A decimal dozen is a design of cartons for bottled wine that holds two rows of five bottles, developed by the Helm Wines winery, Canberra, Australia, to replace traditional dozen-bottle cartons. The quoted motivation is that demographics reports show that females buy more than 50 percent of wine in Australia. According to the OH&S regulations, a female should not lift more than 15 kilograms (33 lbs), which is only the minimum gross weight of a standard 12-bottle carton, which can weigh up to 20 kg for some types of bottles. [1]
In 2005 it was a nominee for the ACT Occupational Health and Safety Award in the category "Best Solution to an Identified Workplace Health and Safety Issue" for addressing "the manual handling issues by introducing a ten bottle carton in a 2 X 5 configuration".[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Decimal dozen for the `female touch'", Australian and New Zealand Grapegrower and Winemaker, 2002, issue 464.
- ^ ACT Occupational Health & Safety Awards 2005 Nominees
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