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PESO: Manual Material Handling PDF Version
(Part of PESO: easy-to-use training in English and Spanish)
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PESO: Easy-To-Use Training in English and Spanish

PESO is an easy-to-use, bilingual toolkit created by the Oregon OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Program to help employers deliver job safety training and reduce workplace injuries and illnesses.

The toolkit contains:

  • handouts for toolbox talks
  • training modules
  • overheads

All are in English and Spanish. The training program introduces important safety and health topics to workers who may have only limited knowledge of U.S. safety laws and rules.  Modules are designed to be taught in less than 60 minutes. The toolbox talk handouts are posted here on eLCOSH with links to the modules and overheads on the OR-OSHA website.

For more information, call OR-OSHA at 1 (800) 922-2689 or visit www.orosha.org.

 

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Five activities of manual material handling
Lift / lower
Lift / lower		 Push / pull
Push / pull		 Twist
Twist		 Carry
Carry		 Hold
Hold

Never lift and twist at the waist!

Turn with your feet, not your waist.

 Never lift

Imagine placing a tomato between the palms of your hands and applying pressure with both hands. It is well within your abilities to apply enough force to cause the tomato to burst.

Now imagine using another tomato and apply force while at the same time twisting your hands is opposite directions. The tomato would burst under much less force.

The results would be similar but the latter example would happen more quickly and with less warning.

Squashed tomato

Two correct lifting methods

Adapted from: The Saunders Group Inc., 4250 Norex Drive, Chaska, MN 55318

The Power Lift
The Power Lift
Partial squat, head up, back arched, feet spread one foot ahead as you lift.

The Diagonal Lift
The Diagonal Lift
Squat, head up, back arched, feet spread one foot ahead as you lift.

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OR-OSHA – PESO 13 TOOLBOX SHEET
For COMPLETE information call OR-OSHA
1 (800) 922-2689 or visit www.orosha.org