Health and Safety

Manual Handling

When planning any activities involving manual handling, the risk of injury must be considered and precautions taken to eliminate or reduce the risk.  Significant risks and precautions must be recorded on college risk assessment. 

Planners, organisers and supervisors must ensure that all involved are informed about the risks and precautions to be taken.  Any trolleys, barrows, hoists or lifts etc provided to assist handling should be regularly inspected and maintained.

Staff and students must use manual handling equipment provided, follow safety instructions and report faulty equipment or other hazards.

Line mangers, in liaison with Personnel Department and occupational health advice, should ensure that new recruits and existing employees are capable of undertaking the manual handling operations required of them.

Employees should inform their manager of any physical conditions, including injury or pregnancy that might reasonably be considered to affect their ability to undertake manual handling operations safely.