Work Safely: Lifting in the warehouse

This video describes some of the associated risk factors for injuries (particularly low back injury) within the warehouse industry. Proper lifting and handling techniques are discussed as preventative methods to reduce the risk for developing these disorders.

[@dillpicklefig]

watching this as i lay in bed with lower back pain from my job 🙃 not a warehouse worker but I work in a library where I do discards and processing so I'm lifting extremely heavy boxes of books and trashbags of old books and it's been really taking a toll on me

[@BactaBlast]

lol this was more helpful than any of my company’s safety videos thanks !

[@gang12325]

Right

[@lamont7182]

my warehouse literally skipped these and just hired us😭here i am trying to learn all i can before monday

[@DailyMyChildhood]

Five tips when lifting heavy 1.Stand a little wide-legged close and in front of what is to be lifted. 2. Try to keep your back straight and bend your knees and hips. Grasp what is to be lifted, stretch your legs and hips and carry the object close the body. 4. You should not bend and at the same time turn your body when lifting. 5. Lower the object by bending the knees and hips. Keep your back straight at all times

[@Confidential619]

I might be getting a job like this pretty soon so I just wanted to see how everything works, but this helps too. This stuff is pretty basic though if up used to or still workout. Learn this when you deadlift and all that.

[@gothmogtheorc2430]

Same here man, never done anything like this care sharing how is the work environment like??

[@dixienormus358]

it’s chill

[@AkiFrm63]

@@gothmogtheorc2430 can you share it now😅 im going into a similar job too

[@drecool2586]

We don't have the picker sticks at my warehouse job 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@elvirad1034]

Not me watching this, with back pain lol first warehouse job back is killing me. Thank you for this video. 😊

[@franktate1482]

This is all very true but when you work in a warehouse that wants to lift quick fast its kind of hard to lift the correct way thru out the work day

[@RegularGuyism]

Nice video. I hate this "work till you die" culture that we live in.

[@AmericanPirate]

Same here!

[@IrisMG]

This is great info. It's garden soil time

[@JDBob3]

I love how they cropped the video everytime the first guy was picking things up so we couldn't see his equipment still going forward while he wasn't controlling it 😆

[@WazigeLogica]

And.. I see all these video's about lifting from the ground up. But what if you're taking 40 pound crates out of shelves above shoulder height? What's the best posture to do that while standing in a narrow space in the back of a truck for example? Thanks, anyone, for tips and tricks!

[@exe.m1dn1ght]

That work is for Machines not humans. Change your job or deal with back pain later, ur choice

[@francoisbanassa6782]

Great video, very helpful

[@user-wu7ug4ly3v]

Fun fact, occupational exposures, twisting, lifting, etc are not actually found to cause new back problems (although obviously they can exacerbated existing problems). Also fun fact good back care principles training does not reduce back pain complaints.

[@Cire605]

Warehouse picking is one of the worst jobs out there.

[@Dimitri1221XxX]

Pretty good job with nice salary. Easy mentally, hard physically.

[@dougrankin7353]

Excellent video.

[@ScottW-u7b]

Dear @Sam Herman - Great video, thanks for uploading! Could I kindly use the video for a short demo on AI/computer vision (i.e., for commercial purposes)? Thanks a lot and greetings from Germany, Scott 🙂

[@MrAllstar]

Damn this video is good, excellent work dude! 👏👏

[@ThatAfroGamer]

Sucks when you don't get to use a picker

[@keegancan]

At the gym I’m great with weights. At a warehouse, I’m terrible.

[@Kyle-wo8vw]

Same here bro, today I hurt my back lifting a small box wrong.. and I’ve been working out for 3 years never had a back injury in the gym

[@ADNANAHMAD-tp6zr]

Very good video ❤️❤️

[@Lawless66007]

Is this American Seaway Foods/Giant Eagle’s warehouse? It looks EXACTLY like it. Anyway, I would say these practices would work but the problem isn’t the technique, but the pace you have to work, how low those 2nd shelves are and how heavy the products are and how many to get. I lifted properly for years and still popped a Sciatic nerve and a degenerative disc in my lower back from lifting. These techniques are only good if you’re not picking multiple items a day.

[@ACM4231]

Thank you

[@8brokenwater]

saftey, but where's the high vis?

[@edstairman7583]

nice way of presenting information

[@justwalkaway9915]

Good video on things below 50 pounds the problem is im working in the meat department and we get boxes of grinds over 60 pounds each and boxes of pork over 70 pounds each. Pork is easier because they are wider boxes with holes you can stick your hands in but those fucking boxes of grinds are killing me bulky and no holes to stick handles in. Still upvote for being one of the more useful vids in this department but ill keep looking.

[@remuspierre]

Good information

[@brandm5176]

thanks a lot!

[@basicmeme1040]

Don't always bend at knees bending at the hips is necessary for many people

[@ELDeLosGallos]

I'm here because I broke my back at work. Now I cant do what this video is telling me to do smh...

[@basicmeme1040]

People forget how insanely strong the back is

[@Tineke1165]

Sharing this via FB

[@tedengland8328]

Do you know where I can buy the pick stick seen on this video?

[@andysamaa]

wheres the heavy stuff?

[@TheMesoPeaks]

awesome!!!

[@GreasyRockabilly]

Awesome thanks I'm a newbie so I'm always going to be in the truck lifting boxes

[@savaniste7418]

Thanks

[@rodrigoandjeanettecamingaw2978]

thank you for the information. Jesus loves you!

[@WoebringerofDoom]

PLUS YOU CAN GET A DOUBLE KNEE REPLACEMENT FASTER!

[@jamesdunne3694]

I wouldn't call this a safety video. Not even the basics like gloves, safety boots or hi vis being used in the warehouse but it has computers analysing strain on the body.

[@benpulen2221]

I use to work for KROGER DC warehouse and I wouldn't recommend this job to anyone It's a very physical job with time limit there is no way you can lift correctly your items. I injured my back and knee. KROGER's warehouse is like the NAZI concentration camp. Please don't support companies who are treating people like shit and making billions of dollars cause we support them by purchasing our groceries by them. STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY.

[@paulcollins5586]

All warehouse staff should be wearing hi vis vests so hes not safe.

[@seal6838]

Mm.

[@magistermilitum1206]

I do know this but this is embarrassing, I mean the way you lift

[@GentlemanbigDick]

How do I lift an 85 pound box of meat from the lower level

[@lotra8244]

Superb.