Course Description
What You'll Learn
- Plan a materials handling job before starting to work safely
- Apply good lifting habits when moving and handling materials
- Avoid common materials handling injuries such as cuts, scrapes, and crushed fingers, hands, and feet
- Use lifting aids to handle materials more safely
- Operate mechanical lifting devices for materials handling
Key Takeaways
- Moving and handling everyday materials is often seen as an ordinary task, but it carries real safety risks.
- Hundreds of thousands of materials handling accidents occur every year, ranging from minor splinters, cuts, or scrapes to crushed fingers, hands, and feet, and even deaths.
- Planning the job and using good lifting habits help employees handle materials safely.
- Lifting aids and mechanical lifting devices support the safe handling of various types of materials.
- This course gives employees the information they need to work safely when handling different types of materials.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
It is for employees who move and handle various types of materials as part of their everyday work and need to do so safely.
What does the Materials Handling Safety course cover?
It covers planning the job, good lifting habits, avoiding injuries, lifting aids, and mechanical lifting devices, providing the information employees need to work safely when handling various types of materials.
What topics are included in the lessons?
The lessons include an Introduction, Planning the Job, Good Lifting Habits, Avoiding Injuries, Lifting Aids, Mechanical Lifting Devices, and a Review.
Why is materials handling safety important?
Although moving materials can seem like an ordinary task, there are hundreds of thousands of materials handling accidents every year, ranging from minor cuts and scrapes to crushed fingers, hands, and feet, and even deaths.
What skills does this course relate to?
It relates to hazardous material handling, material handling, safety training, and workplace safety.
