WHAT’S AT STAKE?

Safe Lifting Techniques at Work Safe lifting techniques should be stressed by all workplaces, but are commonly overlooked. Most people just want to finish the job quickly, even if that means moving heavy objects in unsafe ways. In doing so, workers can become injured and have to miss work for extended periods of time.

WHAT’S THE DANGER?

According to 2014 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, overexertion in lifting or lowering caused an average of 12 days away from work (30 percent more than the overall average), and was the fifth highest rate of days missed, per 10,000 full-time workers. The […]