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Manual Material Handling

Manual Material Handling . Learning Objectives . Objectives: Recognize safety and health hazards Learn how to anticipate, evaluate, and control these hazards. Agenda. Agenda: Overview of the topic Identify hazards Your responsibilities. Section 1. Overview of the Issue.

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Manual Material Handling

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  1. Manual Material Handling

  2. Learning Objectives • Objectives: • Recognize safety and health hazards • Learn how to anticipate, evaluate, and control these hazards

  3. Agenda • Agenda: • Overview of the topic • Identify hazards • Your responsibilities

  4. Section 1 Overview of the Issue

  5. The Necessity of Material Handling • Material handling: • Hundreds of billions of pounds moved yearly • Continuous flow to and from manufacturing plants

  6. Modes of Material Handling • Modes: • Ship, air, and highway for long distances • Cranes, forklifts, and conveyors for jobsite • Manual handling for final placement

  7. Health and Safety Risks • Risks: • Apply general safety principles: • Proper work practices • Equipment • Controls • Know and understand hazards • Be aware of potential accidents

  8. Section 2 Hazards

  9. Specific Hazards • Specific hazards: • Weight and bulkiness • Bending while twisting and turning • Falling objects, improperly stacked materials, and various equipment • Potential injuries: • Strains and sprains • Fractures and bruises • Cuts and abrasions

  10. Traffic Management • Traffic: • Safe place for loading and unloading • Establish an unloading zone • Proper clothing • Use a spotter or flagman

  11. Off-Loading • Unloading: • Proper equipment • Establish roles • Move obstacles

  12. Aisles and Passageways • Narrow aisles: • Sufficient clearance • Clear of obstructions • Do not store materials in aisles

  13. Staging and Stacking • Distribution: • Load rating for shelves and flooring • Stacked to maintain stability • No interference with safety equipment

  14. Opening Cartons • Opening: • PPE should be used • Inspect shipping container • Be alert

  15. Lifting • Ask for help with: • Excessive weight • Limited visibility • Changes in elevation • Twisting and turning

  16. Protect Your Back! • Protection: • Plan the lift • Feet apart • Squat, don’t bend • Firm grip • Lift carefully with leg muscles • Head up • Lower slowly

  17. Lifting Aids • Aids: • Dollies • Pallet jacks • carts

  18. Forklifts • Forklifts: • Cause 36,000 accidents and 300 deaths annually • ¼ caused by inadequate training • Stay clear and aware

  19. Cranes • Cranes: • Used only by trained workers • Operators know details of load • Stay clear unless trained

  20. Slings • Slings: • Inspections by competent person before and during use • Only used by trained workers

  21. Storage • Storage: • Organization • Clear of safety equipment • Stacking and cross-tying reduces movement • Hazardous materials should be stored properly

  22. Housekeeping • Housekeeping: • Keep work areas neat • Remove waste materials after unpacking

  23. Slips and Trips • Slips and trips: • Most falls are from ladders, rooftops and elevated platforms • Use equipment properly

  24. Ladders • Ladders: • 30,000 people are injured on ladders annually • Many are disabling • Select, maintain and position properly

  25. Fire Protection • Fire protection: • Fire rating of work area • Sprinklers, fire alarms and fire extinguishers • Flammable and combustible materials stored properly, in a non-smoking environment

  26. Personal Protective Equipment • Personal Protective Equipment: • Hand and forearm protection • Eye protection • Steel-toed shoes or boots • Approved guards for feet

  27. Section 3 Your Responsibilities

  28. Your Responsibilities • Include: • Be prepared • Outline path • Proper storing and staging

  29. Your Responsibilities • Also: • Use lifting aids • Lift properly • Use personal protective equipment

  30. Additional Information • Materials Handling and Storage. OSHA 2236. U.S. Department of Labor. Occupational Safety and Health Administration

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