How to Reduce the Health and Safety Risks

It is best to reduce the potential of risk while working and handling with heavy objects. If this cannot be accessed, the risk assessment must be carried out and people should be educated on proper handling tips to contractors and other employees while lifting heavy load is mandatory.

Because of health issues there exists large amount of lost by cost wise and productivity gets affected throughout the world.

And lifting heavy objects as whole team or reminding the object to close to body, standing on feet with stable position by not involving in twisting, leaning side or back.

The above are some of the manual handling techniques ever to be used by yourself, by projecting your commitment towards health and safety at work environment.

Things to Always Do as a Safety Manager

• Assessing the risk of health and safety indulged where there is a need for tips in manual handling for contractors
• Manual handling can be avoided where there is possibility
• Providing the workplace with better safety culture
• manual handling tips for contractors should be given properly on needed tasks
• information about load lifting techniques should be delivered with more caution
• Encourage the employees to ask for assistance if needed
• Good quality of PPE should be provided to workers and PPE ' s should be well maintained
• Ensure often about health, fitness, proper posture and flexibility
• job which may leads to injuries should be evaluated in complying with manual handling regulations
• Plan and implement necessary changes. Example: Use of mechanical heavy loads, tail- lift handling etc.

What Not to Do

• Encouraging to load heavy loads
• Jobs include overtime in bending
• works related to twisting of the trunk
• Utilizing unsafe manual handling techniques by yourself without prior knowledge
• Using or accessing PPE which may affect movement/lifting

Including workers with no prior training / unaware about manual handling regulations / whose who are not fit for job

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