This course is designed to bring awareness into the work environment and help eliminate preventable back injuries. It will provide information regarding job-specific hazards, safe work practices, and ergonomics. The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements. Learner objectives for this course are to: identify job-specific hazards that contribute to preventable back injuries, describe ergonomic considerations that minimize back injuries in the workplace, and recall safe work practices that minimize back injuries.
Target Audience
All employees
Lesson Objectives
Back Safety
- identify job-specific hazards that contribute to preventable back injuries.
- select attributes of a proper posture.
- identify ways to minimize back injuries.
- identify examples of ergonomics.
- cite examples of engineering controls.
- cite examples of administrative controls.
- cite examples of work practice controls.
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Key Concepts:
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Environmental, Safety and Health, and Transportation Curricula, Environmental, Safety and Health, and Transportation Curricula, Safety & Health, and Transportation, Environmental, Safety & Health, and Transportation
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Course Appears in these Categories:
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• Environmental, Safety and Health, and Transportation >> Environmental, Safety & Health, and Transportation >> Safety and Health
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