authorities are caused by manual handling - the transporting or supporting of loads
by hand or by bodily force. The pie chart shows the pattern for over-three-day
injuries reported in 2001/02.
What should I do about it?
Consider the risks from manual handling to the health and safety of your employees - the rest of this booklet will help you to do this. If there are risks, the regulations apply.
Consult and involve the workforce.
Your employees and their representatives know first-hand what the risks in the workplace are. They can probably offer practical solutions to controlling them.
What are my duties?
The Regulations require employers to: avoid the need for hazardous manual handling, so far as is
reasonably practicable; assess the risk of injury from any hazardous manual handling that can’tbe avoided; and reduce the risk of injury from hazardous manual handling, so far as isreasonably practicable.These points are explained in detail under ‘Avoiding manual handling’ and Assessing and reducing the risk of injury’.
Do you want manual handling training courses? Oasys TSS are based in Devon. Visit there website:
http://oasystss.co.uk/
