EACH year, injuries caused by manual materials handling are a significant cost to industry in terms of medical costs and lost productivity. According to recent Liberty Mutual Insurance statistics, ...

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 ...

When a person falls, it is important that safe methods are used to move them, to avoid causing pain and/or further injury. This is critical to their chances of making a full recovery. Safe manual ...

STAFF working at care homes in the area are invited to attend a briefing tomorrow in Nelson on the safe moving and handling of residents. The Moving and Handling Facilitators Seminar will be held at ...

FIVE carers have been sacked at a York care home following an investigation into ‘manual handling practices’ with residents. Three carers at Minster Grange in Haxby Road were originally suspended - ...

SAFE moving and handling of people will be the theme of a briefing event at Pendle training in Nelson, on Tuesday, April 8. The Moving and Handling Facilitators Seminar at 11am will provide an ...

Manual material handling is the moving of objects unaided by mechanical devices. Manual material handling include activities like pushing, pulling, carrying, lifting, and lowering. At Purdue ...

Injuries caused by manual handling (particularly to the back, shoulders and neck) are a significant contributor to sickness absence statistics. Those most at risk of injury are those who aren't used ...