Take a look here to find out more: http://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/mac/index.htm LB

Good point Bob!

I could spend a week answering this one :) My first point is lots of the assessment tools are screening tools designed to identify high risk tasks so you can tackle these first - MAC is an example. As you are only doing one task you could just jump in at the deepend and work through the risk assessment template at the back of (can someone confirm L23) I always work up - start by applying the guidance filters in L23 as this may indicate that the assessment does not need to be taken further (eg lifting my cup off the table would fall within the criteria) next I would apply MAC to colour code risk factors and give a score (you can then do this for potential solutions to show the person paying the bill the advantages of implementation) next for high risk tasks I would apply a full assessment. As noted don't' forget to risk assess the whole task and I also find if using MAC and the screening tools you sometimes need to be a bit creative (I use MAC for push pull and so need to use my own version :) ) right, I hope that helps?

If these tasks are within your "Group" identifier, you may find the resources and reports here helpful: http://www.hse.gov.uk/waste/msd.htm

Thanks for all your help everyone, i have been looking a bit more closely today and applying some of the advice you have all given me. A big thanks