Home Depot’s Back Support Policy

By: Cal-OSHA

CONCORD, CA - The Home Depot is pleased with the benefits of its company-wide back support use policy, now in effect across the country. Safety Manager Steven Taylor from Home Depot's store support center in Atlanta, talked to COR about it in a telephone interview.Company policy mandating use of back supports was introduced early in 1990 and implemented at varying times in different retail stores well into 1992. Why? "A similar study was done in 1988 at a smaller competitor, with promising results,"

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