Whatever the rules of health and safety, there will always be stuff that needs to be manhandled that is just that bit too unwieldy or heavy.
Today’s invention helps lessen the chance of an injury.
A strong strap (which might be sewn into every new pair of overalls) runs from left hand to right foot (and has suitable shoulder padding). At the left foot is a loop which can be stood upon. At the right hand is a loop which can be attached to whatever needs shifted.
In operation:
1. attach the loop to the object
2. place all your weight on the left bootloop
3. the shoulders act as a brace as you pivot left, just enough to unweight the load so that it can be shifted forward and set down.
Each worker would have a suit with two such straps…symmetrically placed.
In this way, two workers could shift enormous loads gradually.
A lone worker could do a left handed lift and then move to do a right handed one, thus shuffling a giant weight from A to B without causing himself damage.