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Even if your job doesn’t involve much physical activity,

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chances are you do a fair bit of lifting and carrying at work.

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You may move furniture around from time-to-time.

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Or pick up boxes of stationery.

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Or carry equipment from one place to another.

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Some of the things you do may seem so trivial

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you don’t give them a second thought.

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And that’s the danger when it comes to lifting and carrying.

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Many people don’t think about it, they just do it.

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Which perhaps explains why it’s one of the top causes of accidents at work,

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accounting for around one in five of all injuries every year.

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In this course,

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we’ll look at how you can avoid becoming a health and safety statistic

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by taking the correct approach to lifting and carrying.