Decimal Dozen
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. 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. 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 . .
