Description
How can employers protect employees from back injury? Who is liable if an employee injures their back at work? What preventative measures are employers required to provide? Commercial and Industrial workers are at high risk for back injury. Employers are required to implement Occupational Health and Safety training to protect their employees.
According to the CDC, more workers’ compensation claims are filed for the back than any other injury.
Topics Covered in this Program:
- Anatomy of the back
- Causes of back pain
- How to heal the back and prevent injury
- Correct lifting an carrying techniques
- Proper use of lifting equipment
- Pain relief strategies
- Ergonomic changes to prevent back pain
- Sleep conditions that affect the back
- Posture
- Flexibility and exercise regime
- Use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
What you'll learn
Students will learn back and lifting safety in commercial and industrial environments. Proper lifting technique, proper use of lifting equipment, the anatomy of the back, what causes back pain, and pain relief strategies will all be taught.
TrainingABC
For 22 years, TrainingABC has provided high quality employee training content to companies, schools and government organizations around the world. Currently, over 2000 organizations use Trainingabc courses in their training.
Our courses focus on topics like HR compliance, customer service and leadership take complex topics and make them simple by using video. With sleek, modern, high-definition video, the courses break the language of the topic down into layman's terms making it much easier for employees to understand and retain information.
