Back Safety and Injury Prevention

Duration: 20 Minutes      Language: English

Topics Covered:

• Recognize how practicing good posture, improving your work area conditions and working ergonomically will protect and strengthen your back.
• Identify how a healthy lifestyle and improving your strength and flexibility can protect you from work-related back injuries.
• Describe specific actions you can take to prevent work-related back injuries when moving or lifting materials.

Course Benefits:

• Certificate of Completion. *Valid for 1 year.
• Examination record available for employer.

Regulations: 

• Back Injury Prevention Training Guide, OSHA, 2009.
• Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs), Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, January 2014.
• The 5 Top Stretches to Minimize Back Pain, Athletico Physical Therapy, March 2012.
• Ergonomic Guidelines for Manual Materials Handling, Cal/OSHA, 2007.
• Ten Ways to Keep a Healthy Back, American Council on Exercise, May 2005.
• Ergonomics eTool, Solutions for Electrical Contractors, 7/2003.
• Lifting and Materials Handling, University of North Carolina, Department of Environment, Health and Safety, 1999.
• Top-10-Most-Common-Workplace-Injuries, Arbill, 2017.