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Health & Safety Ontario Guides

Working at Cashier Stations
Lifting, gripping and handling product is a fact of life working in the retail sector. Each handling task poses unique demands on you, especially if the task must be repeated frequently and constantly. To prevent injuries from these types of tasks, look to follow these suggestions and work with your employer to help eliminate or minimize the health & safety risks.
Lifting Cardboard Bales
Compressed cardboard bales pose unique demands due to their weight, shape, size and are in some cases awkward to move. Understanding how to move these bales properly by assessing the situation and implementing solutions as well as upholding policies and procedures developed by your workplace can help to eliminate or minimize these situations.
Lifting Obstructed Objects
Moving objects from one place to another poses unique demands on you especially if the load is difficult to get to. Poor housekeeping, lack of storage space, unorganized store rooms and shipping/receiving areas that are over capacity can result in exposure to risk factors that can cause injuries because of the inability to lift them properly.
Team Lifting — Worker
Manual material handling operations are carried out in most workplaces in Ontario. Each handling task poses unique demands on you, especially if the load is heavy, awkward and large. The best way to eliminate lifting related injuries is not to lift at all. However, workplaces can help you understand how to move loads properly and safely as well as following company policies and procedures.