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 GARAGE SAFETY & LOSS
PREVENTION
Back safety, sprains, and
strains
OOMPHF! . . .#@*&U1@!!! Another strained
back— the result of improper lifting.
This is not a rare event because muscle or ligament
sprains, strains, or tears occur every day in garages and shops. The
result is back injuries in private industry total millions of days lost
from work every year.
The back is a magnificent tool made of
muscles, ligaments, and bone that we use consistently throughout the
days, weeks, months, and years of our lives — and livelihoods. Yet
this tool, without the proper knowledge and application, can create a significant
amount of pain, debilitation, and other potential impairment if it's
misused or abused.
We probably don't give it much thought, but
we all use our backs every day in the varied activities of our
jobs — sitting, standing, kneeling ...even lying on the floor requires
certain movements from the back.
Back-related
problems have consistently been the number one on-the-job injury.
Companies incur thousands of dollars in Worker Comp losses per average
back injury claim, not to mention the aggravation, pain, tightness,
limited movement, and other difficulties employees might experience
because of bad backs. This only reinforces the need to lift safely,
correctly, and with the right material-handling aids.
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