Manual Handling
Carly2020-07-09T13:39:43+09:30Manual Handling - How to prevent workplace injuries. When we think of workplace safety, instantly we think about vehicle incidents, electricity problems or even exposure to chemicals. However, based on statistics from Safe Work Australia, musculoskeletal disorders are the most common work-related condition in Australia despite the fact there are known methods to eliminate or minimise them. Accounting for 39.3 per cent of work-related injuries over 2017, manual handling recorded significantly higher occurrences than slips, trips and falls, hits from moving objects and vehicle incidents. Almost every workplace involves performing some sort of manual handling task to get the job [...]