Saturday, July 23, 2011

Common Sense Safety Training Tips

By Carol Orann


Safety training is an essential part of all types of businesses. There are regulations that all business owners must follow to ensure that their employees avoid harm that can be caused to them or someone around them. By protecting their employees and others, business owners are investing in their future.

One of the most common ways an employee injures themselves is through the lifting process. Common knowledge of lifting should always be reinforced with an educational lesson to prevent unnecessary injuries. Remember one injury may be all it takes to be affected for the rest of your life.

Lesson one on lifting properly, always be a step ahead of yourself. Think about how you are going to get from point A to point B, avoiding all obstacles along the way. This is probably the most important step in learning how to lift because you can avoid a lot of injuries just by thinking ahead.

After step one, you should learn how to keep your object close to your body when lifting. This piece of knowledge will help you to have a sturdier lift. And will also help you to avoid pulling a muscle from lifting at an awkward angle.

Always make sure to bend with the knees and keep your feet shoulder breadth apart. And never bend your back always keep your back straight. If you want to practice this move before lifting your object it would be a great idea to act upon.

And finally, if you start to notice, you are straining put the object down and ask for help. You should probably ask for a back brace to help maintain a good lifting posture. It will also help protect your lower back.

Back braces are an affordable investment to help protect it. The back is probably the one part of your body that can never be fixed properly, so it would be a great suggestion to wear a brace and use all the lifting techniques properly. Pharmaceutical facilities sell these in wide range of styles.




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