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Detailed Manual Handling Assessment: Lifting and Carrying: Risk Factors

This document summarizes a manual handling assessment of replacing empty water bottles in a drinking water dispenser. It identifies risks such as stooping, lifting from knee height, and unstable loads. Recommendations include providing a trolley for moving bottles, training staff, and instructing pregnant women not to perform the task. The priority actions are to acquire a trolley, ensure a second person holds doors open, and train staff in manual handling and on performing the task. Completion is targeted for end of January 2005 with review in January 2006.

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Detailed Manual Handling Assessment: Lifting and Carrying: Risk Factors

This document summarizes a manual handling assessment of replacing empty water bottles in a drinking water dispenser. It identifies risks such as stooping, lifting from knee height, and unstable loads. Recommendations include providing a trolley for moving bottles, training staff, and instructing pregnant women not to perform the task. The priority actions are to acquire a trolley, ensure a second person holds doors open, and train staff in manual handling and on performing the task. Completion is targeted for end of January 2005 with review in January 2006.

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DetailedManualHandlingAssessment:Liftingand Carrying

Carried out for: Carried out by: Date performed: Task: Task description: Juli Warder 25th November 2004 Replacing empty drinking water bottle with full one in drinking water dispenser Anyone currently carries out the task. The empty bottle is removed from the drinking water dispenser and a new, full one is put in. The full bottle is kept on a knee-high shelf in the lobby outside the toilets. The drinking water dispenser is in the kitchen area. The full bottle is lifted from the knee-high shelf, carried through to the kitchen area (which involves opening a fire door) and placing the bottle on a waist-high working surface. The bottle is then turned upside down and put into the dispenser at slightly higher than waist height. Actual / Estimated Once per fortnight 19.5 kg

Load weight: Frequency of operation:

Present

Risk

RiskFactors

Problemsoccurringfromthe task

Remedialaction

Do the tasks involve; holding loads away from trunk twisting stooping reaching upwards large vertical movement long carrying distances strenuous pushing or pulling unpredictable movement of load repetitive handling insufficient rest or recovery a work rate imposed by the process

Stooping when picking full bottle from knee-high shelf Lifting from knee height to waist height Water can slosh around and make load unpredictable

Make a trolley available for storage of full bottles and moving from storage area to drinking water dispenser

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Present

Risk

RiskFactors

Problemsoccurringfromthe task

Remedialaction

Are the loads heavy bulky / unwieldy difficult to grasp unstable / unpredictable intrinsically harmful (eg sharp edges) The current storage area is in a narrow corridor which makes the lift more difficult Between the storage area and the kitchen area (where the drinking water dispenser is) there is a fire door which is kept closed Moving the bottles on a trolley will solve this problem In addition, another person should be available to hold the door open while the trolley is manoeuvred through

H H M L

Smooth bottles with no handles to grip make it quite a difficult load to carry

Moving the bottles on a trolley will solve this problem

Does the working environment have: constraints on posture poor floors variations in levels hot / cold / humid conditions strong air movements poor lighting conditions

Does the task require unusual capability pose a risk to those with a health problem or physical or learning disability pose a risk to those who are pregnant call for special information / training This task could aggravate a preexisting back problem. Staff should receive training in manual handling. Pregnant women and new mothers should be instructed not to move the full bottles of water.

This task should not be undertaken by pregnant women or women who have recently had a baby.

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Other factors: is movement or posture hindered by clothing or PPE Yes No

RiskFactors
Other factors (Cont): is there an absence of correct / suitable PPE being worn do workers feel that there has been a lack of consideration given to the planning and scheduling of work / rests are there sudden changes in workload, or seasonal changes in volume without mechanisms for dealing with the change do workers feel that they have not been given enough training and information to carry out the task successfully Yes No

Problemsoccurringfromthe task

Remedialaction

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Remedialstepsthat shouldbe taken, in orderof priority

Personresponsiblefor implementingcontrols

Target completion date


Mid-December 2004

Completed Yes / No

A trolley should be made available.

CP or BV

A second person should be available to hold the fire door open to allow the trolley to be manoeuvred through. This will require staff training.

BV

Mid-December 2004

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Staff who are likely to carry out this task should be trained CP or BV Mid-December 2004

DetailedManualHandlingPreliminaryAssessment:Liftingand Carrying

Remedialstepsthat shouldbe taken, in orderof priority

Personresponsiblefor implementingcontrols

Target completion date


End-January 2005

Completed Yes / No

Staff should receive training in manual handling

JW or external

Date by which actions must be completed: End-January 2005 Date for review of assessment: January 2006

When the recommended actions above have been completed the remaining risk posed by this manual handling task will be as low as is reasonablypracticable .

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