Lifting Basics
This is the most common type of Ergonomic injury.
What is a Back Injury?
Adjusting this office item provides support to the lower back region.
What is a Chair?
Changing your activities and rotating tasks throughout the day will avoid these types of injuries
What are Repetitive Injuries?
This type of activity, when conducted before work, will reduce injury.
What is Stretching (Warm-up)?
This is the position you maintain while sitting or standing to reduce risk of injury.
What is Good Posture?
Positioning this desk item correctly will help reduce strain on the upper back, neck, and eyes.
What is the Computer Screen (Monitor)?
Twisting while lifting puts a lot of stress on this skeletal feature.
What is the Spine or back?
This is the process of fitting workplace conditions to the employee.
What is Ergonomics?
The amount of physical effort needed to accomplish a task or motion.
What is Force?
Sitting back in chair, feet on ground, arms bent at 90 degrees
What is proper computer/desk position?
Loading and unloading pallets can cause a lot of stress on the back. Rather than twisting your back to move items, what body parts should you move instead of your back?
What is your feet?
This is the person you contact in case of pain, injury, or incident.
Who is a Supervisor, Team Lead, or Safety
When lifting a heavy object, the back should be kept __________ and the knees should be _____________.
What is Straight and Bent?
Adjust the chair, adjust reach requirements, adjust focal requirements
What is adjusting the workstation?
Stop, Drop and Roll
What to do if your clothes are on fire?
Acts as a barrier between a person and a hazard
What is Personal Protective Equipment
Stand with feet should width apart, bend at the knees with back straight, being object in towards your body and raise up slowly.
What is the Proper lifting technique?
Taking a short pause to stretch or relax
What is a micro break?
This body position refers to the body parts being aligned and balanced, with minimal stress on the body.
What is the Neutral Posture?
Static and awkward posture, direction of effort, individual characteristics, vibrations and impacts
What are Risk Factors?