Code MH1
The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 apply to a wide range of manual handling activities including lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling or carrying.
4 hour course designed to enable staff to lift and manoeuvre loads in the workplace in a safe and controlled manner.
Certificates
All candidates attending courses will receive the appropriate certification of competence in the required discipline and will be valid for the agreed timescale.
The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 apply to a wide range of manual handling activities including lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling or carrying.
4 hour course designed to enable staff to lift and manoeuvre loads in the workplace in a safe and controlled manner.
Certificates
All candidates attending courses will receive the appropriate certification of competence in the required discipline and will be valid for the agreed timescale.
Legal duties and obligations around manual handling
The Manual Handling Operations Regulations
These Regulations state that employers should adopt a hierarchy of control measures:
1. to avoid hazardous Manual Handling Operations so far as is reasonably practicable
2. to assess any hazardous Manual Handling Operation that cannot be avoided
3. to reduce the risk of injury so far as is reasonably practicable.
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What is Manual Handling?
The Manual Handling Operations Regulations define it as 'any transporting or supporting of a load (including the lifting, putting down, pushing, pulling, carrying or moving thereof) by hand or by bodily force'.
What are the risks of Manual Handling?
More than a third of all reportable injuries of over three days involve manual handling, and around 10% of major injuries are linked to manual handling. It has a major impact on all workplaces, and costs the economy hundreds of millions of pounds every year.
In the UK, 1.1m people reported that they suffered from musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) caused, or made worse, by work. It is estimated 12.3m working days are lost annually due to work-related MSDs.
In effect, any activity that requires an individual to lift, move or support a load, will be classified as a manual handling task.
The Manual Handling Operations Regulations define it as 'any transporting or supporting of a load (including the lifting, putting down, pushing, pulling, carrying or moving thereof) by hand or by bodily force'.
What are the risks of Manual Handling?
More than a third of all reportable injuries of over three days involve manual handling, and around 10% of major injuries are linked to manual handling. It has a major impact on all workplaces, and costs the economy hundreds of millions of pounds every year.
In the UK, 1.1m people reported that they suffered from musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) caused, or made worse, by work. It is estimated 12.3m working days are lost annually due to work-related MSDs.
In effect, any activity that requires an individual to lift, move or support a load, will be classified as a manual handling task.
