Safe Manual Lifting

Target Audience

Manual workers

Objectives

To cover correct techniques to be adopted when carrying out manual handling operations

Benefits

To reduce the amount of handling injuries within a company which can be both costly to an organisation and can inflict hardship for their employee.

Outline Content

• Identification and recognition


• Duties under the Manual Handling Operations Regulations


• Component parts of the back and associated injuries


• Assessment of manual handling operations


• Lifting techniques