2019-08-07 Safety Training "Industrial Ergonomics"

Longmont Area Chamber of Commerce / Pinnacol Assurance Workers Compensation safety training
“Industrial Ergonomics: Guidelines for Lifting and Moving Materials to Prevent Injury”
Presented by Kevin Simonton, Pinnacol Assurance

If you work in an industrial setting such as manufacturing, warehousing, construction, and food processing, this course is for you. Did you know that each year, strains are the leading cause of industrial injuries and are responsible for 24% of Pinnacol’s claims?  Strains due to lifting cost almost $40 million annually? Use ergonomic principles to reduce employee risk and prevent common lifting injuries. Take valuable tools back to your workplace, including:

• Strategies for using work positioners, material handling aids, lifting techniques and job rotation to mitigate risk

• How to identify six manual material handling workplace risk factors for MSDs
• The most effective approaches for reducing your employees risk of developing low back and shoulder MSDs
• How to apply ergonomic design principles to create safer lifting and moving material tasks
• How to use a checklist to identify high risk tasks when lifting and pushing/pulling