More than one third of all reportable Over Three Day injuries and nearly 10% of Major Injuries are associated with manual handling - the transporting or supporting of loads by hand or by bodily force. Many injuries are not immediate and obvious, but are cumulative resulting from repeated exposure to manual handling operations.
For workers this high rate of injury is highly significant since such accidents and absences lead to potential loss of earnings, missed opportunites and usually significant pain or discomfort.
By taking a look at how manual handling risks arise and how to reduce or eliminate the likelihood of injury in different work environments, this course will help the learner to avoid joining future Health and Safety Executive injury statistics.
Target Audience
- New starters
- Any worker involved in handling loads in any work environment
Course Content
- The law and manual handling
- Strategies for avoiding manual handling
- Reducing the risk of injury by assessing: The task, The load, The environment, Personal Capacity for lead handling.
- How the back works
- Safe lifting technique
- Handling awkward loads
- Risks in the office environment
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