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    Health - Occupational Hazards: Back Injury

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    The document discusses back injuries, including their causes, types, and how to assess risks and reduce injuries. It notes that back injuries can be caused by bending or twisting while lifting heavy or awkward objects, overstretching, falls, impacts, vibration, and maintaining awkward positions. Types of back injuries include muscle damage and slipped discs. Assessing risks involves checking the load size, weight, shape, balance, distance to be carried, and storage location. Reducing injuries involves minimizing cramped work, staying fit, keeping work areas clear, not lifting heavy loads alone, sitting correctly, not stooping over work, and keeping floors clean.

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    Health - Occupational Hazards: Back Injury

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    The document discusses back injuries, including their causes, types, and how to assess risks and reduce injuries. It notes that back injuries can be caused by bending or twisting while lifting heavy or awkward objects, overstretching, falls, impacts, vibration, and maintaining awkward positions. Types of back injuries include muscle damage and slipped discs. Assessing risks involves checking the load size, weight, shape, balance, distance to be carried, and storage location. Reducing injuries involves minimizing cramped work, staying fit, keeping work areas clear, not lifting heavy loads alone, sitting correctly, not stooping over work, and keeping floors clean.

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    The document discusses back injuries, including their causes, types, and how to assess risks and reduce injuries. It notes that back injuries can be caused by bending or twisting while lifting heavy or awkward objects, overstretching, falls, impacts, vibration, and maintaining awkward positions. Types of back injuries include muscle damage and slipped discs. Assessing risks involves checking the load size, weight, shape, balance, distance to be carried, and storage location. Reducing injuries involves minimizing cramped work, staying fit, keeping work areas clear, not lifting heavy loads alone, sitting correctly, not stooping over work, and keeping floors clean.

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    Health - Occupational Hazards: Back Injury

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    The document discusses back injuries, including their causes, types, and how to assess risks and reduce injuries. It notes that back injuries can be caused by bending or twisting while lifting heavy or awkward objects, overstretching, falls, impacts, vibration, and maintaining awkward positions. Types of back injuries include muscle damage and slipped discs. Assessing risks involves checking the load size, weight, shape, balance, distance to be carried, and storage location. Reducing injuries involves minimizing cramped work, staying fit, keeping work areas clear, not lifting heavy loads alone, sitting correctly, not stooping over work, and keeping floors clean.

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    Back Injury

    HEALTH - OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS

    Back Injury
    Back Injury

    Sheet 1 - Structure of the spine

    The main parts of the spine


    are:

    Bones
    Cartilage
    Ligaments
    Muscle tissue
    Nerves
    Back Injury

    Sheet 2 - Causes of back injuries

    A large number of back injuries are caused by:

    • Bending or twisting to pick up


    heavy objects
    • bending or twisting to pick up
    awkward objects
    • over stretching or over reaching
    • slipping or tripping
    • falling and landing heavily
    • whiplash
    • pushing and pulling heavy loads
    • being hit in the back
    Back Injury

    Sheet 3 - Causes of back injury

    Working in cramped, Repetitive bending or twisting


    confined spaces

    Standing or sitting Maintaining awkward


    on hard surfaces positions

    Vibration from power Slouching in your


    tools chair

    Continually carrying
    heavy loads
    Back Injury

    Sheet 4 - Types of back injury

    Types of back injury include:

    • muscle damage

    • slipped disc

    • fracture of the spine


    Back Injury

    Sheet 5 - Assessing the risks

    To work out the risks involved in


    a task you must:

    • check to see if the load is too high


    or too low for easy lifting
    • size up the load
    • test the weight
    • check the shape to see if it will be
    awkward to carry
    • check if the load is balanced
    • check the distance you have to
    carry the load
    • check where the load is to be
    stored
    Back Injury

    Sheet 6 - Reducing back injuries

    You can reduce the chance of back injury by:

    Keeping work area clear


    Minimising work in
    cramped spaces

    Not lifting heavy


    Keeping yourself objects on your own
    reasonably fit

    Sitting correctly on
    your chair
    Not stooping over
    your work

    Keeping floors clean and dry

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