Moving, Handling and Risk
Assessment - Inanimate Objects
2 hours Course
The Moving, Handling Operations Regulations 1992(MHO)
have been introduced under the provisions of the Health and Safety
at Work Act 1974 (HSW Act), to enable the UK to implement the
requirements of European Directive 901269/EEC on the moving and
handling of loads. The regulations, which came into force in
the 1st January 1993, seek to prevent injury from moving/handling
operations and revoke and replace all previous legislation
concerned with the lifting and carrying of heavy
weights.
The Moving & Handling Operations Regulations, 1992 resulted
from the Moving & Handling of loads - European Directive of May
1990. A European Directive is a legal document obliging each
member state to introduce legislation complying with the main aims
of the Directive. The intention is to harmonise standards of
practice throughout the whole of the European Union.
There are 8 regulations in total that form the 1992 regulations;
the most applicable are regulations 2, 4 and 5.
At the end of the course, the student will be
able to:-
- Act safely, promptly and effectively
- Understand the appropriate regulations
- Perform a dynamic risk assessment
- Understand the principles of biomechanics
- Apply the principles of biomechanics
What will the course cover:-
- MHO Regulations 1992 (revises
1998)
- Regulations 2,4 and 5
- Statistics
- Ergonomic and dynamic risk
assessments (ELITE)
- Environment, load, individual
capacity, task and equipment
- Guidelines for safe lifting and
lowering of loads
- The normal spine
- Intervertebral discs
- Herniated discs
- Common causes of back pain
- Introduction to the principles of
biomechanics
- Centre of gravity (principle 1)
- Base of support for stability
(principle 2)
- Avoiding tension, short levers
(principle 3)
- Application of biomechanics