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Safe Manual Handling and Injury Prevention Guide

This manual handling refresher library session presented by injury prevention consultants covers risk assessment, preventing injury, key issues in manual handling, and injury prevention techniques. Learn about identifying hazards, assessing risks, control measures, safety management plan, work habits, workstation ergonomics, task variety, fitness, and more to prevent injuries in the work environment effectively. Discover tips for safe lifting, workstation adjustment, biomechanics principles, avoiding back strain, and techniques for pushing and pulling loads. Take steps to manage stress, report injuries promptly, and prioritize your well-being both at work and in personal life.

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Safe Manual Handling and Injury Prevention Guide

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  1. Manual Handling RefresherLibrary Services Work Environment Group, HR Presented by Injury Prevention consultants Kate Black & Adele Anderson August 2015

  2. Todays session overview Risk assessment Health and lifestyle Preventing injury SIS Key Manual Handling Issues

  3. What is Risk? ‘In relation to any potential injury or harm … risk is the likelihood and consequence of that injury or harm occurring.’ AS/NZ 4801

  4. ANU Risk Matrix

  5. <!--[if !vml]--> WHS Risk Management • Spot the Hazard • Identify: the hazard • Assess the Risk • Assess: Controls / likelihood / Consequence • Fix the Problem • Prioritise: Risks / Actions (Hierarchy of controls) • Evaluate the Result • Review: the outcome Communicate & consult

  6. Hierarchy of Controls

  7. Injury Prevention

  8. What’s important to you? How can injuries impact you? • Family life (kids, parents, pets, friends ) • Transport / travel • Sport, gardening, hobbies • Travel, holidays, recreational activities (movies) • Independence (driving, personal & domestic duties) • Financially

  9. What causes/contributes to injury?

  10. Manual Task injuries 1 in every 3 lost time injuries is a result of performing manual tasks 1 in every 4 workers who suffer a manual back related lost time injury is off work at least 3 months.

  11. What Manual Task Risks do you face in your job? A safety plan can help you in injury prevention.

  12. Guiding Principles for Safety Plan

  13. Injury Prevention: Safety Management Plan Work Habits Your health Your workstation & work equipment Work Environment Task variety Fitness strength & flexibility Lighting Adjust to support good posture Safe working postures Temperature Suitable equipment (height of bench, chair, trolley) Breaks from repetitive tasks Placement of things & Clutter Manage stress Technique i.e. safe bending Frequently used items in reach Safe storage Plan

  14. Spot the Risks: Some safer options… Pulling out file boxes well above shoulder height

  15. Bending to low loads or low storage

  16. Spot the risk - bending: Forward, lateral bend to access files Side/lateral bend to access paper tray Bending with straight legs lower copier tray

  17. Basic Principles of Biomechanics • Body prefers to work in neutral positions – less stress on tissues • Muscles prefer variety of movement • Keep loads close to the body – further away increases loads on tissues

  18. Ways to avoid back strain or load on legs Where are boxes delivered? Think about decanting the stored box Re-thinking equipment layout Deep knee bend (if your body can manage it) Or consider a 2-stage lift.

  19. Think about the nature of the load Repackage to reduce weight Improve grip by providing hand holds 25 kg 25 kg 50 kg

  20. Examples of pushing and pulling loaded trolleys Pulling loads: Pushing loads: Pulling heavy trolleys in and out of lifts or doorways:

  21. Techniques that give Power or Protection 1. Power stance while pushing trolley 2. Centred, firm grip/hold 3. Working at waist height, close to object

  22. Safe lifting – 4B’s b4 lifting Brain > Base > Body > Brace

  23. Lifting Safely

  24. Lifting from ground

  25. Workstation Adjustment Guidelines

  26. Computing posture and risks: Line of vison – eye to Monitor (chin down) Forward leaning while editing Sitting long way back from screen

  27. Good Computing positioning Sitting correctly at computer – good seated position, chin straight, arms in. Good seated posture - fully supported and arms in. Adjusting desk height to fit the task to the person.

  28. The “chin poke” posture at computers How heavy is your head? What are the effects of this working posture?

  29. The cost of persistently sitting in a chin poke posture is…..

  30. What adjustments do I need?

  31. Sit / stand workstation:

  32. Exercises and Stretches

  33. PC/Windows “Task Change” software Workrave Task change MAC – “Time Out” program

  34. Seven simple tips to Manage Stress

  35. Injury Reporting

  36. Remember what’s important to you … and take care of yourself.

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