Back Safety in Food Processing and Handling Environments Streaming on Demand

If your back has been hurting, you’re definitely not alone. An estimated 31 million people in the U.S. are suffering from back pain at any given time. And we spend more than $50 billion dollars every year trying to get rid of it. More than one million back injuries occur in the workplace every year, making "bad backs" a major cause of days missed from work. That’s a lot of back pain, not to mention lost wages and productivity. But it doesn’t have to happen. To avoid back pain and injuries, we need to take a look at how the back is structured, how it works, the problems that can affect it...and what we can do to prevent them.

Information covered in this topic includes:

• The structure of the back.
• Sources of back pain and injuries.
• The importance of good posture.
• How to lift objects without injuring your back.
• Developing healthy habits to keep your back pain-free.
• and more.