Safety Flash
Lifting techniques
Lifting techniques
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 01/05
- Lifting OperationsManual Handling
- Musculoskeletal health
- Manual handling
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Summary
This safety flash presents a member’s notes on manual lifting, prompted by an observed example of back hyperextension and strain. It describes grip, back and chin positioning, foot spacing, keeping arms close to the body, and using the body as a counterweight to the load.
Classifications: Musculoskeletal health; MSDs; musculoskeletal disorders.
Classifications: Manual handling; manual lifting.
Summary
Guidance describes safer body positioning and grip techniques for lifting loads manually.
IMCA SF 01/05. Themes: lifting operations, manual handling.