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This course covers the following information:
Materials Handling Safety: Preparing Yourself to Work Safely
- The importance of focusing on workplace safety every day.
- How wearing personal protective equipment can help you avoid on-the-job injuries.
- The importance of planning your route before moving materials.
- Hazards you should look out for when handling various types of materials, and how to deal with them.
Materials Handling Safety: Understanding Ergonomics
- How forcing your body to move in ways it's not designed to can cause injuries.
- How good ergonomic practices can help you avoid injuries on the job.
- "Extreme body positions" that you should avoid.
- The hazards associated with overexertion and repetitive motions, and how to avoid them.
Materials Handling Safety: Safe Lifting... Step-by-Step
- How safe lifting practices can help you avoid accidents and injuries.
- How to determine whether you should lift an object by yourself.
- How to lift, carry and put a load down safely.
- How to perform a "team lift" safely"
Materials Handling Safety: Hand Trucks and Dollies
- How materials handling equipment can help you move things more easily and safely.
- Why you should inspect all materials handling equipment before you use it.
- What to do if you discover problems with materials handling equipment.
- Safe work practices to use when loading, moving and unloading hand trucks and dollies.
Materials Handling Safety: Platform Trucks, Carts and Pallet Jacks
- How platform trucks and four-wheeled carts can help you move large, heavy loads.
- Safe work practices to follow when using platform trucks and four-wheeled carts.
- How pallet jacks can help you move loads stacked on pallets.
- Safe work practices to follow when using pallet jacks.
Materials Handling Safety: Forklift Safety
- The hazards that forklifts can create for their drivers, as well as for "pedestrians" who work in their vicinity.
- Safe practices to use when driving a forklift.
- Safe practices to use when working around forklifts.