Preventing Back Injuries
 

Course description

 

Who should attend: company owners, managers, supervisors, safety and health professionals, HR professionals, safety committee members, and anyone who is concerned about back injuries in the workplace.

Course Description: You will learn about the main causes of back injury at work, how to identify risks in your own workplace, and how to put solutions into place to prevent injuries. This workshop combines hands-on exercises and practice with analysis tools to give you the knowledge and skills you need to prevent one of the most common types of workplace injury. You will learn how to reduce risks from lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling tasks, as well as slips, trips and falls.

(This course was formerly known as "Analyzing Lifting Tasks")

Please register in advance to ensure your place at the session you choose. Space is limited.

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Workshop Schedule

Date Course# City Time
Dec 10, 2009 3890028 Tacoma   9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

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