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Posted By Paul Seach
Hi, I am involved in putting a manual handling discussion document together and am looking for some information. I have been led to believe that some companies have an upper limit for manual handling and that beyond this only weight mechanical aids must be used. Can anyone help to confirm this? I am aware of the current MH regs and their guidance.
Thanks hopefully Paul
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Posted By Darren J Fraser
We use the 25kg and 16kg as our upper limits, however all persons must carry out a dynamic RA (in other words we do not expect them to document it) considering Task, Individual, Load and Environment (TILE), we have carried out MH specific RA's, which identified areas where aids must be used.
We have provided manual handling instruction to all employees in the past, and this is in the process of being reviewed and updated prior to conducting refresher training in 2007.
Anything over these upper limits, all persons regardless of statue / physical strength must use MH aids e.g. pallet truck, vacuum lift etc.
When complete I would be most grateful if you would be able to supply a copy of your discussion document.
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Posted By Paul Seach
Thanks for that just to clarify, the weights that are currently being handled by sub contractors can be up to 120kgs. These are drill casings used in cable percussive drilling.
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Posted By Steve Cartwright
Have a look at the HSE Website. The HSE use their new MAC assessment chart. Have a look and see what you think of it.
Steve
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Posted By TomP
Paul,
The cable percussion industry is under a great deal of scrutiny by the HSE due to a spate of incidents recently. Casing is definitely a major manual handling issue and not just the weight but the conditions underfoot etc.
What you need to do is refer to the HSE guidelines filter. This is available in the regs (L23). A lot of people have interpreted these numbers as maximums but they are values that indicate when a risk assessment is required.
The guidance states:
‘It (the guidelines filter) is most likely to be useful if you think that the activity to be assessed is low risk - the filter should quickly and easily confirm (or deny) this. If using the filter shows the risk is within the guidelines, you do not normally have to do any other form of risk assessment unless you have individual employees who may be at significant risk, for example pregnant workers, young workers, those with a significant health problem or a recent manual handling injury. However these filter guidelines only apply when the load is easy to grasp and held in a good working environment.’
Interestingly I am led to believe that casing is now available in shorter lengths which reduce the weight. Might help.
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Posted By Paul Seach
Thanks for the information its all greatly appreciated. Paul
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