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    Prepare your body for lifting by warming up and assessing the load. Plan the lift by considering where you will place the load down and gripping it firmly. Maintain your back's natural curves by keeping the load close to your body in a mid position. Stagger your stance to create a wider base of support and use your legs to lift rather than bending or twisting your back. As you fatigue, use aids or alter lifting routines to avoid stressing your back.

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    Prepare your body for lifting by warming up and assessing the load. Plan the lift by considering where you will place the load down and gripping it firmly. Maintain your back's natural curves by keeping the load close to your body in a mid position. Stagger your stance to create a wider base of support and use your legs to lift rather than bending or twisting your back. As you fatigue, use aids or alter lifting routines to avoid stressing your back.

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    ST006 - A5 Participants Sheet - Manual Handling Rev 0

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    Prepare your body for lifting by warming up and assessing the load. Plan the lift by considering where you will place the load down and gripping it firmly. Maintain your back's natural curves by keeping the load close to your body in a mid position. Stagger your stance to create a wider base of support and use your legs to lift rather than bending or twisting your back. As you fatigue, use aids or alter lifting routines to avoid stressing your back.

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    Prepare, Plan and Your Back

    Compensate
    Owner’s Manual
    When you are preparing to lift, let your body know what
    is coming by performing a simple warm-up stretch. If When you buy a car, you maintain and service it on a
    you have been working hard throughout the day, make regular basis. You warm up the engine on a cold
    allowances for the demands of the job. morning and you check its balance when you plan to
    transport a heavy load. You need to do the same with
    Prepare: your body when you use it for manual lifting or you are
    likely to expose it to a heavy load.
    Let your body know that it is about to
    perform a lift by loosening up with a This Owner’s Manual outlines the four basic elements
    stretching exercise. for the maintenance of your body when lifting. Keep it
    Size up the load. in your glove box or tool box.

    Decide where are you going to set the


    load down.
    Keep it close, keep the curves
    Grip the load firmly before attempting
    the lift it.
    Keep your body in the mid position. This is
    Plan: the Po1wer Position. Your spine has three
    Where are you taking the load? natural curves and you need to maintain the
    curves in order to minimise the stress loads
    Keep the curves. on your spine.
    Do not to bend or twist when lifting a load. The further you hold the load away
    from your body, the flatter the curves
    Lift with your legs and not your back or arms. become.
    Compensate:
    What does this mean?
    As the day progresses, you may
    become fatigued, so make
    allowances for heavy lifting. When you have a load at arms reach, it
    Use mechanical aids if the load is is 7 to 10 times heavier on your back
    too heavy. than when you keep it close to your
    Is the task routine or non-routine? body.
    Build a Bridge Staggered Stance

    If you lean out and over the weight you are about to lift, Do not lift with your feet too close together. This will make
    your lower back will be forced to pick up not only the load, you bend your lower back. If you place your feet in a
    but your upper body weight as well. By Building a Bridge Staggered Stance, creating a wider base of support, you
    and supporting your upper body weight when you lift, you will be able to use the muscles of your legs to help you in
    can make the lift significantly less demanding on your back. the lift.

    Staggered Stance.
    Build the Bridge.
    Support your upper body Position your feet in a
    weight when performing lifting wider stance to create a
    tasks by using your free arm or wider base.
    leaning against a support.
    Stagger your stance.
    Wear a brace that supports
    your lower. Adopt the power stance.
    By creating a wider base, you
    If you support your upper body,
    will be making it easier for the
    you will make the lift
    muscles of your legs to get
    significantly easier on your
    involved in the lift.
    lower back, and reduce the risk
    of back injury.

    By keeping your feet close


    If your back is bent when you lift together you will be forced
    something, you will put extra stress to bend your lower back
    on your lower back.

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