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Posted By Zoe Barnett
Can anyone please point me towards products that have proved useful in reducing manual handling risks for staff in public libraries? I'm thinking of trolleys with adjustable heights, better ways to store newspapers etc. As ever I'd be very grateful for any suggestions.
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Posted By Eddie Newall
If you haven't seen "A guide to reducing injuries from manual handling in libraries" you can download it from:
http://www.warwick.ac.uk...afety-office/libhand.htm
On page 11 there is a list of suppliers of library book trolleys. I can't comment on the suitability of any of the equipment from these suppliers. I have been involved in library staff manual handling training and have expressed concern about trolley design, which seems to me to be in a time-warp. Although these wooden trolleys look really old-fashioned to me and a definite hazard in themselves, I was assured that they are recently purchased and the latest design. In my view their design allows too many books to be carried, they are unstable when fully loaded, the lower shelves are too low (knee height and below whereas hip/waist height would be safer), and the castors/wheels are too small to work safely when fully loaded, especially on carpeted floors. A supermarket trolley, the single shallow basket at waist height type, would be a lot safer.
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