Manual Handling

Question 1

What is manual handling

Answer 1

• Manual handling includes both transporting loads and supporting a load in a static posture

Question 2

What do manual handling activities include

Answer 2

• Lifting or lowering
• twisting or turning
• pushing
• pulling
• reaching
• carrying or supporting

Question 3

Manual handling operations regulations (mhor) requires employers to?

Answer 3

Avoid - hazardous manual handling as for as reasonably practicable

Assess - any manual handling activity if it can’t be avoided

Reduce - the risk of the activity as a result of the assessment

Review - the risk assessment and monitor safe systems

Question 4

How do employees comply with the MHOR

Answer 4

• By ensuring appropriate risk assessments of moving and handling, or postural tasks are carried out in each department ensuring safe systems of work are provided to reduce the risk of injury from these tasks to the lowest level possible

Question 5

Where are risk assessments held?

Answer 5

Must be readily accessible to all staff in the department or service area

Question 6

Safe systems of work

Answer 6

• Identifying the manual handling hazards
• organisation
• Assessing the risks
• Monitoring

Question 7

Identifying the manual handling hazards
(Examples)

Answer 7

• Patient handling
• equipment handling
• stores handling
• design on environment
• individual capability
• work organisation

Question 8

Organisation
(Sate systems of work)

Answer 8

Includes:
- organising work to maximise efficiency and decrease risk of injury
- identify responsibility and lines of communication
- actively promoting safe manual handling practice
- ensuring appropriate west breaks are taken

Question 9

Assessing the risk
(safe systems of work)

Question 10

Ergonomic risk assesment

Answer 10

Aims to fit the role to the person designing or arranging workplace, product, or systems to fit the people using them
E.g equipment, work environment, tasks and job

Includes risk assement, identification and implementations to reduce risk

Question 11

Ergonomic assessments

Answer 11

In making an ergonomic assessment the first step is to identify wether manual handling task can be avoided if not the task may need to be assessed

Question 12

Moving and handling concentrates on 4 main factors which are?

Answer 12

Load
- size, shape, surface type, and weight of load being moved

Individual Capacity
- The capability of the person carrying out the manual handling activities

Task
- The type of manual handling activity such as pushing, pulling and lifting

Environment
- The area which the activity is happening

Question 13

As well as LITE what other following factors need to be considered?

Answer 13

• Work Organisation
  *Length of shift
  *Shift patterns
  * Working relationships
  * Level of communication required
  * Routine practices
  * Number of staff available
  * rest break
  *Job rotation
  *skill mix in the department
• Equipment provision and upkeep
• Protective clothing

Question 14

Who do you go to with regards to manual handling risks?

Answer 14

• Moving and handling team
• health and safety department
• Staff representatives
• Trade union representatives

Question 15

Musculoskeletal Disorders

Answer 15

Conditions or injuries that affect the human body’s movement or musculoskeletal system I.E muscles, ligaments, tendons, nerves, discs, and blood vessels