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    Manual Handling

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    This document provides guidance on safely handling loads manually in construction. It notes that lifting and moving loads is a common cause of injury. It advises considering the task, individual capability, load characteristics, and environment when manually handling loads. It promotes following the TILE (Task, Individual, Load, Environment) method. The document offers solutions for general handling, masonry units, panel products, heavy lintels, and bagged aggregate. It emphasizes using mechanical aids where possible, handling lighter loads, and avoiding lifts over shoulder height or with teams over 4 people.

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    Manual Handling

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    This document provides guidance on safely handling loads manually in construction. It notes that lifting and moving loads is a common cause of injury. It advises considering the task, individual capability, load characteristics, and environment when manually handling loads. It promotes following the TILE (Task, Individual, Load, Environment) method. The document offers solutions for general handling, masonry units, panel products, heavy lintels, and bagged aggregate. It emphasizes using mechanical aids where possible, handling lighter loads, and avoiding lifts over shoulder height or with teams over 4 people.

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    This document provides guidance on safely handling loads manually in construction. It notes that lifting and moving loads is a common cause of injury. It advises considering the task, individual capability, load characteristics, and environment when manually handling loads. It promotes following the TILE (Task, Individual, Load, Environment) method. The document offers solutions for general handling, masonry units, panel products, heavy lintels, and bagged aggregate. It emphasizes using mechanical aids where possible, handling lighter loads, and avoiding lifts over shoulder height or with teams over 4 people.

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    Manual Handling

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    Ihuhwa Marta Tau
    This document provides guidance on safely handling loads manually in construction. It notes that lifting and moving loads is a common cause of injury. It advises considering the task, individual capability, load characteristics, and environment when manually handling loads. It promotes following the TILE (Task, Individual, Load, Environment) method. The document offers solutions for general handling, masonry units, panel products, heavy lintels, and bagged aggregate. It emphasizes using mechanical aids where possible, handling lighter loads, and avoiding lifts over shoulder height or with teams over 4 people.

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    The key takeaways are that manual handling is a common cause of injuries, there is no truly safe weight limit, and alternatives should be found whenever possible. Factors like task, individual capability, load characteristics, and environment need to be considered.

    Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) from lifting and moving loads manually are one of the most common causes of injury at work, with 56,000 work-related MSD cases in construction per year in the UK.

    When manually handling loads, the task, individual capability, load characteristics such as weight and bulk, and environmental factors like temperature, floor conditions, and stairs should all be assessed.

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    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.
    When you have to manually handle
    loads consider:

    Task - how often, how Individual capability, male


    much twisting or bending or female, old or young,
    is needed? experienced or
    inexperienced?

    Load - how heavy? Good Environment - hot, cold,


    grip? Bulky? Heavier at uneven floor, windy, stairs?
    one end?

    Remember : TILE
    Some solutions

    General Handling
    Building Blocks
    Panel products e.g.
    Plasterboard
    Heavy Lintels
    Bagged Aggregate
    General Handling

    Simple aids on site -


    - sack trucks, trolleys
    Masonry Units/Blocks

    Specify/order blocks that


    weigh less than 20kg
    Store blocks where they
    will not get wet (and
    increase their weight)
    Arrange work so that
    lifting over shoulder height
    is not carried out
    Deliver blocks as close to
    the point of laying as
    possible
    Masonry Units/Blocks

    Do not carry them up


    ladders
    Raise spot boards to a
    comfortable working
    height
    Adjust scaffold platform to
    be at a height to allow the
    bricklayer to work
    between their knees and
    chest (if hop up used
    make sure that edge
    protection is provided on
    the main scaffold that
    takes account of this
    Panel products e.g. Plasterboard

    Much more difficult to


    manoeuvre (and risky) in
    windy conditions
    8x4 boards of 15mm
    thickness are all over
    25kg and some special
    boards can be up to
    50kg
    It is possible to select
    smaller boards which are
    lighter and more
    manoeuvrable
    Plasterboard

    Dont remove
    handrails/banisters to
    move boards up
    stairs as this creates
    a fall risk
    Use aids to hold and
    position boards
    Heavy Lintels

    In this case there were


    150 lintels each weighing
    115 kg. The firm
    calculated each lift
    needed a team of 5 which
    was not physically
    possible! They identified
    that a lift truck could be
    used.
    An alternative is to specify
    lightweight steel lintels
    where possible.
    Bagged Aggregate

    Order materials in
    smaller unit weights
    (max. 25kg) so that
    they can be more
    easily handled.OR
    Order the materials
    in such large unit
    weights that they
    can only be handled
    mechanically.
    Hazardous Manual Handling

    Do not try
    to manually
    handle
    items that
    weigh over
    100kg
    Do not try
    to use
    manual
    handling
    teams of
    more than 4
    people.
    Top Tips

    Plan and prepare for deliveries


    Find out how much commonly used items
    weigh
    Use simple aids
    Do not try to handle items heavier than
    100kg or use teams of more than 4
    people

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