Safe Lifting Techniques
The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) has no specific standard related to ergonomic lifting, which means there are no safe lifting techniques OSHA recommends officially. However, ergonomic lifting and safe lifting techniques fall under OSHA's General Duty Clause, which requires employers to protect workers from serious and recognized workplace hazards. As a result, an employer must use any "feasible and useful" method necessary to mitigate the danger, which includes providing the necessary equipment and training employees who are at risk safe lifting techniques.
Prior to lifting heavy objects safely, the completion of each of the following stages should be considered: preparation, lifting, carrying, and placement. The planning and preparation of each stage plays a key role in ergonomic lifting.
