MANAGING MANUAL HANDLING

JENNIFER LEWISMH COORDINATOR, PCC

MANUAL HANDLING & YOU

Why do I need to know about manual handling?

What do I need to do about manual handling?

What help and Guidance is available to help me?

MANUAL HANDLING IS DEFINED AS THE SUPPORTING OR

TRANSPORTING OF A LOAD BY HAND OR BODILY

FORCE

Manual Handling Operations Regulations, Guidance on Regulations, L23, HSE, 1992

WHY DO WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MANUAL

HANDLING?The law and you

HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK ACT,

1974Employers must provide the following

•Information

•Instructions

•Training

•Supervision

As is necessary to ensure the reasonable health and safety of their employees

T THE MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY AT

WORK REGULATIONS, 1999 requires employers to provide adequate health and safety training:• On recruitment.• When risks change.• To be repeated periodically where appropriate.• To take place during working hours.

MANUAL HANDLING OPERATIONS REGULATIONS

1992 Employees should be given information on:• Task; individual capability; load; environment and other factors.• Recognition of risk.• Safe working systems.• Use of equipment.

A NATIONAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE

Welsh Local Government

Association Passport for Object Handling

(2011)

THE COST OF POOR HANDLING

1 in 5 workplace injuries relate to manual handling

In 2012/2013, an estimated 55,000 manual handling related workplace injuries resulted in an absence from work for longer than three days, with the average time lost per injury being 10.8 working days.

Approximately 1.6 million working days were lost due to MH injuries in 2012/2013.

Good handling has benefits:

For organisation

For employee

For clients

WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO ABOUT MANUAL

HANDLING?Plan it, Do it, Record it

WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO ABOUT MANUAL HANDLING?

EQUIPMENT

PUWER 1998 provision and use of work equipment regulations

LOLER 1998 lifting operations and lifting equipment regulations

•Suitable and sufficient for purpose

•Maintained in good working order (Including servicing and thorough inspection)

•Staff know how and when to use it

WHERES YOUR EVIDENCE?

RISK ASSESSMENT

• WHY• WHEN • WHAT• WHO• HOW

MANUAL HANDLING OPERATIONS REGULATIONS

1992

MANUAL HANDLING RISK ASSESSMENT

L23 LIFTING AND LOWERING RISK ASSESSMENT FILTER

SAFE SYSTEMS OF WORK

A SSW is a formal procedure which results from a thorough examination of a task, to identify hazards. Once the hazards are identified, the SSW will set out the safest way of working to ensure that risks are minimised.

SSW are required when hazards cannot be physically removed and some elements of risk remain.

They only work if your staff know they exist!

TRAINING

• WHO

• WHEN

• HOW

• DISCUSSION, DEMONSTRATION & PRACTICE

TRAINING

WHAT HELP OR GUIDANCE IS THERE FOR US?

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Managing Manual Handling Checklist (PCC document) 2015

L23 Guidance on Manual Handling Operations Regulations, 1992, HSE

WLGA (2011) Passport for Object Handling, free to download for templates of risk assessment, safe systems of work and training standards

HSE website – case studies, free downloadable guidance on MSDs, MAC tools, Risk Assessment guidance and Manual Handling information sheets including Handling kerbs, Handling Heavy Building Blocks, Motor Vehicle Repair etc.