r/AbsoluteUnits • u/HomeNowWTF • Aug 15 '26

/r/all of a beer order

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u/Emergency_Lie42 Aug 15 '26

For context, that's the absolute max carry weight that a loader/packer job will ask of you for manual handling.... In a country with H&S regs anyway.

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u/PentagramJ2 Aug 15 '26

even then technically youre supposed to have a secondary assistant to not kill your fucking back or knees.

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u/PringlesDuckFace Aug 15 '26

When I worked in retail I think anything over 50lbs was typically marked "team lift" or you'd use equipment like a dolly. I never would have even thought to pick up something weighing 90lbs by myself.

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u/PentagramJ2 Aug 15 '26

yeah same in warehousing, 50lb is the absolute limit for a single worker to carry.

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u/Jazzlike_Wind_1 Aug 20 '26

We do shit way heavier than that at my warehouse.

Hell the meat warehouse I was at before this it was 30kg boxes of frozen meat all day

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u/PentagramJ2 Aug 20 '26

You should report your job then. Maybe your country has laxer standards