How to protect your health
Protect yourself from heat
Strong heat can be dangerous for your health. You can suffer from heat stroke, collapse and become seriously ill. Therefore: protect yourself in good time from the heat. And: also pay attention to your colleagues.
Protect yourself from the sun
You work outside a lot and in the sun for a long time. The sun shines most from April to October. UV rays have an effect here. UV is the abbreviation for ultra-violet. UV rays are rays of light. Humans cannot see these rays. But they are dangerous for your skin. The skin can get skin cancer as a result. This is the reason why you have to protect yourself from too much sun while you work.
Spare your back
Lifting and carrying can cause injury or illness. In the worst case you can no longer work. How to keep your back fit.
Use aids and appliances to help you
Use hand carts, sack trolleys and wheelbarrows to transport heavy loads.
Lift loads correctly
This is how you lift a box correctly, for example:
- Stand as close as possible to the box.
- Place your legs wide apart
- Push your buttocks slightly backwards when you squat down
- Make sure your back remains straight
- Also make sure that your knees do not protrude beyond the tips of your toes.
- Hold the box as close to your body as possible
- Do not lift heavy things with a jerk or upswing.
Protect yourself from ticks
Ticks can transmit dangerous diseases, for example borreliosis (Lyme disease) or inflammation of the brain (early summer meningitis). This applies in particular in the period from March to October. Ticks live in tall grass and bushes. They look for a soft patch of skin and then attach themselves firmly.
