Belte r r a Cor p or at ion S afety M an ual D oc I D C H S M BE L 2 0 1 7 Pa g e 3 27 of 53 8 ERGO NOMIC PRACT ICE S INCLUDIN G LI FT ING AND CARR YIN G Doc u m e n t Identif icat ion S W P 012 P age Nu m b e r 1 of 1 4 Doc u m e n t C r e ation Dat e F e bru a r y 02 2016 Im p le m e n tat ion Dat e Ma rc h 16 2016 1 0 G UID E L IN E S Eve n with t e c hnolo g y a v a il a ble toda y manua l m a ter ial ha ndli ng a nd move ment will a lwa y s b e with us Ta sks re quirin g manua l h a nding ma y re sult in so me a dve rs e e f fe c t such a s p e rsona l i njur y or pr op e rt y da ma g e Most li fting a c c idents a re due to i mprope r li fting methods ra ther than lifti ng he a v y loads The pu rp ose of this g uide is t o pro vid e e mpl o y e rs a d wor ke rs with us e ful infor mation t o he lp t he m re duc e the fr e que n c y a nd se v e rit y of musculoskele tal inj ur y a nd dis orde rs w hil e e nsuri ng c ompl ian c e with t he l a w 2 0 SE N IOR MAN AG E M E N TS G UID E T O SAF E LIF TING AN D C AR R YI N G S uppor t bra nc h mana ge ment in a c ult ure of sa fe t y sha re d r e sponsi bil it y t he e nfor c e ment a nd moni toring of w orkin g sa fe l y whe n ha n dli ng loads Ensur e e duc a ti on a nd tra i ning oppor tuni ti e s a r e a v a il a ble Ensur e that ther e is a pr o c e ss for pu rc ha sin g e quip ment that is e rg onomi c a ll y fr iendl y 3 0 BR AN CH MAN AGE R RESPON SIBIL I TI E S Ensur e re sou rc e s su c h a s infor mation t ra ini ng too ls equipm e nt and tim e a r e a va il a ble to pr ovid e a nd maintain ope ra ti ona l pro c e dur e s Ensur e that suff ici e nt l ifting e quipm e nt a ids and d e vice s a re a v a il a ble to us e whe n ne e de d fo r sa f e manua l m a ter ial ha ndli n g a nd moveme nt as f a r a s is re a sona bl y pr a c ti c a bl e Ensur e pre v e nti ve a nd ro uti ne maintena nc e o f e qu ipm e nt i s a ssi g ne d P urc ha se e quipm e nt of a pprop ria te c a pa c it y kno w the loads tha t would be ha ndled w it h the e quipm e nt R e membe r lig hter we i g ht equipment i s e a sier to m ove C onsi de r pur c ha sin g pow e re d e quipm e nt I f a va il a bl e se lec t e quipm e nt wit h ve rtic a l handle s so wor ke rs ha nds c a n b e in t he powe r z one Gr ound a ll e lec t ric a ll y o pe ra ted e quipm e nt C hoose whe e led e quipm e nt which mini mi z e s st a rt f orc e s in e rtia a nd re du c e s rolli ng re sis tanc e The a mount of f or c e r e qu ire d to m ove loads w it h whe e led e quipm e nt depe nds on a number of fa c tors includin g the W e ig ht and sha pe o f the load T y pe a nd c ondit ion of th e floor route tak e n t y pe s of w he e ls et c e g smo oth densit y slop e s mate ria ls t he y a r e made of a nd other f a c tors