HHSEG - The Need for

Manual Handling Training

Ed Maskell-White

© PETA Ltd

With acknowledgement of the

22 December 2013

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What Did You Get for Christmas?

3 Key Reasons to Train

Moral/Ethical

Legal reasons

Financial

Workplace Risks

Size of the Problem

Common Health Conditions

What Do We Know About…

Causative Factors in Lower Back

Pain

Reported Over-Seven-Day

Injuries to Employees (RIDDOR)

Handling Injury Incident Rate

Back Disorders by Industry

Back Disorders by Occupation

Costs to Employers

Case Study 1

• £150,000

• 50,000+ annually

Costs to Employers

Case Study 2

• 373 lost working days

• £24,000+ wages

• 74 lost working days

• £5000 wages

What About Training?

• Risk factors

• Injuries

• Safe technique

• SSOW

• Mechanical aids

• Practical

Approaching Training

What’s in it for me?

I would like to thank my Wife

Hannah

for permission to use her MRI scan

and story for this presentation.

And finally…