Lifting Hazards and Some Ideas on How to Reduce Your Risk of ...

<strong>Lifting</strong> techniques trainingTeaching lifting techniques toemployees– Giving training alone isnot effective– Making changes to jobs<strong>and</strong> equipment is better– Making changes alongwith training is mosteffectiveTraining all by itself, withoutmaking changes to theworkplace, is often not effectivein preventing injuries. Oftenemployees are taught “properlifting techniques” <strong>and</strong> then sentout to work under conditions thatdon’t allow them to use thesetechniques. Training is animportant part of implementingchanges. Showing employeeshow to use new equipment <strong>and</strong>explaining why it’s important touse them helps reduce thepossibility of WMSD’s