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The Manual Lifting Techniques Training Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Improper warm-up
- Inadequate equipment
- 2. Assess the weight to be handled
- Incorrect judgement
- Lack of knowledge
- 3. Adopting a stable position
- Slips
- Trips and Falls
- 4. Get a firm grasp
- Poor grasp leading to dropping load
- Hand injuries
- 5. Lift smoothly, keeping control of the load
- Sudden movements leading to strain
- Losing control of load
- 6. Closely hold the load to the body
- Back strains
- Overbalancing
- 7. Don’t twist or lean sideways excessively
- Back strains
- Spinal injury
- 8. Moving the loads without lifting
- Crushed toes
- Tripping over discarded objects
- 9. Setting down the load
- Muscles strains
- Crushed toes if load is dropped
- 10. Pacing work duties
- Fatigue
- Overexertion
- 11. Using mechanical aids where possible
- Improper use of machinery
- Machinery malfunction
- 12. Sufficiently rest and schedule breaks
- Fatigue
- Loss of focus
- 13. Regularly alternate with lighter tasks
- Repetitive strain injuries
- Fatigue
- 14. Provide training for employees
- Untrained staff
- Accidents due to ignorance
- 15. Ensuring regular maintenance of equipment
- Equipment failure leading to accidents
- Malfunctions