Good afternoon I have been asked to create a training session on manual handling by my employer. Does anyone have any links or tips that I can use? I will need to cover Office, Warehouse and Manufacturing in my sessions if this helps. Thanks Dave

Dave I like to use the old ‘tins of tuna and jam doughnuts’ demonstration to show how a prolapsed disc happens - squash a doughnut between two tins of tuna that represent the vertebra (tuna) and the disc (doughnut). The jam squashing out is similar to a herniated disc. Then let them eat the rest of the doughnuts – always a crowd pleaser. The HSE have loads of manual handling stuff, including presentations you can use and info downloads such as: http://www.hse.gov.uk/co...eyou/manual-handling.ppt http://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/manualhandling.htm http://www.hse.gov.uk/toolbox/manual.htm Iosh Too: http://www.iosh.co.uk/Me...and-Musculoskeletal.aspx Also check out the HSE MAC / ART tool, you can downlod these free and use them. Good luck

I can only ask you to do your homework having done a detailed bit of work on this topic. Pm me if you wish

Hello, for office staff I concentrated more on posture than moving heavy objects by putting emphasis on the fact that even picking up a pencil or a piece of paper by stooping repeatedely over time will cause wear and tear of your back. On the internet you can find fake x-rays pictures of what your spine looks like when you adopt a bad posture. My training is called Back Awarness to move away from the idea that you can only damage your back by lifting heavy objects. Love the tuna and doughnuts exercise!