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Course identification, length and regulatory drivers: The following is a course outline for back lifting safety training.
Class length: 1 hour
Attendance prerequisites: None
Target audience: All employees who lift, stack, rack, or move materials.
Training location space & equipment requirements: Classroom setting with projector for power point presentation, white board or flip chart.
Learning objectives: Understand the anatomy of the spine, the proper use and limitations of the back, and how to lift, stack, rack, and move materials safely.
Reference and instruction materials: Power point handout
Evaluation instrument(s): Standard Evaluation form and 10 question test (optional)
Refresher frequency: None required, recommend annually.
Instruction Outline:
Definitions
- Repetitive Motion Injury (RMI)
- Chronic versus Acute injuries
Spinal Anatomy
- Vertebrae: body
- Disc, spinal column, spinal cord, nerves
Common Back Injury Mechanisms
- Repetition
- Force Production > Overexertion
- Improper Posture (biomechanics)
- Inherent job / task risks
- Genetic predispositions
Specific Injuries
- Lumbar strain
- Herniated disc
Ergonomic Resolutions / Understanding
- Understanding biomechanics
- Anatomy and physiology of lifting
- Recognition of fatigue
- Fatigue to disability continuum
Injury Prevention
- Stay within proper biomechanics
- Keep joints aligned
- Don't hurry
- Get help - human on mechanical
- Look before lifting
- Clear the way before lifting
- Maintain flexibility
- Warm up
- Exercise program
Conclusion
- Balance is the key
- Flexibility
- Symmetry
- Strength
- Biomechanics
Class Max: TBD
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