Manual handling covers a wide range
of activities including lifting, pushing, pulling, holding, throwing and
carrying. It includes repetitive tasks such as packing, typing, assembling…
Manual handling covers a wide range
of activities including lifting, pushing, pulling, holding, throwing and
carrying. It includes repetitive tasks such as packing, typing, assembling,
cleaning and sorting, using hand-tools, and operating machinery and equipment.
Because most jobs involve some form of it, most workers are at risk of
injuries as a result of this type of labour. injury. Of course, not all
tasks of this nature are hazardous. But it is significant that around a quarter
of all workplace injuries are caused by physical tasks.
What kind of injuries can result
from manual handling?
Unsafe physical tasks may cause a
variety of injuries and conditions including:
- Muscle sprains and strains
- Injuries to muscles, ligaments, intervertebral disks and other structures in the back
- Injuries to soft tissues such as nerves, ligaments and tendons in the wrists, arms, shoulders, neck or legs
- Abdominal hernias
- Chronic pain
Some of these conditions are known
as repetitive strain injury (RSI), occupational overuse syndrome (OOS),
cumulative trauma disorder (CTD) and work-related musculoskeletal disorder
(WRMSD). In the Manual Handling Regulations, all of these conditions are
referred to as musculoskeletal disorders (MSD). The Regulations define MSD as
an injury, illness or disease that arises in whole or in part from manual
handling in the workplace, whether occurring suddenly or over a prolonged
period of time.
You should consider this service if
you are:
- An employer, because it will help you work out which manual handling tasks in your workplace could cause MSD, and show you how to control the risk.
- A designer, manufacturer, importer or supplier of plant for use in workplaces because it will help you ensure that users of your product are not exposed to the risk of MSD.
3. Australian
Risk Services has conducted extensive Manual Handling Risk Assessments for;
Fast Moving Consumer Goods Manufacturing, Loading & Unloading of
Containers, Warehouse Activities, Plastics Manufacturing, Crate Washing, Cheese
Manufacturing, Yoghurt Manufacturing, Clothes and Curtain Manufacturing, Manual
Handling of Nursing Activities and Patient Handling, Waste Collection and Hard
Rubbish Collection, Mailing Centre Sorting, Mechanical Workshop Activities,
Document Destruction and retrieval, Laboratory Manual Handling Tasks &
Ergonomic Assessment, Office Based Ergonomic Assessment, Retail Furniture
Handling, Book Stores,
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