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Material Handling: Safe Materials Handling

This course has been discontinued and is no longer available.

Product ID: spmtlmpg_htm
Training Time ?: 32 to 64 minutes
Language(s): English
Video Format: Standard Definition
Required Plugins: None
Number of Lessons: 12
Quiz Questions: 19

Overview

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"Safe Material Handling" stresses eight general rules for safe material handling that can be adapted to any workplace:

1. Size up the load.
2. Look for special hazards.
3. Wear appropriate protective equipment.
4. Use the right equipment the right way.
5. Watch out for pinch points.
6. Check your path.
7. Report material damage to your supervisor.
8. Know when to ask for help.

This training is a must-see for any shipping, receiving, warehouse, or material handling worker.

Rich multimedia presentation with interactions and quiz
Print certificate and wallet card
You have 30 days to complete the course

Workplaces

Warehouse

Categories

Safety: Material Handling

Audience

For all shipping, receiving, warehouse, and material handling workers.

Topics

The course presents the following topical areas:

Sizing Up The Load
Using The Right Equipment
Moving The Load
Special Handling Concerns

Intended Performance Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course you will be better prepared to:

Assess a load for safe handling.
- Assess a load's weight to safe handling.
- Assess a load's size to safe handling.
- Assess a load's shape to safe handling.
Recognize hazardous loads.
- Explain the importance of special handling instructions.
- Identify conditions that are hazardous to handling a load.
Use proper personal protective equipment.
- Identify correct hand protection for a specific hazard.
- Identify the risks of injury from not using proper equipment.
Operate handling equipment safely.
- State the general safety rules for material handling equipment.
- Explain capacity limits.
- Relate proper equipment operation to personal safety.
- Identify locations where hazards are greater for equipment operation.
- List types of material handling equipment.
Safely travel with a load.
- List benefits of checking the travel path.
- Identify locations where equipment operation is hazardous.
- Explain pinch points.
Respond properly to damaged loads.
- Describe options to take with damaged loads.
- State the results of unreported damaged materials.
Recognize the need for help.
- Judge circumstances that require assistance.