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Posted By CC
Hi
I have been asked by the board to write a formal report on the "needs" of a manual handling assessment, has anyone got anything similar I could use as a template? Save me starting from sratch. I understand the reasons etc, just short of time and would like to "borrow" from another safety bod.
Thanks
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Posted By Andy Walker
If you mean an assessment format I've got loads thanks to the help of the members of this forum.
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Posted By CC
Its the actual report to discuss reasons for dealing with this now.. They said they want it formally written to show the economic, moral and legal reasons for this.
Any ideas...?
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Posted By Helen Horton
Start off with your own internal information. Accident reports and sickness absence forms for say the past 5 years if you have them. How much absence has been caused by manual handling related injuries? How much has this cost? How long have people been off work and what sort of injuries occurred? Will these people have lasting disability due to the injury? Have any of them brought a claim for personal injury? How many more claims are likely/possible? What is the effect of these claims on EL insurance premiums? When the incidents occurred was any product wasted/damaged? What was the cost of this? This lot sould get you started on the moral and finanacial arguments as for the legal then I have to ask the question "Why is it that you are only now looking at doing manual handling assessments when the legal requirement came into being nearly 15 years ago?" I think a fairly convincing argument must be that you have been lucky so far not to have come under the spotlight of the enforcement authorities and that sort of luck can't last for ever! After that there is the question of fines and so on should you be the focus of an investigation following an accident or a routine visit. Starter for 10?
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Posted By Ron Hunter
check out the hse web pages on issues such as FIT3 & musculo-skeletal injuries. Should be enough there for you to address the legal, moral,social and economic issues. You should then be able to contextualise with reference to the range of tasks and activities in your Organisation.
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Posted By CC
Excellent, thank you
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Posted By Kate Graham
For goodness sakes, why do they need a report on the need for manual handling assessment? Do the manual handling assessment and then give them a report on the outcome!
Kate
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Posted By Paul Price
well said Kate
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Posted By CRT
As an LA enforcement Officer i commonly encounter significant risks associated with manual handling of items, more often than not there are no assessments and/or no consideration given to the provision of mechanical handling equipment. I have some sympathy towards fellow H&S professionals who have to justify why they have to do their job, perhaps some directors should read their H&S policy - their names are probably in it somwhere along with the responsibilities they carry. If in doubt show them the legal cases bit in the Practitioner or get them to look at the HSE prosecution database.
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Posted By AlB
In additional to Kate's comment, I'd like to state that Manual Handling carries risks. Risks in the workplace need to be assessed. A Manual Handling Assessment is just a risk assessment of manually handling items. You need to do it by Law. Your employe/ board should know this. If not, then you need to spell it out to them.
Make an assessment, identify the risks, identify the negative consequencesof those risks, find solutions, weigh up the effect of any potential solutions, make an assessment of its worth versus the risk.
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Posted By Philip McAleenan
Caroline,
Part of the service Pisani offer to clients is advice on optimum safety standards, from the website …
“our fully trained technical staff will provide all the skilled assistance necessary: initial installation, guidance on operationg procedures to ensure OPTIMUM SAFETY STANDARDS, through to regular maintenance, with a Pisani service contract for long life protectionm of your machinery”.
Sounds like they have already worked out the needs and reasons for doing risk assessments. A search into the company’s files may throw up the information you seek.
Philip
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Posted By AlB
Oooooo..... Well spoted Phil.
I'm sure some people at Pisani are not going to be too happy with the way this thread has developed.
And I'm sure CC won't be too happy at the info made public either!
Anyway, CC, depending on the industry (and seeing as the business involves a lot of heavy handling) you'll need to conduct full assessments, including ergonomic assessments of the workplace. It's better than having claims for back injury!
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