physical force.
Snow, ice, and mud in drop yards can turn routine drop-and-hook procedures into hazardous slip-and-fall accidents while drivers deal with stubborn cranks.
Repeated cranking throughout a shift creates severe body fatigue, slowing down drivers and driving experienced operators away from fleet work.
"First, he fell from the icy truck steps, twisting his ankle. Later, as he exited the cab to unhook the trailer, he slipped on the ground and fell flat on his back."
A 45-year trucking veteran's post-trip inspection, documented by the CDC's Trucking Injury Reduction Emphasis (TIRES) program
Trinetra Guard built EM6000 Auto around a simple idea: the fastest way to prevent an injury tied to a specific motion is to take that motion out of the job entirely.
One-touch operation raises and lowers trailer legs instantly. Drivers never have to grab a manual crank handle again.
The system locks the legs in place when parked. Unauthorized tractors cannot hook up or lower the legs to steal cargo.
Drivers and dispatchers unlock the system safely using a mobile app, Bluetooth key, RFID badge, OTP keypad, or central web portal.
Landing gear cranking injury prevention only works if it targets the actual motion causing the damage. Here is what changes, injury by injury, once that motion is gone.
Every crank turn twists the same rotator cuff tendons. A button press removes that rotational force entirely, so the shoulder never takes the load in the first place.
The process of cranking requires the driver to bend forwards and maintain that posture under load throughout the whole process. One touch eliminates the need for this posture, which stresses the lower back.
When drivers grip and turn a crank handle 40-plus times, it loads the wrist and forearm on every hookup. Automated control replaces that grip-and-turn motion with a single press.
The cranking process holds a driver at one place next to the trailer, which is often on ice, snow, or mud. Once you get rid of this exposure period, you reduce the risk of developing a cranking accident into a slip-and-fall accident.
A driver's shoulder and back absorb thousands of crank cycles over a career. When you remove that repetition, it protects drivers against the kind of injury that builds slowly and shows up later, not just a one-time strain.
A driver recovering from a shoulder or back strain re-aggravates it fastest by going back to the same motion that caused it. When you remove the crank,you remove that re-injury risk during recovery.
This is a term used to describe shoulder, back, or wrist injury sustained from repetitive rotational movements while manually raising or lowering the landing gear of a trailer. Some of the prevalent types include shoulder strain, rotator cuff injury, and low back sprain.
The repetitive action of rotating under stress is one of the known sources of rotator cuff injuries, because it puts repetitive torsion on the tendons of the shoulder joint. One connection is not likely to lead to a tear, but the repeated rotation each connection is what makes tears happen.
Cranking requires a driver to plant their feet, bend, and apply sustained force at the same spot beside the trailer, often on ice, snow, or mud. Weather-related slip and fall incidents make up the large majority of cold-weather workplace injuries, and cranking puts a driver in exactly the stance where a slip does the most damage.
It replaces the rotational hand-crank motion with a single button press. Thus, this technology removes the repetitive shoulder loading, the bent-over back posture, and the extended time spent standing on potentially slick ground beside the trailer.
Fleets that remove a specific, repeated physical task tend to see fewer claims filed under that cause of injury, since the motion driving those claims is no longer part of the job.
Eliminate manual cranking hazards and keep your drivers safe, active, and on the road. Upgrade your operations with automated landing gear built to keep your drivers safe.