Safecutters

The original X-Acto knife – one ancestor of today’s box opener - was invented by Polish immigrant Sundel Doniger, but we’d never have known it if his brother-in-law, one Daniel Glück—the father of US Poet Laureate Louise Gluck—hadn’t suggested that hobbyists might find the thin metal box opener useful. (Doniger had hoped to market it to surgeons!

Safety knives take many shapes and forms, but they have found a prominent place in almost every workplace. They are known as safety knives, safety cutters, utility knives, box cutterl, hook knives, rotary cutters, and more. Safecutters Inc. provides an online store of utility knife box opener for opening shipping boxes and shipping packages, as well as safe box cutter to open moving boxes and packages.

Before designating a space in your home for an office, make a list of the most basic needs for your office. Your list will need to include items such as a desk, office chair, computer, fax machine, telephone, etc. Don't forget the smaller items including pens, pencils, calculator, stapler, and sticky notes. For those small businesses that will be in the business of shipping and receiving, a simple utility knife box cutter designed to pierce cardboard without damaging carton contents is also important.

In the retail and restaurant industries, the indispensable hand tool has been around for generations. Not just for boxes and cartons, the safe box cutter can be used in nearly any industry. Employers who provide access to the box opener discover their employees keep these tools for their convenience and use.

Long gone are the days of handing a new tool to an employee and letting him figure out how to use it. In order to reduce workplace injury, take full advantage of awareness and education items provided by utility and safe box opener manufacturers and distributors. Training can include presentations, video, live training sessions, and literature, often in many languages. Most importantly, make sure employees understand blade replacement, the value of keeping a sharp blade at all times, and disposing of used blades correctly.

Most of all, be sure you have a good box opener on hand. Use a box cutter with a sharp blade, because dull blades require more pressure, leading to greater potential for injuries. Maintain a full set of utility knife box cutters and safety knives for your employees and your home, and instruct everyone who handles them in proper box-cutting technique.