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Title: Material-Handling Aids


1
Material-Handling Aids
2
Session Outline
  • You will be able to
  • Recognize the hazards of material-handling aids
  • Understand how this equipment can help you work
    more efficiently and safely
  • Take proper precautions when using
    material-handling aids
  • Handle materials safely and avoid accidents and
    injuries

3
What You Need to Know
  • What the company does to protect you from
    material-handling accidents and injuries
  • What you can do to protect yourself and
    co-workers
  • Types of manual and mechanical aids
  • Hazards of this equipment
  • How to use material-handling aids safely and
    efficiently

4
Why Use Material-Handling Aids?
  • 1 million workers suffer back injuries each year
  • 1 out of 5 workplace injuries are back related
  • 4 out of 5 back injuries are to the lower back
  • 3 of those 4 injuries occur when lifting
  • Material handling is responsible for other types
    of accidents and injuries as well

5
How Material-Handling Aids Reduce Ergonomic Stress
  • Eliminate the need to lift and lower manually
  • Eliminate the need to push or pull
  • Convert lift/carry tasks to push/pull tasks
  • Eliminate the need to carry heavy objects

6
What the Company Does To Help Protect You
  • Engineering controls
  • Administrative controls

7
What You Can Do
  • Maintain proper back posture
  • Plan ahead
  • Get help

8
What You Can Do (cont.)
  • Use proper lifting and carrying techniques
  • Use the right tools
  • Wear appropriate PPE

9
Manual Material- Handling Aids
  • Hand trucks
  • Pallet jacks
  • Carts
  • Box trucks and tilting dumps
  • Ratchet hoists and pullers
  • Wheelbarrows

10
Hand Trucks
  • Choose the right hand truck for the job
  • Stack carefully
  • Make sure you can see over the load
  • Secure the load, if necessary

11
Hand Truck Operation
  • Get a firm grip
  • Watch your fingers
  • Use safe lifting techniques
  • Push, dont pull
  • Watch where youre going, and keep the hand truck
    under control

12
Pallets
  • Use the correct pallet
  • Stabilize the load and make sure its balanced
  • Keep the pallet and load low when moving it
  • Inspect pallets before loading
  • Dont use pallets as a ladder or manlift, or for
    scaffolding

13
Pallet Jacks
  • Make sure the jack can support the load
  • Check the load
  • Watch where youre going, and keep the load under
    control
  • Dont fool around

14
Carts
  • Different types of carts
  • Material-specific carts
  • Different heights of working surfaces
  • Tips for safe use

15
Box Trucks and Tilting Dumps
  • Good for handling loose objects
  • Dump and lift feature
  • Potential hazards

Photo Credit Vestil Manufacturing
16
Ratchet Hoists and Pullers(Come-alongs)
  • Dont overload hoists and pullers
  • Check anchor points
  • Never straddle equipment
  • Dont exert more force than the device can handle
  • Dont use damaged chains, rope, or cable
  • Inspect equipment before each use

17
Wheelbarrows
  • Place as much of the load as possible over the
    wheel
  • Balance the load
  • Always push a loaded wheelbarrow forward
  • Cross obstacles at right angles
  • Look out for slippery or uneven surfaces
  • Be careful when dumping the load

18
Manual Material-Handling
  • Do you understand the information that has been
    presented in the previous slides?

19
Mechanical Material- Handling Aids
  • Forklifts
  • Hydraulic- and winch-operated trucks
  • Hydraulic lift tables
  • Cranes and hoists
  • Freight elevators

20
Forklifts
  • Trained and authorized operators only
  • Capacity and stability
  • Operator inspections

21
Forklifts (cont.)
  • Operator safety rules
  • Obey speed limits
  • Keep alert to pedestrians
  • Be careful at intersections
  • Use the horn to warn
  • Pedestrian safety rules
  • Stay in walkways
  • Look both ways before crossing aisles
  • Obey traffic signs
  • Keep alert to forklift traffic

22
Hydraulic- and Winch-Operated Lift Trucks
  • Lift, lower, transport, stack, position
  • Load capacity
  • Load center
  • Fork length and width

23
Hydraulic Lift Tables
  • Prevent bending, reaching, and repetitive lifting
  • Manually or battery operated
  • Rated capacity
  • Floor locks

24
Cranes and Hoists
  • Trained and authorized operators only
  • Rated load capacity
  • Chains and slings
  • Inspections

25
Cranes and Hoists (cont.)
  • Stay out of the danger zone
  • Pick up a load only when it is directly under the
    hoist
  • Never transport people
  • Dont leave loads suspended
  • Use lines to stabilize large, heavy loads
  • Avoid crane operation around energized circuits

26
Cranes and Hoists (cont.)
  • Mark levers, buttons, pull chains, and other
    controls
  • Accept hand signals from only one ground person

27
Freight Elevators
  • Follow rules for forklifts
  • Approach slowly and enter squarely
  • Enter with load end forward
  • Neutralize controls, set brakes, and shut off
    engine
  • Follow these other safety rules
  • Dont overload elevators
  • Make sure elevator is level with landing
  • Watch out for closing doors

28
Mechanical Material Handling
  • Do you understand the information presented in
    the previous slides?

29
Conveyors
  • Operate only if you are trained and authorized
  • Watch out for powered rollers and pinch points
  • Do not climb over or under conveyors
  • Dont perform maintenance unless the conveyor is
    locked out

30
Conveyors (cont.)
  • Do not ride on conveyors
  • Know the safe load limit
  • Know where emergency stops are located

31
Chutes
  • Dont walk under chutes
  • Dont stand right in front of the opening
  • Be careful when throwing things down chutes
  • Dont overload the chute
  • Always brace temporary chutes

32
Handling Special JobsDrums
  • Dollies and hand trucks
  • Lifters and stands
  • Tilters/dumpers
  • Forklift attachments

Photo Credit Vestil Manufacturing
Photo Credit Vestil Manufacturing
33
Key Points to Remember
  • Material handling aids help you work more
    efficiently, saving time and effort
  • They also save your back
  • This equipment can also be hazardous
  • To work safely with material-handling aids, you
    need to understand the hazards and take the
    proper precautions
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