Regulations manual handling

Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipmerrt) Regulations Manual Handling Operations Regulations... 

Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992 Management of Health and Safety at Work (Amendment) Regulations 1994 Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992... 

Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (Manual Handling Regulations)... 

The Regulations require that where there is the possibility of risk to employees from the manual handling of loads, the employer should take the following measures, in this order ... 

State the three measures to be taken to reduce the risk to employees under the Manual Handling Operations Regulations. 

Manual handling. Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992. Guidance on the Regulations Workplace health, safety and welfare. Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992. Approved Code of Practice and guidance. 

Over one third of all reported lost-time absences are attributed to injuries caused by manual handling. This problem is common across Europe and has resulted in a Directive aimed at reducing this toll. In the UK the contents of the Directive are contained in The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (MHOR). 

These Regulations are aimed at reducing the appalling toll of injuries from manual handling. The requirements of the Regulations are summarized below. 

For further guidance, consult HSE publication no. L23 Manual handling, guidance on the Regulations , which gives advice on the interpretation of the Regulations and examples of a number of techniques that can be used. 

For this refer to the regulations on manual handling in the piece of OHS legislation under which you work. The key requirements are policy, consultation, design and risk identification, assessment and control. 

In other words, if the risk of injury is very small compared to the cost, time and effort required to reduce the risk, then no action is necessary. It is important to note that money, time and trouble must grossly outweigh not balance the risk. This duty requires judgement on the part of the employer (or his adviser) and clearly needs a risk assessment to be undertaken with conclusions noted. Continual monitoring is also required to ensure that risks do not increase. There are numerous examples of this level of duty, including the Manual Handling Operations Regulations and The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health. 

Training is a vital part of any health and safety programme and needs to be constantly reviewed and updated. Many health and safety regulations require specific training (e.g. manual handling, personal protective equipment and display screens). Additional training... 

The method statement should take into account the conclusions of risk assessments made under the Management, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health and the Manual Handling Operations Regulations. It can also help other contractors working on a site to understand the effects work will have on them. It can help the principal contractor to draw up the construction phase safety plan. 

The Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996 deal with the main hazards likely to be found on a construction site. In addition to these specific hazards, there will be the more general hazards (e.g. manual handling, electricity, noise etc) which are discussed in more detail in other chapters. The hazards and controls identified in the Construction Regulations are as follows. 

Until a few years ago, accidents caused by the manual handling of loads were the largest single cause of over three-day accidents reported to the HSE. The Manual Handling Operations Regulations recognized this fact... 

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