Transcript Lifting and Handling Techniques
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.