Every year the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) confirms that lifting heavy or awkward loads –manual handling – is among the most common causes of workplace injuries, particularly back injuries. The employer’s responsibility is to help avoid these injuries.
Under Health and Safety legislation, employers must organise work so that manual handling of loads is avoided wherever possible. Where manual handling is unavoidable, the work must be planned, or equipment provided, to reduce the risk to a minimum. Guidelines from the HSA recommend that the most effective way of managing manual handling in the workplace is to develop a Manual Handling Programme and to provide the necessary training in order to reduce the risk of injury.
This OHSS course is designed for all employees involved in manual handling during their working day and will show participants the correct lifting and moving procedures in order to avoid back injury while lifting in the workplace.
Learning Objectives
On completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Describe the main aspects of Manual Handling Legislation
* Describe the 8 principles of Safe Manual Handling
* Apply these 8 principles to manual handling tasks in the workplace
Who Should Attend?
All employees in the current working environment who are involved in manual handling of any description, no matter how infrequently.
Course Content
The course will cover the following modules:
1. Legislation
2. Structure of the spine
3. Injury to the spine
4. Fitness required to carry out manual handling
5. Hazardous loads
6. Means to avoid or reduce manual handling
7. Good handling techniques and practice
Course Output
Practical and written assessments. Course certificate awarded on successful completion.