Tag: Back Safety Training

Head Face First Into Effective Back Safety Training

By Heather Hunt Mar 18, 2014 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Mar 18, 2014

This training exercise can be used with all employees. Its objective is to ensure that employees understand how to prevent back injuries at work and at home. Instruct employees to fill out the worksheet below: 1. List 5 activities you conduct at work that put your back safety at risk and what safe technique(s) to […]

Are You Backing Into Back Safety Training?

By Heather Hunt Mar 17, 2014 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: Mar 17, 2014

The material in today’s Advisor is adapted from “Back Safety Training,” a session in BLR’s HR Library on TrainingToday. Strains and sprains are the leading cause of workplace injuries and illnesses, and the back and shoulders are the parts of the body most affected. Many of these injuries are part of a class of injuries […]