Correct manual handling posture

Start in a good posture. At the start of the lift, slight bending of the back, hips and knees is preferable to fully flexing the back (stooping) or fully flexing the hips and knees (squatting). Manual handling – protecting your back. The back is particularly vulnerable to manual handling injuries. Safety suggestions include controlling risk factors in the workplace, in addition to personal controls: Lift and carry heavy loads correctly by keeping the load close to the body and lifting with the thigh muscles. Start in a good posture •This can happen if the legs begin to straighten before starting to raise the load. Don’t flex the back any further while lifting •Keep shoulders level and facing in the same direction as the hips. •Turning by moving the feet is better than twisting and lifting at the same time. Avoid twisting or bending the back orFile Size: KB.

When we do need to lift, the semi-squat position places our body in its strongest position for lifting from low levels. In this position your legs are at their strongest and your spine is stable and strong. When lifting, the dominant force used should come from the lower limbs. Manual Handling Regulations Provides legislative guidelines for Manual Handling compliance within workplaces. They provide the framework of design, consultation, assessment, control and training to be implemented in the workplace. Code of Practice (Manual Handling). overreaching, sudden movements and repetitive handling. Posture. Manual handling involves muscular work. There are two main types of muscular work: • static work: when maintaining a posture (holding the body or part of the body in a fixed position), certain skeletal muscles remain contracted • dynamic work.

Anatomical 3D views of correct and incorrect posture for lifting. Manual handling injuries are a third of all UK work-related Safe lifting techniques include adopting a stable position and good posture. Furthermore, as pregnancy progresses, a pregnant woman will experience increased difficulty in adopting correct posture in manual handling operations.