• Fact: "Manual materials handling is the principal source of compensable injuries in the American work force, and four out of five of these injuries will affect the lower back." (Source: OSHA)
• Fact: "Back disorders are one of the leading causes of disability for people in their working years and afflict over 600,000 employees each year with a cost of about $50 billion annually in 1991 according to NIOSH" (Source: OSHA)
• Fact: "Back injuries account for nearly 20% of all injuries and illnesses in the workplace and cost the nation an estimated 20 to 50 billion dollars per year." (Source: NIOSH)
• Fact: "There is NO scientific proof that back belts help to reduce back injuries!" (Source: NIOSH)
• Fact: "If you are putting all your prevention resources into back belts, you are not adequately protecting your workers." (Source: NIOSH)
• Fact: "In today's work environment, back injuries account for nearly 20% of all injuries. But the cost of these injuries accounts for nearly 60% of all Workers Compensation insurance costs. These costs are paid by your employer in the charges for their Workers Compensation Insurance cost." (Source: American Safety Institute)
• Fact: Preventing back injuries is a major workplace safety challenge. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than one million workers suffer back injuries each year, and back injuries account for one of every five workplace injuries or illnesses. Further, one-fourth of all compensation indemnity claims involve back injuries, costing industry billions of dollars on top of the pain and suffering borne by employees. (Source: OSHA)
• Fact: Four out of five of work place injuries were to the lower back, and that three out of four occurred while the employee was lifting. (Source: OSHA)

• Reduce the bulk of the materials that are carried by providing handles or hand-grips that allow materials to be held close to the body
• Reduce the hand distance of a load being carried from the body by providing grips or handles for enabling the load to be held closer to the body.

• Alter the lifting task to eliminate the hazardous motion and/or change the position of the object in relation to the employee's body
• Provide lift-assist devices

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