Abstract: The PB-DSR tool is a lightweight tool weighing approximately two pounds that construction workers who hang drywall (or plywood) can use to roll the heavy material from the ground to the workers on a scaffold instead of lifting it by himself using his back, arms and legs, which causes injuries. The worker on the ground stands the drywall or other material on end, leans it against the roller, and rolls it upwards to the person on the scaffold instead of lifting the drywall up to the worker on the scaffold. Currently, a drywaller on the ground physically lifts a 100+ pound sheet of drywall, plywood or other heavy materials upwards as much as 20 feet to the person on the scaffold, who then has to lift and/or pull the materials up onto the scaffold. Both people must use their arms, knees, shoulders and back to lift the heavy material, and the worker on the scaffold sometimes uses his foot to slide the material up onto the scaffold.

Abstract: The drywall scaffold roller (“DSR”) is a lightweight tool weighing approximately two pounds that construction workers who hang drywall (or plywood) can use to roll the heavy material from the ground to the workers on a scaffold instead of lifting it themselves using their back, arms and legs, which causes injuries. Currently, a drywaller on the ground physically lifts a 100+ pound sheet of drywall, plywood or other heavy materials upwards as much as 20 feet to the person on the scaffold, who then has to lift and/or pull the materials up onto the scaffold. Both people must use their arms, knees, shoulders and back to lift the heavy material, and the worker on the scaffold sometimes uses his foot to slide the material up onto the scaffold. The DSR helps eliminate this unsafe lifting procedure by providing a rolling mechanism to roll the sheet of material instead of lifting it.

Abstract: Currently, a drywaller on the ground physically lifts the 100+ pound sheet of drywall up to the person on the scaffold, who then has to lift/pull the 100+ pound sheet of drywall up onto the scaffold to hang on the wall. Both people must use their arms, shoulders and back to lift the drywall, and the man on the scaffold sometimes uses his foot to slide the drywall up onto the scaffold. The DSR eliminates this unsafe lifting procedure by providing a rolling mechanism to roll the sheet of drywall instead of lifting. It takes most of the heavy weight of the drywall off the workers, making it safer and easier, which may reduce the number of arm, shoulder, back and foot injuries from manually lifting the heavy sheet of drywall from the ground up onto the scaffold. It is an inexpensive way for drywall companies to more likely than not reduce the number of workplace injuries and worker's compensation claims.