Lifting Training that Works! A Practical Guide for Reducing Material Handling Loss Time Injuries © Risk Management Consultants, Ltd.
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Lifting Training that Works!
A Practical Guide
for Reducing
Material Handling
Loss Time Injuries
© Risk Management Consultants, Ltd. 1.800.470.7010
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:
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Forces the lifter to come up on the balls of the feet.
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Knees and legs get in the way = load too far out.
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Knees bent in a deep squat position.
POWERLIFT :
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Feet flat on the floor – just like a weight lifter.
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Knees & legs out of the way, gets you closer.
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Knees only bend to a 100 degree angle – much
easier on the knees and a stronger position.
POWERLIFT
ON A LOAD WITH HANDLES
POWERLIFT — ON A LOAD WITH HANDLES
POWERLIFT
ON 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.
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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.
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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 .
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POWERLIFT must become a part of the TOTAL
SAFETY CULTURE.
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plant
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1
5
0
Year before Training
1
0
0
Year of Training
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0
1st Year after Training
OSHA Recordable Cases
Lost Time Cases
Lost Time Days
Restricted Days
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1
0
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3
2nd Year after Training
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250000
WORKERS' COMP - BACK INJURIES
MANUFACTURING PLANT ~ 900 employees
18
16
200000
$219,267
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14
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150000
10
8
100000
6
6
4
50000
$61,864
2
$14,137
0
0
Year before Training
Year of Training
# Back Cases
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Total WC Cost Incurred (Back)
Year after Training
Post Training Survey
For More Information contact:
Dr. Michael J. Schaefer
POWERLIFT Training
Risk Management Consultants Ltd.
Office: 623-516-9552
Cell: 623-229-1251
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Email: [email protected]
Website:
www.PowerliftTraining.com
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