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If things can go wrong - they just might.

Photo: Workboot
A large plate of 1/2 inch thick scrap steel needed to be relocated.

Two employees attempted to move the plate by hand.

One employee lost his grip, his end of the steel slipped and it landed on the edge of his boot.

The results could have been worse. In this case, no missing toes and no broken bones. Just a cut work boot.
Photo: Close-up of workboot showing hole from steel slipping

Steel plates do not care about your feet.

Lift control
But you should!

There is no right way to do the wrong thing.

Make the right lifting decisions every day.