Manual Handling & Ergonomic Risk Assessment
Assessing your Manual Handling Tasks with Best Practice & Realistic Risk Reduction Solutions
Our Manual Handling & Ergonomic Risk Assessment Consultancy is perfect for Health & Safety Professionals who are short of time to carry out Manual Handling Risk Assessments, as well as those who want an Expert appraisal of their Business' Manual Handling tasks, loads and environments; to support their Risk Reduction proposal for Senior Directors.
Osteopathic Solutions Team of Occupational Osteopaths provide Musculoskeletal Disorder Risk Reduction Solutions to both awkward and high risk Manual Handling tasks that are causing Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs), Manual Handling Lost Time Accidents and Injury at Work Claims. Check out our HSE Risk Assessment Tools page to gain an idea of how we write our MSD Risk Reduction Reports.
Essay 17 - Open your Eagle Eyes
Here is an Essay 17 snippet from Gareth Milner's Sorry! We're Closed ...
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'' Let’s look at an example of where I used my Eagle eyes ... as they were already open. I’m in a Salad Factory. The task I observe involves an Operative standing next to a food bin (or tote) which is positioned under a machine that fills the bin with sliced lettuce. The Operative is forward bent and twisted to the right. He has his right foot in front of the other. His feet are spread hip width apart. He is wearing wellington boots which rather restrict ankle movement. He bends into the food bin with his trunk around 45 degrees forward bent. He is looking down into the food bin, forward bending his neck. He is supporting his bodyweight by his left arm which is coupling with the front aspect of the food bin. With his right hand, he hand scoops sliced lettuce, spreading out the lettuce evenly within the food bin. He never uses his right arm to support his bodyweight. He never hand scoops with his left hand. ''
