Lifting Safety Archives

Lifting The Smart Way

Most of us don't realize how often we use our back and shoulder muscles until we hurt them. Thankfully, those injuries are entirely preventable. All it takes are good ergonomic practices, like…

Mobile Access Towers

A mobile access tower is a tower formed with scaffold tube and mounted on wheels. It has a single working platform and is provided with handrails and toe boards. It can be constructed of…

When lifting, you should maintain the natural, neutral curvature of your spine. Pull the load in toward you body as closely as you can. Contract your core by bracing it for the lift. Don't twist your…

Back Safety – Injury Prevention – Hinge in Your Back

Back injury is the second most common workplace injury, the most costly and can leave you in pain for the rest of your life! The good news is that back injuries are also one of the most preventable!…

Back Safety – Top 10 Lifting Rules

This video explains ten important rules for avoiding injuries. Share it with your family, friends, co-workers and others to help them avoid injury. Reviewing this video regularly, along with our…

Back Safety – Push or Pull?

Push or Pull? Which is better? No matter what you do for a living, or what you are doing around the house, when it comes to manual material handling there are right ways and wrong ways. Do things the…

Back Safety – The High 5s

There are several things that you should remind yourself to do before lifting anything, regardless of its weight and size. Planning your lift is critical to back safety. No matter what you are…

Back Safety – The Low 5s

OSHA, along with many other agencies, offer helpful tips on back safety, and several links are provided below. Our free safety video is written in practical terms to help you apply proper body…

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