Back Injury Avoidance for Firefighters

Abstract

Back injuries account for 30 percent of the injuries to firefighters. Firefighters are in the high-risk job series for back injuries--the number one type of civilian personnel injury. This aid contains three items. The first is "Back Injury Avoidance Ideas for Fire Chiefs." This item presents %several practical back injury prevention ideas for consideration by supervisory personnel in the fire prevention and protection organization. The second item is a poster series to be used to aid employee skill development and to present key points designed to motivate use of back injury prevention skills. The final item is a suggested back injury prevention lesson plan intended to be integrated in existing firefighter training programs. These items are back injury prevention aids, not a back injury prevention program. Effective use of the ideas outlined in these aids coupled with the involvement of supervisors and individual firefighters can dramatically reduce the risk of back injuries.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA382988

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Back Injuries
  • Body Weight
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Fire Prevention
  • Firefighters
  • Injury Prevention
  • Instructors
  • Learning
  • Maintenance
  • Materials Handling
  • Medical Personnel
  • Muscles
  • Pain
  • Personnel Management
  • Skeletal Muscle
  • Students
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.
  • Materials Science
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.