Manual Lifting/Handling
Hazard: Back injuries may occur from improper lifting or overexertion.
Solutions:
- Provide general ergonomics training and task-specific training;
- Minimize the need for lifting by using good design and engineering techniques;
- Lift properly and get a coworker to help if a product is too heavy.
Don’t ever forget, your family is counting on you to come home from work safe every day.