Safe Manual Handling

Introduction
Lifting and moving loads manually is one of the
most common causes of injury at work.
56,000 Work Related MSD cases in
construction per year
There is no truly ‘safe’ weight limit for manual
handling operations so try to find alternatives.
Introduction
The term manual handling covers a wide variety of
activities

Lifting

Pulling

Carrying
Holding
Pushing

Throwing
Striking
• It also describes activities involving:

Repetitive actions Sustained postures Exposure

to
Vibration
 Symptoms
Back or neck pain
Pain in wrists shoulder
or arms
Stabbing pains in arms
 Weakness or clumsiness
or legs
 Heaviness
Painful joints
 Burning sensations
Pain, tingling or
 Stiffness
numbness in hands or
 Swelling
feet

If you start to experience any of these symptoms don’t

ignore them!
When you have to manually handle loads
consider:
The manual handling TILEO acronym can be used to assess each manual
handling activity. TILEO stands for:

• TASK,
• INDIVIDUAL,
• LOAD,
• ENVIRONMENT AND
• OTHER FACTORS
Good manual handling behaviours :
Think before lifting/handling
Adopt a stable position
Bend your knees not your back
Keep the load close to your waist
Avoid twisting the back or leaning sideways
Working for extended periods
with wrong posture ?

Solution :
Unbolting a lid without being able to
see hands/tools/nuts and with
unnecessary strain on arms and back?

Solution :
Lifting a Heavy bag with legs in wrong
position ?

Solution :
Lowering a heavy weight in a box.
Awkard stance with a limited space for
feet ?

Solution :
Lifting weight Guidelines :
THANK YOU