The safe lift. a recap of the salient points

We can recap the components of a safe manual handling lift as follows:

• Plan the task
• Plan the way you are going to lift it
• Have correct foot position
• Keep arms as close to the body as possible
• Face in the direction of travel
• Keep you back "straight"
• Have the correct, palm, grip
• Lift your head up
• Lift using your leg muscles
• Tense neck if necessary for heavy loads
• Try to avoid twisting

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