Whittier, CA – (May 1, 2024) – Shipping Container International Inc., a trucking safety company servicing safety departments, warehouses, and the dismountable shipping cargo container transportation industries (including railroad and harbor operations), is pleased to announce its recent milestone of having served companies in all continents except Antarctica.
The company’s marquee product, called OPNBar, is used to help prevent trucking injuries, such as strains and sprains, a common injury that makes up 50% of injuries in the trucking industry, the highest injury-prone profession in the world. 41% of workman’s compensable claims are the result of strains and sprains to the neck, back, and upper extremities (shoulders, elbows, hands/wrists).
OPNBar’s main function is to help open/close hard to open/close shipping container doors, which often results in strains and sprains on the wrist due to operators often using unconventional methods to open truck trailer doors. The tool also serves as a multi-purpose trucker tool, a shipping container safety hand leverage tool, tire thumper, and 5th wheel hitch pull hook, container seal breaker, cam pin compressor, T Handle toolbox latch tool, and primarily designed for opening and closing truck trailers and shipping containers with the safety of the truck driver, operator, and worker foremost in mind. Please be sure to read OPNBar Extended Instructions & Precautions.
A video demonstrating the tool can be found here:
Please be sure to read OPNBar Extended Instructions & Precautions
The company has also released two more versions, of its New Angle Bend tool:
and Prototype with Extensions.
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In Washington State alone, workman’s comp claims in the trucking industry were so high that the state began an initiative for preventing on the job trucking injuries. The initiative is called the TIRES Initiative and works with industry leaders, safety and health professionals, employers, drivers, warehouse and dock workers, and many others to develop educational materials that identify hazards and provide low-cost, simple solutions to prevent injuries. In 2017, the country of Australia is also experiencing its own share of high workman’s comp claims with a large number also being due to strains and sprains.
Workman’s comp claims cost US businesses alone $1 Billion dollars per week. 1 in 4 injuries are caused by overexertion. For the trucking industry, at an average cost of $26,000 per workman’s comp claim, and an average of 184 lost work days per claim, totalling around $107 million and 576,000 lost work days per year on average, it pays to equip employees with the proper tools to help prevent injuries.
Shipping Container International has also since released Safer Grip Gloves, now available on Amazon, Walmart, and other stores.
On behalf of our partners, SCS International is pleased to have reached this milestone and thank all those who have supported us along the way. We’re especially grateful to Amazon, who helped jumpstart our business and currently uses our product throughout the United States and Canada. We are excited about some of the new products we have in store and even more enthusiastic about helping to save truckers from injuries. We are also thrilled about helping trucking and insurance companies save some significant money and focus on what’s important, their businesses.
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Did you know that trucking, cargo, warehouse, and insurance companies lose billions of dollars every year due to operator injuries? Studies show that 50% of all trucking injuries are caused by sprains and strains—many of which result from the force required to open and close stubborn shipping container doors.
That’s why we created OPNBar™—the ultimate multipurpose leverage tool designed to:
✅ Open and close shipping container doors effortlessly
✅ Reduce the risk of workplace injuries
✅ Double as a tire thumper for quick safety checks
✅ Function as a 5th wheel release hook for easy trailer detachment
✅ **Check out our latest Version 4 leverage tool with many more leverage options.**
Over time, shipping container doors become increasingly difficult to open due to harsh weather conditions, oceanic transport, and general wear and tear. This can lead to costly downtime, lost productivity, and preventable injuries.
After extensive research and rigorous testing, we have engineered OPNBar™ to be the most durable, efficient, and user-friendly tool of its kind—empowering operators with maximum safety and ease of use.
At Shipping Container Safety International, our mission is to equip trucking and logistics professionals with innovative, high-quality safety tools that enhance productivity while reducing workplace hazards.
Protect your workforce. Prevent costly injuries. Improve efficiency.
Discover how OPNBar™ can revolutionize your operations today!
Shipping Container Safety International would like to thank the following and more for their support and helping us to reach this milestone:
Equip operators with the proper tools needed and promote safety to help them avoid injury.
The OPNBar tool, for instance, can help avoid some injuries by providing an ergonomic means of opening shipping containers, checking for low-pressure tires, and aiding operators in releasing the tractor from the trailer.Please be sure to read OPNBar Extended Instructions & Precautions
Safer Grip by OPNBar™️ are ideal work gloves for all-day use for light manufacturing, warehouse operators, and for use in maintenance areas. Safer Grip gloves by OPNBar are ideal multi-purpose work gloves for various applications like trucking and delivery, warehouses, maintenance areas, light manufacturing, and carpentry. They are also great for gardening, and various outdoor activities that require grip in wet conditions, like boating, fishing, hiking, and biking, and can help protect hands while providing extra grip when handling tools and materials.