by Joe Copeland | Jan 16, 2019 | PowerLift Blog
If the answer is “corporate,” or “the safety department,” chances are that any success you have is marginal – and temporary – at best. Peggy, the safety manager for a global automobile manufacturer, says, “If corporate owns it, it’s not sustainable. A safe...
by Joe Copeland | Jan 7, 2019 | PowerLift Blog
Let’s be really blunt: most safety training programs do not work. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, over 1 million workers suffer from back injuries on the job every year. Improper lifting techniques account for 3 out of 4 back injuries in the workplace....
by Joe Copeland | Oct 30, 2018 | PowerLift Blog
It isn’t hard to agree that EMS and firefighters in the United States have one of the most dangerous occupations in the country. Especially when you hear that over 50% of prehospital providers will have a back injury during their career. Whether it be putting out a...
by Joe Copeland | Jul 26, 2018 | News, PowerLift Blog
When you hear the words occupational health most people think of training that they only use while at work. According to the International Labor Organization the definition for occupational health is the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical,...
by Joe Copeland | Jul 18, 2018 | News, PowerLift Blog
It’s easy to agree that strain and sprain injuries are a major issue for people in the material handling business, especially when you hear that a single back injury can cost a company on average $40,000-$80,000 per employee hurt. Injuries like these are often...
by Dr. Mike Schaefer | May 12, 2017 | Safety Talks
Pulling a heavy hand cart up steps can really load up your back. Using your legs is crucial to avoid a strain or even worse a sprain to the back. The key to using your legs is to have one foot on the step above and one foot on the step below, in other words, have your...
by Dr. Mike Schaefer | May 5, 2017 | Safety Talks
Your shoulder wakes you up in the middle of the night because it is throbbing with an intense dull ache. During the day you can’t raise your arm up above shoulder level and the doctor says the only choice is surgery. Now you realize that this nasty trouble is because...
by Dr. Mike Schaefer | Apr 27, 2017 | Safety Talks
If you find that the bag or sack you want to pull off the pallet is stuck, how would you go about breaking it free. Since you don’t want to use your back, lets look at using your legs for the job. To pull at the bag with your legs, make sure you are using a wide...
by Dr. Mike Schaefer | Apr 20, 2017 | Safety Talks
Handling pallets can be a very back breaking job especially because they are very large and bulky and sometimes really heavy. You can use POWERLIFT® in several different ways when handling pallets. Keep in mind however, that handling oak pallets should be a two person...
by Dr. Mike Schaefer | Apr 6, 2017 | Safety Talks
The most frequent lift on a load without handles, will be a squat lift/dead lift combination. The second most frequent lift on a load without handles, will be a back lift/dead lift combination. We must eliminate the squat or back lift with a wide stance, 45 degree...
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