Manual Handling
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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.
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Manual Handling
- 1. Health And Safety AtWork
- 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
- 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?
- 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
- 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
- 29. Posture
- 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
- 52. Task Hazards
- 53. Methods of ReducingTheTask Risk • T
- 55. Methods of Reducing Individual Risk •I
- 56. Load Hazards
- 57. Methods of Reducing Load Risk • L
- 59. Methods of Reducing Evironmental Risk •E
- 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
- 75. Health And Safety AtWork