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The document provides guidelines for safely lifting objects to avoid back injury. It recommends developing a neutral spine with proper spinal curvature. When lifting, one should tighten their core, keep the load close to their body, and lift with their legs rather than their back. It also advises planning lifts carefully, getting assistance for heavy objects, and communicating when team lifting. Above all, one should protect their back by lifting within their abilities.

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Safe Lifting PPT

The document provides guidelines for safely lifting objects to avoid back injury. It recommends developing a neutral spine with proper spinal curvature. When lifting, one should tighten their core, keep the load close to their body, and lift with their legs rather than their back. It also advises planning lifts carefully, getting assistance for heavy objects, and communicating when team lifting. Above all, one should protect their back by lifting within their abilities.

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Guidelines for

Safe Lifting
Guidelines for Safe Lifting
The Spine’s Basic Functions

• Provides support
• Protects the spinal
cord
• Provides flexibility
for bending and
rotating
Guidelines for Safe Lifting
Develop A Neutral Spine

Neutral Spine:
When the …….

 Cervical (neck);
 Thoracic (middle); and
 Lumbar (lower) curves
are present and in good
alignment
Guidelines for Safe Lifting
Develop A Neutral Spine

• Keep your spinal


column aligned in its
natural curves

• Prop one foot up on


a stool to reduce
stress in your lower
back
Guidelines for Safe Lifting
Develop A Neutral Spine

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Guidelines for Safe Lifting
Getting Ready

• Make sure you are


ready for lifting

• Avoid heavy lifts


immediately upon
starting work
Guidelines for Safe Lifting
Getting Ready

• Shift your posture often


• Stretch frequently
throughout the day
• Keep your body flexible
(not rigid or fixed)
• Don’t force your body to
conform to its workspace
Guidelines for Safe Lifting
Plan for Lifting

Will a back belt


work for you?
Guidelines for Safe Lifting
Plan for Lifting

 Checkout your carrying route


 Check the weight of the load
 Make sure your load is secure so no shifting
occurs
 Wear appropriate boots or shoes for good
traction
 If gloves are worn, choose a size that fits
properly
Guidelines for Safe Lifting
Plan for Lifting

• Can you eliminate


heavy lifting with
moving equipment?
• Could the load
overly stress your
upper body?
• Would lifting and
carrying be too
fatiguing?
Guidelines for Safe Lifting
Plan for Lifting

Use proper equipment


– Hand trucks
– Forklifts
– Dollies

Push, don’t pull!


Guidelines for Safe Lifting
Plan for Lifting

Above your
shoulders?
– Use a stool or ladder
Guidelines for Safe Lifting
Safe Lifting Techniques

Keep the lifts in the


power (safe
lifting) zone if
possible.
Safe Lifting
Techniques

 Take a wide stance

 Tighten your stomach


muscles

 Use smooth, even


motions when lifting
Safe Lifting
Techniques
 Keep load close to
your body

 Use your legs to push


up and lift the load

 Do not use your


upper body or back to
lift!
Safe Lifting
Techniques

Continue to lift the


load close to your
body and straighten
your legs.
Safe Lifting
Techniques
 Stand up straight
before walking
with the load

 Move your feet


instead of twisting
your body
Safe Lifting
Techniques
 Lower the load to the
ground by bending your
knees, not your back
 Keep the load close to
your body
 Never bend your upper
body or back
 Keep your hands and
feet clear
Guidelines for Safe Lifting
Team Lifting

Team lifting MUST be


coordinated
Guidelines for Safe Lifting
Team Lifting

 Communicate to
your co-worker that
you are ready
 Get close to the
object
 Lift slowly together
 Use your legs to lift
 Do not twist
Guidelines for Safe Lifting
Summary

Warm-up muscles before lifting

Check weight of load

Keep lifts in your Power Zone

Keep your eyes slightly up


Guidelines for Safe Lifting
Summary

Hold close
to your
body
Bend your Lift with your knees
knees, never
your back
Guidelines for Safe Lifting
Summary

 Never carry anything


you can’t see over or
around

 Team lift when the


load is too much for
one person
Guidelines for Safe Lifting
Summary

Do Not
Lift while reaching or
stretching

Lift from an uncomfortable


posture

Fight to recover a dropped


object (let it go)!
Guidelines for Safe Lifting
Summary

Do Not

Twist and lift

Lift with one hand


(unbalanced)

Lift loads across


obstacles
Guidelines For Safe Lifting

Treat your back well, it’s


the only one you have.

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