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How can you train employees to lift safely and reduce injury risk?

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Lifting heavy or awkward objects is a common task in warehouse operations, but it can also be a major cause of injuries and lost productivity. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), back injuries account for about 20% of all workplace injuries, and most of them are related to manual material handling. To prevent these injuries and protect your employees' health and well-being, you need to train them on how to lift safely and reduce injury risk. Here are some tips on how to do that.

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Zafar Mahmood

General Manager Quality Control at Hiranis Pharmaceutical Pvt. Ltd
Liam Crow

Assistant Warehouse Manager at BAKO Group

1 Assess the hazards

Before you start training your employees, you need to identify and assess the hazards that they may encounter in their work environment. This includes factors such as the weight, size, shape, and stability of the objects they have to lift, the frequency and duration of lifting, the distance and height of lifting, the posture and position of lifting, and the availability and suitability of lifting equipment. You can use tools such as the NIOSH Lifting Equation or the OSHA Ergonomics Guidelines to help you evaluate the hazards and determine the safe lifting limits for your employees.

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Breiner Arneth Barreto Pardo

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Es necesario evaluar el peligro para poder hacer una intervención ya sea preventiva basada en la planeación y desarrollo de alternativas de dise?o o correctivas en dónde se implementan procedimientos para la corrección puntual de errores generados de procesos de dise?o con el fin de evitar una lesión al trabajador.

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Foster Kojo Gyamfi

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Train employees in proper lifting techniques, emphasizing the importance of bending the knees, keeping the back straight, and using equipment like lifting belts or machinery when appropriate. Provide ongoing education and reminders to reinforce safe lifting practices and encourage regular stretching and strength-building exercises to minimize injury risks.

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2 Educate the employees

Once you have assessed the hazards, you need to educate your employees on the importance of lifting safely and the consequences of lifting improperly. You can use various methods such as posters, videos, quizzes, or demonstrations to convey the key messages and principles of lifting safety. Some of the topics you should cover are: how the spine and back muscles work, how lifting can cause injuries such as strains, sprains, hernias, or disc problems, how to recognize the signs and symptoms of back injuries, and how to report and treat them.

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Breiner Arneth Barreto Pardo

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Al igual incluir en la educación al trabajador los factores que intervienen en la manipulación manual de carga: -En el trabajador: género, edad, estado de salud, actividades extra laborales, entrenamiento. -Carga: peso, tama?o, forma, estabilidad, posibilidad de agarre, altura de cargue y descargue. -Organización del trabajo: frecuencia, tiempo de manipulación y de recuperación, trabajo en equipo, ayudas mecánica, dotación y epp, elementos del trabajo, presión por tiempo. -Otros factores: terreno de desplazamiento, distancia, condiciones termohigrométricas, iluminación, vibración, ruido.

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Liam Crow

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Employees need to be educated on the correct techniques to ensure that the safest manual handling techniques are taught. This is usually done by an amalgamation of videos, diagrams, photographs and real world demonstrations. The training covers the H&S side of things as well as the possible outcomes and detrimental effects it can have on ones own body.

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3 Teach the techniques

After you have educated your employees, you need to teach them the proper techniques for lifting safely and reducing injury risk. You can use a hands-on approach where you show them how to perform each step of lifting and have them practice under your supervision and feedback. Some of the techniques you should teach them are: how to plan and prepare for lifting, how to test the weight and stability of the object, how to position the feet, legs, and body, how to grip and hold the object, how to lift with the legs and keep the back straight, how to avoid twisting and turning, and how to set down the object.

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Zafar Mahmood

General Manager Quality Control at Hiranis Pharmaceutical Pvt. Ltd
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During training of techniques for operations. We may require few engineering control to minimize the probability of inappropriate handling.

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Liam Crow

Assistant Warehouse Manager at BAKO Group
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During an induction with staff we will teach the techniques shown by Pristine Condition International, which guarantee a 50% reduction in accidents and injuries. Employees are shown the correct way to lift, carry, push and pull objects. Employees are shown the techniques, demonstrated on each of the requirements and then assessed on the techniques. Once all are demonstrated successfully numerous times the employee will check this off their induction checklist and assessed again during spot checks throughout the year.

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Breiner Arneth Barreto Pardo

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Es importante que esas técnicas para levantar objetos sean estandarizados de acuerdo al tipo de carga que se va ha levantar.

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4 Provide the equipment

In addition to teaching your employees the techniques, you also need to provide them with the appropriate equipment and tools for lifting safely and reducing injury risk. This includes items such as gloves, belts, braces, or pads that can protect their hands, back, or knees from injuries. It also includes devices such as carts, dollies, pallet jacks, forklifts, or hoists that can help them move or lift heavy or bulky objects. You should train your employees on how to use the equipment properly and maintain it regularly.

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Breiner Arneth Barreto Pardo

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En el sector agrícola, al momento de realizar la manipulación manual de carga es la utilización de guantes y hombreras sobre todo en la manipulación de racismo de plátano y banano.

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5 Monitor and reinforce

Finally, you need to monitor and reinforce your employees' performance and behavior regarding lifting safety and injury prevention. You can do this by conducting regular inspections, audits, or observations to check if they are following the rules and guidelines you have established. You can also use incentives, rewards, or recognition to motivate and encourage them to lift safely and reduce injury risk. You should also review and update your training program periodically to ensure its effectiveness and relevance.

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Breiner Arneth Barreto Pardo

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Es necesario realizar un seguimiento para evaluar la efectividad de la capacitación realizada con el fin de tomar acciones de mejora.

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Liam Crow

Assistant Warehouse Manager at BAKO Group
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Throughout the year; our manual handling trainers will conduct spot checks on employees to ensure that they are adhering to the correct practices to ensure that they are doing everything correctly. If an employee is found to be doing an unsafe practice, the manual handling trainers will do an on the spot refresher training session, showing them the correct way to do it. The unsafe act is then written down, dated and then scanned as a .pdf to the monthly checklist folder for all other manual handling trainers to view and assess.

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6 Here’s what else to consider

This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that don’t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?

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Rohit Aggrawal

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Conducting trainings for lifting materials with use of HIRA. Some points can be benificial in this. *Modifying workplacr to reduce carrying distance, twisting movements *practice safe lifts make them less likely to incur such injuries.

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Kimberly Junkin

Clerical Team Lead at True Value
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Each morning at our team meeting, we stretch as a team which brings positive collaboration, and makes our muscles more flexible to lift, push, pull for 8 hours. Reducing the risks of strains and sprains.

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