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Manual Materials Handling

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Back Injuries Occur From Poor Lifting Technique

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Remember:

Always keep your back straight when lifting!

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Lift Objects Close To Body

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Material Handling Devices:Hand Trucks

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Brick & Block Carts

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Brick & Tile Wheelbarrow

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Machinery Attachments

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Remember:

Lift with your knees and legs ---

Not with your back

Activity: Manual Lifting Demonstration

• Review proper techniques again.

• Position milk crate.

• Talk through and demonstrate proper steps of a safe lift.

• If time permits, have students practice technique.

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Check Your Knowledge

1. Before lifting a heavy object you should ?A. Convince yourself you can do it.

B. Put on a back belt.

C. Check around the work site to see if there are any mechanical aids that could make moving the materials easier.

D. None of the above.

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Check Your Knowledge

2.When no mechanical aids are available and the item is too heavy for one person you can

A. Use the team lifting approach.

B. Try anyway.

C. Bend over and try to drag it.

D. None of the above

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Check Your Knowledge

3. Safe lifting requires the body’s strongest muscles. The strongest muscles are?

A. The Arms.

B. The stomach muscles.

C. The back muscles.

D. The leg muscles.

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Additional Information

• http://planetfile.objectwareinc.com/pdfs/PLANETSafetyTips2july05.pdf

• http://www.cdc.gov/elcosh/docs/d0200/d000253/d000253.html

• http://www.cdc.gov/elcosh/docs/d0500/d000500/d000500.html

• http://www.ohiobwc.com/downloads/blankpdf/LiftGuideBackStudy.pdf

• http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d000101-d000200/d000108/d000108.html