If your job involves lifting or carrying heavy or awkwardly-shaped equipment, or repetitive lifting, you need to know how to minimise the risk of injury - this Guideline should help. Injuries caused ...

Health interventions are essential to minimise the risks to employees in the workplace. Siân Edwards outlines the importance of manual handling training and how an effective programme can help to ...

Manual material handling is critical to warehouse operations, but it can be extremely challenging and dangerous for employees. Warehouse managers can implement best practices to improve safety and ...

Manual handling can be defined as the transporting or supporting of a load by hand or another part of the body. It can include lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling, carrying and intentional throwing of ...

Muscle strain from lifting and moving heavy loads is one of the most common causes of work-related illness in the UK, and as such, is taken seriously as a issue. During your studies, you can avoid ...