Proactive care is best but sometimes you need injury treatment
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Ongoing, First published Mar 08, 2019
The Backsafe Pathway sets out a series of proactive actions and manual handling best practice that will drastically reduce your risk of creating a musculo-skeletal injury. Injuries cause pain, loss of income and drastic increases in insurance premiums and legal risk to the business. There are a number of injury prevention actions that you can implement to slash risk and improve the condition of all working persons. For example; •Warmup and stretch frequently before work, after breaks and regularly during manual handling work activities. Start to treat work like it's a workout. •Shift fixed postures and positions often - the key to proactive care is to move, move, move. •Occasionally reverse postures (take the other side) which are maintained for prolonged periods while occupying a workstation. •To minimise the effects of exposure to hand-arm or whole-body vibration injuries, ensure properly cushioned seating and footrests. Where hands could be affected wear gloves and make sure cushioning to handles is in place. •Never jump from a vehicle or a loading dock or any elevated area. Climb up and climb down. Contact us to find out more about our Backsafe Ergonomic Assessment and Backsafe Training or to receive a copy of the Backsafe Discomfort Survey call 1300 022 257 or email info@backsafe.com.au.All Rights Reserved
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