MATERIALS handling often focuses on storage and transport by equipment, including forklifts. However, employee behaviors and work practices, such as using poor lifting techniques, also contribute to ...

In this video, learn how to move a 36-inch, two-door stainless steel refrigerator safely and efficiently using shoulder dolly straps. Discover the benefits of strain reduction and safe lifting ...

For years we have been trying to bend at the knees, keep a straight back and squeeze those tummy muscles when picking up something heavy. But maybe we should have saved ourselves the strain.

Even more research has just confirmed that squat lifting (knees bent and back straight) techniques are no safer than stoop lifting (knees straight and back bent) techniques when picking up heavy ...

After suffering an injury last year while moving a patient, Tanya Walsh, RN, coordinator of the No Lift Protocol at Highland Hospital, became concerned that other nurses might also injure themselves ...

Gundersen Lutheran Health System of La Crosse, Wisc. has received the Safe Lifting Leadership Award from the healthcare injury prevention Web site, Safe Lifting Portal. Gundersen Lutheran Health ...