Employee Manual 2023 - Flipbook - Page 106
postures.
Provide Clearance and Access
It is important that you have both adequate workspace and easy access to everything you need.
Maintain a Comfortable Environment
Seek to create conditions that enhance your ability to get the job done. The environment that you
work in can directly and indirectly affect your comfort, health and job quality.
Enhance Clarity and Understanding
Mistakes and errors that you and your co-workers make may result from poor design of the
displays and controls you use. The configuration and layout of these displays and controls can
enhance or hinder your performance. Use standard controls and displays.
Improve Work Organization
Make organizational improvements in your work area. Anticipate, think ahead and prepare. Think
of ways to avoid the stress of “hurry-up-and-wait” situations. Balance the flow of work and
communicate with all concerned.
Injuries from Moving or Falling Objects
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Make sure you can see around items that you are carrying or pushing.
Push carts carefully (rather than pull) to avoid being run over.
Keep hands within the frame of a cart while pushing it.
Move slowly, and take caution when turning corners.
Upload one object at a time from shelves.
Keep drawers, doors, and cabinets closed when not in use.
Maintain clean floor surfaces to afford maximum traction.
Do NOT…
• Walk beneath a raised or suspended load.
• Kick objects out of your pathway.
• Walk or stand on an unguarded side of machinery with moving parts.
Lifting
Lifting Objects From the Floor or a Low Shelf
Do…
• Stand with feet at shoulder distance apart.
• Slightly bend your knees.
• Bend forward at the hips, not at the waist.
• Slide the load as close to your body as you can.
• Tighten your abdominal muscles.
City of Plymouth Employee manual - Page 106 – March 2023
