Safe Lifting

This online Safe Lifting course provides the information employees need to protect their backs when they are lifting and carrying.

Course Overview

This online Safe Lifting course provides the information employees need to protect their backs when they are lifting and carrying. Lifting and carrying. It's something we do all the time, and we normally don't think twice about it. But there are good reasons to consider how we lift and carry things, because there are right ways and wrong ways to do it. And what you don't know about them can hurt you.

Course Topics

  • The back's structure and function
  • Preparing for a lift
  • The mechanics of safe lifting
  • Planning a "carry"