This document provides guidance on manual handling and supporting people. It defines manual handling as transporting or supporting loads by hand or bodily force. It lists examples of supporting people such as getting in/out of bed, bathing, using the toilet, and getting in/out of vehicles. It also outlines relevant legislation and principles for maintaining a healthy spine. Guidelines are provided for hoisting, sliding sheets, transfer boards, and ensuring safety when loads cannot bear weight. Risks of poor manual handling practices are outlined as cuts, bruises, fractures and damage to the musculoskeletal system.

1. HEALTH AND
SAFETY
MANUAL
HANDLING

2. What is manual handling:
Any transporting or supporting of a
load including the lifting, pushing,
pulling, carrying or moving by hand or
by bodily force.

3. Supporting People:
1. Get in or out of bed
2. Turn over in bed
3. Sit up in bed
4. Bathe
5. Shower
6. Use the toilet
7. Sit in a chair
8. Standing
9. Walking
10 Get up from the floor after a fall, or
11. Get in and out of a vehicle.

4. Legislation:
1. Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASAWA)
2. Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (2002)
3. Provision and Use of Work Equipment 4. Regulations 1998.
4. Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences
Regulations 1995. (RIDDOR)
5. Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981.
6. Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1996

5. Understanding about Human Spine
The spine is made up of a set of 24
vertebrae

8. Maintain the three curves of the spine at
all times (Keep your spine in its natural
shape;

9.  Bend your knees, not your back (squat down);
 lift with your legs, not with your back.
 Use leg and arm muscles rather than back muscles.

19. Think: P.E.A.C.E

20. "Ready, Steady (where the word “Go” is
used in this procedure, the operator
should use an action word e.g. sit, roll,
slide).
Commands Used When Moving and Handling Loads

21. People who are Unable to weight Bear
The use of hoist:
Manual hoist celling hoist

22. 1. Unless otherwise dictated by the patient’s risk assessment/care plan,
use a minimum of two carers when hoisting.
2. Mobile hoists are designed to transfer patients not to transport
patients.
3. when the hoist is not in use, ensure the brakes are on and electric
hoists are left on charge
4. Safe Working Load
5. Protect the patient’s head from potential injury.
6. Break should be off
7. Give oral instruction
HOISTING PRINCIPLES

23. Standing hoist

24. SLIDING SHEET / Changing
bedding

25. Transfer Boards / Glide Board / Banana Board / slide board

26. Poor moving and handling practice
can lead to:

27. What are the possible negative
health effects of manual handling?
1)Cuts, bruises, fractures etc. due to sudden,
unexpected events such as accidents
2) Damage to the musculoskeletal system of the
body