Posted By Descarte Feel free to add to the Introduction - why are we here Ask if people have ever injured their backs - if so how Give examples Work examples or accidents in past if any have occured, and learning lessons made Explain importance of back / spine / discs Explain working of above Explain how damage can occure to the spine Explain how to avoid damage Explain safe and unsafe lifting practices give examples, case studies using things in your office eg. photocopier paper Go over manual handling assessments, assess task, environment, route, ppe required? load, stability etc Avoid assess plan prepare perform etc Hope this helps,

Posted By CRN Baker On a course I attended, the trainer started off by asking everyone what their hobbies were e.g. football, rugby, gardening, picking up children / grandchildren, going to the cinema, golf, cooking &DIY. We were then told how many of our hobbies we wouldn't be able to do if we injured our backs. It brought home the realities of what you can't do if you've injured your back through bad manual handling practices. Imagine, not being able to pick up your child for a cuddle - surely one of the highlights of being a parent.