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Video: BACK TO BASICS (MANUAL MATERIAL HANDLING)

Back to the Basics (Manual Material Handling) is for all employees who may potentially be exposed to back injury as a result of manual material handling or other work related activities.

Back to Basics is a quick paced, informative program to help employees understand back injuries and the precautions they can take to prevent these most costly lost time incidents. The program uses a question and answer format to involve the viewer and get him or her thinking about their own behaviors and how they might be affecting their back.

The program provides specific information on the anatomy of the spine and the force multiplier effects of bending and lifting. The program also addresses repetitive motions and how these cumulative traumas can injure the back. Important precaution for preventing injury are stressed including limbering before lifting, getting help, proper lifting motions, pushing, using carts and other techniques for avoiding back problems. Includes use of back belts. 15 minutes

PURCHASE VHS Video - $395 meets all OSHA Rules when appl.

Includes Video, Trainer's Guide & Reproducible Quiz

Statistics indicate that approximately 400,000 individuals suffer from disabling back pain. And back injuries, whether incurred on or off the job, are painful and frustrating. Back injuries can reduce productivity, lower morale, and even keep employees from working altogether. And worst of all, a back that is injured once is likely to be injured again and again. This video will show employees what causes back injuries, what to do if their backs are injured and how to care for and strengthen their backs.

The narrator in this movie, a physical therapist, takes us inside the back to show us what it is composed of and how it works.

Also covered in this presentation are some basic lifestyle changes that can help strengthen and protect the back against future injury. 10 minutes

PURCHASE VHS Video - $250 meets all OSHA Rules when appl. - Includes video and facilitation guide

Throughout this video, viewers will see Mike, a middle aged, slightly overweight warehouse worker, at home and at work. Mike suffers from back pain throughout the video. While he sleeps, he visited by four "experts" that offer him information that will get his back into shape and prevent injury in the future. 16 minutes

PURCHASE VHS Video - $250 meets all OSHA Rules when appl. - Includes video and facilitation guide

In this video program, viewers will see Ed Jones, the "guy who lives next door," trying to give his less than cooperative dog a bath. Throughout Ed's dilemma, Ed's dog is the "load." Ed's goal is to lift that load into the bathtub. Will he succeed?

Throughout the video, each of Ed's scenes will be balanced with a more serious one that further demonstrates and explains each of the six-steps to safe lifting. 12 minutes

PURCHASE VHS Video - $250 meets all OSHA Rules when appl. - Includes video and facilitation guide