Safe Manual Handling: Regulations, Responsibilities, and Techniques
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CC1001K CARRY OUT SAFE WORKING PRACTICES
MANUAL HANDLING • The Manual Handling Regulations 1992. • These regulations apply to a wide range of manual handling activities. • Manual Handling covers lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling or carrying. • The Regulations give advice to Employers, Managers and Employees on how to reduce the risk of injury from manual handling.
Employers Responsibilities • TO AVOID : the employer is to avoid the need for Manual Handling as far as is reasonably practical. • TO ASSESS: the employer has to assess the risk of injury from any manual handling that cant be avoided. • TO REDUCE: they have a duty to reduce the risk of injury as far as is practical.
EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBILITIES • Employees have to : • Follow systems of work that have been laid down for their safety. • Make proper use of any safety equipment that has been provided. • Co operate on any Health and Safety matters. • Inform the employer of any hazardous or dangerous handling tasks. • Take care that their own activities do not put other people at risk.
AVOID Do you need to move it at all? • Can you do the job with the item where it is? • Can you get something delivered directly to your workplace? • Can you move it with handling aids eg. Pallet truck, wheel barrow, hoist.
ASSESS • The employer must assess any job involving manual handling by considering 4 points. • THE LOAD • THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT. • THE EMPLOYEE. • THE TASK.
THE RISK • Manual Handling is the biggest cause of accidents resulting in three day injury or more in the construction industry.
Kinetic lifting • Everyone has a different capability to lift loads. • The maximum suggested weight for a fit, healthy male to lift is 25kg. • Kinetic lifting is a technique to lift a load smoothly using the strongest muscles of the legs and thighs. • Bent knees allow the back to retain its normal shape and not take any of the strain.
REMEMBER • Where possible, split a load into smaller parts to make it easier to lift it. • Safe lifting uses the muscles of the thighs and legs. • This is called Kinetic Lifting. • Always assess the load first. • If there is a risk of injury, use another method of lifting. • The back is vulnerable to injury if you do not lift a load correctly. • Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992.
