Manual Handling

Do You Comply With The Manual Handling Operations Regulations?

Do your employees have to lift, lower, carry, push or pull loads? If so, then the Manual Handling Operations Regulations will apply and you must undertake a risk assessment and as a result your employees will typically need awareness training.

Have you undertaken a manual handling assessment that involves the workforce?

Do your employees know about the risks associated with manual handling?

Do they know how to identify obvious hazards and deal with them?

Have they been trained in safe manual handling operations?

If you answered 'no' to any of the above and you are not training those at risk then your organisation could be subject to enforcement action that could include an improvement notice, prosecution or an increased risk of a civil claim. The provision of health and safety training is not a matter of choice or optional, it is an absolute legal requirement for your organisation.

Manual handling accidents account for over 38% of all lost time accidents at work and absence from work due to back pain is second only to the common cold. Manual handling operations are also a contributory factor to the large increase in slips, trips and falls in the workplace.