Consider this quick to do checklist a Hazard assessment from for you body: if you can’t get into the correct position, especially if it’s going to be a repetive environment, get some help and adjust!
| MSI Reduction Checklist
Everything affects the back and shoulders!!! |
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| Task location: | Date: | |||
| Overhead Work | Very good! | Evil | ||
| Height of floor/scaffold/ladder: | Work in front of eyes | Looking up | ||
| Can equipment be adjusted? | Problems adjusting height? | |||
| Duration of work: | Opportunity to lower hands every 30 seconds? | Are the hands constantly up? (5-10 minutes up 6 x per hour) 6 x per shift | ||
| Body position: | Small arch in lower back, chest up and out |
lower back arched, upper back appears to be behind hips? | ||
| Lift from floor | Very good! | Evil | ||
| Head position: | Looking forward? | Looking at the floor? | ||
| Back position: | Upper back is straight by pushing the chest up and out | Rounded upper back? | ||
| Shoulders pulled back? | Shoulders rolled forward? | |||
| Slight arch in lower back because the butt is sticking out | Rounded lower back? | |||
| Load position | Load close as possible to body? | Reaching out during the lift? | ||
| The lift: | Back maintains the above position? | Back is bent/rounded? | ||
| Torso remains upright? | Leaning forward- back parallel with ground? | |||
| Placing board high on wall:
Body position/ foot placement: |
Close to wall? | Have to reach to place and screw off? | ||
| Torso/ back: | Chest up? | Upper back round? | ||
| Shoulder blades flat? | Shoulder blades sticking out? | |||
| Abs tightened up? | Soft tummy? | |||
