Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992

These regulations apply to a wide range of manual handling activities, including lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling or carrying. Not only do they apply to inanimate objects, but they also apply to the lifting of people which complicates employer’s responsibilities further..

Manual Handling- back injuries causing you absence problems?

Over a third of all reportable injuries to the Health and Safety Executives (HSE) are because of manual handling related problems.

Have you considered that if one of your employees injures themselves whilst at work, as their employer you are likely to come under scrutiny from the HSE who will ask lots of searching questions about their training and your Health and Safety Systems?

So not only should you make sure you are compliant with Manual Handling regulations to keep the HSE off your back, but with the right training you can make sure that all manual handling is done in such a way to keep your workforce healthy and reduce absence levels.

Manual Handling – How mhl can assist you

mhl support are able to provide training solutions which will help you to avoid, assess and reduce the risk to your employees. These sessions are available either at your premises or can be held in mhl’s own training facilities but all at a highly competitive rate.

Our Health and Safety management system will also ensure that in the event of an injury to an employee you are able to prove that you have provided relevant training to comply with your statutory obligations and therefore do not need to worry when the HSE start their investigation.