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Posted By Barry J
Does anyone have some decent tips on this? Twisting the trunk of the body seems to be the main manual handling issue reported here and after speaking to the workforce, no one can come up with a good enough solution.
Any ideas welcome thanks, Barry
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Posted By CFT
Barry
Is one really necessary? I am having visions of you twisting the children in, getting them on, or into the seats, and I can't for the life of me work out why or exactly how you are doing this. Surely this is an action millions of parents do on a day-to day basis without harm to the off-spring, is it therefore reasonably practicable to look for a solution to a problem that may not even exist?
Perhaps the persons themselves responsible for placing the children in the seating area require training on how to do this correctly (although one suspects as a parent they would have an idea of what were required)? I do however feel I am 'pushing the boat out' a tad in making this suggestion.
If the minibus makes life awkward, is this vehicle therefore 'fit for purpose?
Sorry, I just can't think of anything else.
CFT
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Posted By Barry J
Thanks CFT. You are right - the bus is an older thing but a new bus is not reasonably practicable - just control measures I'm afraid. The staff are complaining of having to twist their body when putting all the kids from the nursery in the bus is an issue. This is not all the time, but when going on outings.
Barry
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Posted By David Bannister
Is letting the kids get on to the seats themselves an option? My kids managed at quite an early age to get themselves in to (& occasionally out of) their seats. Securing seatbelts etc may be less of a problem then.
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Posted By Karen Todd
Sorry no ideas but I can tell you that as a parent with only 1 child to look after rather than a whole minibus full my back is well & truly wrecked from all the bending & stooping :(
I do recall a physio saying carrying babies about in car seats was a particularly bad thing to do for your back as the weight is all to 1 side away from the centre of the body and some of the car seats are v heavy indeed.
KT
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Posted By Barry J
Thanks Karen. I think the kids are about 2-5 years old and cannot get themselves up to, and into the seats and fasten up the belts etc.
I have 2 kids myself, and both me and my wife just took as much care as possible, but I thought by now some new modification would be invented and available? A gap in the market for an inventor...
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Posted By Tabs
One possible solution if seating plan allows might be:
Adult sits in seat on aisle and second adult passes child onto lap - seated adult then slides child to seat next to them, and secures seat belt. Aisle seat is then populated with the next child.
This can't work if there are kiddie seats on each minibus fixed seat - nor should it be used for larger children.
Would really need to see plan, bus, and children involved - but something like this, co-operation between two adults, is probably the key.
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Posted By Philip Beale
could you not place a box on the floor (in front of the child seat)for the kids to step up onto so they are at the right level for the seat. then they just sit in the child seat and the adults strap them in.
Assuming the height of the minibus seats is the main problem.
Phil
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