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Reducing awkward lifting-bending -Add h<strong>and</strong>lesThis shows the difference in lifting posturebetween picking up a box from the bottom, <strong>and</strong>picking it up using h<strong>and</strong>les near the top of thebox. In this case, this product is shipped in abox with pre-cut h<strong>and</strong>les. There’s still somebending, but the box is now lifted from abovethe knees, rather than below them.There are a couple of other good ideas in thisphoto as well. The box has been stacked on anempty pallet to raise it up a little (sometimeseven raising something just 6” can make adifference in posture).
Reducing awkward lifting-bending -Rearrange storageThe example shown is where they took a stack of heavy items<strong>and</strong> rearranged them to be placed on shelves between knee <strong>and</strong>shoulder level.
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