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Manual handling

The load, the person, and the control.

  • On the file

    The task, the load, the place, the person, and the control.

  • Duty

    Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992

  • Where it is used

    On the job, for the lift that is about to happen.

What it does

  • The task, the load, the environment, and the person.
  • The control: remove it, use kit, or change how it is done.
  • Tied to the people who actually do the lift.

On the file

  • The task
  • The load
  • The place it is moved through
  • The person doing it
  • The control: avoid it, use kit, or change how it is done
  • The people on that lift

Why digital

Against a paper file, a spreadsheet, or a folder in the cabin.

  • Done for this job and this load, not a generic sheet from the last site.
  • The people on the task are the ones the assessment names.

The duty

UK law. We name it. We do not invent a badge.

  • Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992

    Avoid the handling if you can. Assess it if you cannot. Reduce the risk.

  • Who uses it

    The supervisor for that task. The people named are the ones who lift.

  • Sits with

    With the people who are actually on the task.

  • What good looks like

    Written for this load and these people. Not a sheet copied from the last site.

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