This document provides an overview of health and safety topics related to manual handling at work. It covers legal issues under the Health and Safety at Work Act of 1974, common types of injuries from manual handling like back strains and sprains, causes of injuries from factors like posture and twisting, and guidelines for safer manual handling including using proper techniques, team lifting, and aids. The goal is to introduce the main objectives around identifying hazards and controlling risks from manual tasks.

1. Health And Safety AtWork

2. Course Content

3. Introduction
Gary Raven
RAF Officer (Logistics Branch)

4. Course Introduction
• Course Aim
• Course Objectives

6.  Synonyms: authority, control, power, leadership, management,
influence
 Synonyms: blame, fault, guilt, culpability, blameworthiness, liability

7. Legal Issues

8. CommonLaw
case law precedent
Common Law

9. CommonLaw‘DutyofCare’
 Tell someone

10. CommonLaw‘DutyofCare’
reasonably practicable

14. Health And Safety AtWork Act 1974

15. Health And Safety AtWork Etc Act 1974

16. Health And Safety AtWork Etc Act 1974

17. Health And Safety AtWork Etc Act 1974
Section 7 Employees Duties
Section 8 Duties of Any Person

18. Health And Safety AtWork Etc Act 1974
Section 9

19. Consequences?

20. Manual Handling Injury

21. Accident Statistics
38%
20%
4%
23%
2%
13%
handling
Other
Falls
Trips
Hit by Vehicle
Hit by falling
object

22. Types of injury
6% 4%
4%
6%
11%
69%
Other
Fracture
Superfical
Contusion
Cuts etc
Sprain/str

23. InjuryTypes
47%
15%
11%
6%
5%
16%
Back
Finger
Up Limb
Hand
Lo Limb
Others
2013/14

24. Types of Injury

25. Can occur to the limbs,
ribs or spine and are
usually caused by
accidents such as slips,
trips, falls and dropped
objects

26. Spinal Disc Injuries

27. Spinal Nerve
Function

29. Posture

30. Tendons and Ligaments

31. Types of Injury
These can become damaged due to being over-stretched or torn
by unnatural or sudden movement or inflamed due to repetitive
action
is a stretch and/or tear of a
ligament (a band of fibrous tissue
that connects two or more bones at a
joint). One or more ligaments can be
injured at the same time.The severity
of the injury will depend on the
extent of injury (whether a tear is
partial or complete) and the number
of ligaments involved.

32. Types of Injury
is an injury to either a
muscle or a tendon (fibrous
cords of tissue that connect
muscle to bone). Depending
on the severity of the injury, a
strain may be a simple
overstretch of the muscle or
tendon, or it can result from a
partial or complete tear.

33. The Knee

34. Types of Injury
Are often the result of another injury e.g. as a result of harm to a
disc or limb
Are often caused by inappropriate handling of sharp objects
Are caused by compression of internal body parts due to poor
posture

35. Anytime you bend or lean over to pick something up, you put
tremendous pressure on your lower back.
To demonstrate this, think of your
back as a lever. With the fulcrum
in the center of the lever, how
many pounds would it take to lift
a ten pound object? With the fulcrum in the center, it
takes 10 pounds to lift the 10-
pound object. However, if you
shift the fulcrum to one side, it will
change... If you think about it,
when you bend over to pick
something up, your waist acts as
the fulcrum point in a lever
system; and it is certainly not
centered.

36. With the fulcrum shifted away from the object, it takes more
force to lift the object. In fact, the human back operates on a
10:1 ratio.
 Bending over to lift a
ten pound object
actually puts 100
pounds of pressure on
your lower back.

37. Lifting from the Floor
 When you add in the 105
pounds of the average
human upper torso, you
see that lifting a ten pound
object actually puts 1,150
pounds of pressure on the
lower back.
 If you were 25 pounds
overweight, it would add
an additional 250 pounds
of pressure on your back
every time you bend over.

38. Causes of Injury

39. Manual Handling Operations
Accumulative movement (over a period of time)
Twisting
Stretching
Reaching
Stooping
Sudden movement
Slip or jerk etc

40. Causes of Manual Handling Injuries

41. or
Causes of Manual Handling Injuries

42. Causes of Manual Handling Injuries

43. Causes of Manual Handling Injuries

44. W R U L D WRULD
• Posture - Sitting for long
periods in a position that is not
ergonomically sound will
increase the risk of muscular-
skeletal injuries
• Duration
• Pre existing conditions
• Ref : HS(G) 60 Guidance note

45. Manual Handling Operation Regulations 1992

46. Manual Handling Operation
Regulations 1992
Definitions

47. Manual Handling Operation Regulations 1992

48. Manual Handling Operation Regulations 1992

49. Manual Handling Operation Regulations 1992

50. Practical
Demonstration

51. Manual Handling Assessment
Task
Individual
Load
Environment

52. Task Hazards

53. Methods of ReducingTheTask Risk
• T

54. Individual Hazards

55. Methods of Reducing Individual Risk
•I

56. Load Hazards

57. Methods of Reducing
Load Risk
• L

58. Environmental Hazards

59. Methods of Reducing Evironmental Risk
•E

60. Manual Handling Aids

61. Manual Handling Aids

62. Regulations Guidance

63. “there is no safe threshold”

64. Guide to LoadWeight Reduction

65. Pulling and Pushing Guidance

66. Seating

67. Carrying

68. Good HandlingTechnique
Plan the lift
Keep the load close to the waist

69. Good HandlingTechnique
The feet should be apart with one leg slightly forward to maintain balance
(alongside the load, if it is on the ground)
Get a good hold
Start in a good posture

70. Good HandlingTechnique
. Avoid twisting the back or leaning sideways especially while the back is bent
Keep the head up when handling
Move smoothly
Don’t lift or handle more than can be easily managed
Put down, then adjust

71. Team Lifting
• The recommended lifting capability of a
• Of 2 person team is 60% the sum of the individual
capacity
• 3 person team is 50% the sum of the individuals
capacity
• NOTE: Teams of more than 4 not
very successful!

72. Team Lifting
Factors to be considered

73. Course Recap
• Course Aim
• Course Objectives

74. Manual Handling Assessment
Task
Individual
Load
Environment

75. Health And Safety AtWork