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Manual Materials Handling

Learn proper manual lifting techniques to prevent back injuries. Understand the importance of lifting with your legs, using material handling devices, and positioning objects close to your body. Check your knowledge with interactive demonstrations and valuable resources.

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Manual Materials Handling

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  1. Manual Materials Handling

  2. This material was produced under grant number SH-22248-11-61-F-54 from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. It does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Labor, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

  3. Back Injuries Occur From Poor Lifting Technique

  4. Remember: Always keep your back straight when lifting!

  5. Lift Objects Close To Body

  6. Material Handling Devices:Hand Trucks

  7. Brick & Block Carts

  8. Brick & Tile Wheelbarrow

  9. Machinery Attachments

  10. Remember: Lift with your knees and legs --- Not with your back

  11. 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.

  12. Check Your Knowledge • Before lifting a heavy object you should ? • Convince yourself you can do it. • Put on a back belt. • Check around the work site to see if there are any mechanical aids that could make moving the materials easier. • None of the above.

  13. Check Your Knowledge 2.When no mechanical aids are available and the item is too heavy for one person you can • Use the team lifting approach. • Try anyway. • Bend over and try to drag it. • None of the above

  14. Check Your Knowledge 3. Safe lifting requires the body’s strongest muscles. The strongest muscles are? • The Arms. • The stomach muscles. • The back muscles. • The leg muscles.

  15. 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

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