A Practical Guide for Reducing
Material Handling Loss Time Injuries
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Lifting Training that Works!
Definition of Materials Handling:
Pushing-Pulling-Bending-Reaching-Sitting, Standing & Lifting
The basic body mechanics that need to be learned to generate safe material handling skills are all derived from Lifting techniques.
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Your Goal:
Reduce material handling injuries in your operation.
Create a material handling safety culture based on
sound Ergonomic Principles and
POWERLIFT® Training.
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Three Basic Requirements to Creating a
Material Handling Safety Culture
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1. Effective Technique
You need to teach technique that actually works in real life.
We teach a Wide Stance POWERLIFT® Technique vs. the Squat Lift Technique.
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Squat Lift:• Forces the lifter to come up on the balls of the feet.
• Knees and legs get in the way = load too far out.
• Knees bent in a deep squat position.
POWERLIFT® :• Feet flat on the floor – just like a weight lifter.
• Knees & legs out of the way, gets you closer.
• Knees only bend to a 100 degree angle – much easier on the knees and a stronger position.
POWERLIFTON A LOAD WITH HANDLES
POWERLIFT — ON A LOAD WITH HANDLES
POWERLIFTON A LOAD WITHOUT
HANDLES
POWERLIFT — ON A LOAD WITHOUT HANDLES
BRIDGING
STANDING UP A PALLET
2. Hands On Experience
You need workers to compare their
old way of material handling with
the new way - in other words, they
need hands-on, practical application in
the classroom and out at the task
sites.
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3. Ongoing Training Changing behaviors is the key to
reducing injuries. Ongoing Training in the form of Coaching and POWERLIFT® Safety Talks are the
key to changing behaviors. Safety Talks must be reality based and
cover tasks common to the workers jobs at work as well as at home tasks.
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Safety Talk Examples
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LIFTING A PUMP
LIFTING AN EXTENSION CORD
LIFTING LARGE BULKY BOXES
LIFTING ANCHOR PLATES
PULLING ROPE & WIRE
HANDLING HOSE
LIFTING FORMS FROM THE GROUND
LIFTING HEAVY GENERATORS & PUMPS
OPENING RAIL CAR LIDS
OPENING THE STORAGE SHED DOOR
LIFTING POSTS
LIFTING REBAR
LIFTING STEEL PLATE
LIFTING FURNATURE
LIFTING A COOLER
LIFTING FROM THE GROUND
STANDING TO WORK
HANDLING STEEL
LIFTING YOUR CHILD FROM THE SOFA
DOES IT WORK?
POWERLIFT® Training has been found to be exceptionally effective over the past 20+ years.
Incident reductions of 50% to 100% are easily achievable provided you engage the three components of creating a material handling Safety Culture based on POWERLIFT®.
POWERLIFT® must become a part of the TOTAL SAFETY CULTURE.
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Dr. Michael J. SchaeferPOWERLIFT® Training
Risk Management Consultants Ltd.Office: 623-516-9552Cell: 623-229-1251
Email: [email protected]: www.PowerliftTraining.com
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