Back Injury Prevention Training
Back injuries are all too common in the United States. Nearly 80% of all Americans will experience back pain at some time in their lives, and back injuries are the most common type of on-the-job injury.
Back injuries and back pain are caused by a variety of factors: how a person works, plays and rests. Even the simplest of activities - sitting, standing, lifting - can contribute to a back disorder if not performed correctly. Helping employees take care of their backs is important to every employer because a back injury can result in lost work time, workers’ compensation claims and, in some cases, permanent disability. In addition to having a negative impact on the bottom line, back injuries can cause low morale, decreased productivity and a lack of quality and that’s why having a back injury prevention program is so important.
A successful program will not only help employees understand how they can avoid back injuries, but it will also help you determine why employees are experiencing pain and discomfort on the job, prevent future problems, discover improvements and implement solutions to back problems.
The Blueprints for Safety© Back Injury Prevention Program is designed to provide a step-by-step approach to developing a back injury prevention program for your company. This program will help you train employees to understand how the back works and how to make choices to protect themselves from injury.
The outcomes of your back injury prevention program will be as follow:
- Employees who know how to work in ways that will prevent back injuries
- A workplace that is designed to prevent back injuries
- Work methods that help prevent back injuries and help injured employees return to work
- A company that is totally committed to back injury prevention
By creating a program for back injury prevention in the workplace, you can help your company avoid the costs of back injuries and keep everyone healthy.
