Current manual handling practices

This document represents best practices to prevent manual handling injuries and other business losses due to manual handling. Information contained. in this document may change over time as new research and studies are done in the field of ergonomics. This document is not designed to replace a professional ergonomics analysis. 1 Identify hazardous manual handling tasks. 2 Risk assessment process. 3 Record current risk controls. 4 Additional controls. 5 Information, instruction and training. 6 Reviewing risk control measures. 7 Legislation, codes of practice, standards and guidance. Resources. The Manual Handling Operations Regulations require employers to avoid, assess and reduce the risk of injury from manual handling. Previous page Training Next page MSDs in more detail.

The type of manual handling activity that needs to be assessed is defined in Regulation 68 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work, (General Application) Regulations “ Manual Handling involves any transporting or supporting of any load by one or more employees, and includes lifting, putting down, pushing, pulling, carrying or moving a. This document represents best practices to prevent manual handling injuries and other business losses due to manual handling. Information contained. in this document may change over time as new research and studies are done in the field of ergonomics. This document is not designed to replace a professional ergonomics analysis. Manual handling training. Investigation of current practices and development of guidelines. Cheryl Haslam, Stacy Clemes, Hilary McDermott, Kate Shaw, Claire Williams and Roger Haslam Work and Health Research Centre Department of Human Sciences Loughborough University Loughborough Leicestershire LE11 3TU. This report presents findings of a systematic literature review, telephone survey and expert panels undertaken to determine what constitutes effective manual handling training.

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