To varying degrees, all employees in numerous workplaces take part in materials handling. Consequently, some employees are injured. In fact, the mishandling of materials is the single largest cause of accidents and injuries in the workplace. Most of these accidents and injuries, as well as the pain and loss of salary and productivity that often result, can be readily avoided. This course will provide an overview of safe material handling techniques, risk factors and appropriate controls.
After this module participants should be able to:
- identify the most common material handling hazards
- take the steps necessary to avoid those hazards