LES GOUVERNEMENTS FÉDÉRAL ET PROVINCIAL INVESTISSENT DANS LA MODERNISATION DE HARBOUR STATION À SAINT JOHN
HAMILTON, ON (February 1, 2010) - The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) released two new posters to help workplaces promote health and safety in the office. The first posters in the new ergonomics series, Pick Up Tips on How to Lift Safely and Tension Relief…It’s a Stretch, promote safe work practices to help reduce the risk of injuries. They illustrate safe lifting tips and tension-relieving exercises that can be done at a workstation or sitting in a chair.
Lifting is the most common use of low back pain at work in Canada. The number and the severity of injuries may be greatly reduced by preparing and planning for the lift, and practicing safe lifting and handling techniques. Pick Up Tips on How to Lift Safely visually showcases the importance of preparation and proper lifting methods, by displaying photos of different lifting techniques.
Workers who sit behind a desk for most of the day may complain about being stiff and sore. It takes effort for the body to maintain one position for a long time. Tension Relief…It’s a Stretch features stretching exercises that can be completed in a workstation.
Each poster is double-sided, in English and French, and are available as free downloads from the CCOHS website, or for sale as gloss 16" X 25" prints.
CCOHS is continually adding new posters to promote awareness of existing and emerging workplace health and safety issues.
More information about pricing and how to order the posters is available on the CCOHS website.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Eleanor Westwood, Manager of Communications
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
(905) 572-2981, Ext. 4408, E-mail: eleanorw@ccohs.ca
Jennifer Miconi-Howse, Communications Officer
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
(905) 572-2981, Ext. 4241, E-mail: jenmh@ccohs.ca
Please visit www.ccohs-cchst.ca
About CCOHS
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), a Canadian federal government agency based in Hamilton, Ontario is Canada's national resource for the advancement of workplace health and safety. CCOHS promotes the total well-being - physical, psychosocial and mental health - of working Canadians by providing information, training, education, management systems and solutions that support health and safety programs and the prevention of injury and illness. CCOHS partners and collaborates with agencies and organizations from Canada and around the world to improve the quality and quantity of resources and programs, as well as expand the breadth of usage of occupational health information to many different segments of society.
