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Manual Handling

Who Should Attend:

Anyone involved with the lifting and handling of loads.

Course Aims:

The aim is for delegates to be able to lift and handle loads in a safe and efficient manner, reduce the risk of injury and conform to the 1992 EEC Legislation. This course meets the statutory requirements of the Health & Safety Executive.

Course Contents:

- Show how it is possible to keep body stress to minimum in a number of given handling activities.
- Identify immediate and cumulative effects of strain and sprain injuries
- Practical exercises on correct lifting techniques, Pushing, Pulling, Lifting, Twisting
- Repetitive strain injuries, use of hand mechanics
- Group Lifting
- Adopting a positive attitude towards safe systems of work
- Suggest ways to eliminate or control any handling hazards or unsafe handling practice within their area of
control
- Course review and evaluation

Course Benefits:

- Reduce the number of manual handling injuries
- Reduction in company costs due to reduction in incident related costs
- Reduce the number of lost working hours
- Improve productivity of the workforce

Duration:

Half Day

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