Recognised Safe Lifting and Handling Techniques

Kinetic Lifting Technique for a Simple Load

1 Kinetic Lifting Technique For Lifting a Sack From the Ground 2 4 3 5

Kinetic Lifting Technique for Lifting Sacks From a Truck

Kinetic Lifting Technique For a Dual Person Lift from Ground Level

4 1 2 3 Kinetic Lifting Technique, Two Persons and Long Load 5

Kinetic Lifting Technique, Oil Drum

Kinetic Lifting Technique.

One Person, Long Load

WRONG RIGHT Kinetic Lifting Technique, Sheets/Boards

Kinetic Lifting Technique, 2 person Lift Sheets/Boards

Kinetic Lifting Technique 2 Person Lift

Kinetic Lifting Techniques Sacks

Kinetic Lifting

HOW NOT TO DO IT!!

Timber Sleeper Snips, one person each side, 2 snips per sleeper, 4 people per sleeper Sleeper snips as above, Note: only for 8 ft sleepers, anything larger will require more automation or more people A Selection of Tools for Manual Handling Tasks in the Rail Environment De Clipping bars Rail Tongs

7 Steps to Safe Lifting - Base Movement • 1 st • 2 nd • 3 rd • 4 th • 5 th • 6 th • 7 th Assess the load BEND you knees – can you lift it safely?

Place your feet at ten-to-two Back - KEEP IT STRAIGHT & UPRIGHT Neck & head – keep your chin up.

Grip – “front knee, high hand, far corner” and “back knee, low hand, near corner”.

Load - hold it in close to your pelvis.

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Remember

– use these good principles for lifting in different situations and don’t stick blindly to rules and procedures

Points to remember: • Practicing good lifting technique does not enable you to lift more than you could before. It means that, whatever your individual capabilities, your chances of injury are reduced.

• Good technique is just one of a number of control measures, within the hierarchy of control, that the employer has to put in place to reduce manual handling risks; it is not a panacea.

• This is about a cultural change, about not accepting practices because that’s the way they’ve always been done.