Lifting, Reaching and the Long Shift

Where in the shift: all of it.

The sequence

Store heavy things at working height.

Break loads down.

And design the station so the frequent work is inside the arc.

The decisions

Where heavy items live. A storage decision that becomes a lifting decision every day, and it is made once.

And whether the reach is safe. Reaching across the body with a load is where back and shoulder injuries come from, and it is a layout question.

What you are reading

Where the heavy things are.

And what requires a reach across the body.

What goes wrong here

Heavy storage high or low.

And a station that forces reaching.

Verification

Watch a full load get moved.

The boundary

Workplace injury prevention and response are governed by applicable safety requirements.