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Manual Handling Flashcards

1
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What accounts for 65% of work placed injuries which aren’t fatal?

A

Musculoskeletal disorders

2/3 are a result of hazardous manual tasks

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High risk occupations?

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Labourers machinery operators and drivers, technicians and trade workers

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What are musculoskeletal disorders?

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Injuries of muscles, nerves, tendons, ligaments, joints, cartilage, or spinal discs

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4
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What are MSD caused by?

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Manual tasks
Slips, trips and falls
Hitting and being hit by objects

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5
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Meaning of hazardous manual tasks?

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Means a task that requires a person to lift, lower, push, pull, carry or otherwise move hold restrain any person

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Hazardous manual tasks involve?

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Repetitive or sustained force
High or sudden force
Repetitive movement
Sustained or awkward posture
Exposure to vibration
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How high are the lasers off the ground?

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132 cms where isocentre is

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8
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Legislation of manual handling?

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WHS regulation 2011

Code of practice

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9
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What does the regulation say?

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A person conducting a business or undertaking must manage risks to health and safety regarding a musculoskeletal disorders for hazardous activities

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Ways to manage risk?

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Management/OHS identify hazardous manual tasks

Consultant to assess and assist in developing controls (ergonomics)

Use workers job knowledge to identify, assess and develop controls (perform)

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What is Perform?

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Participative ergonomics for manual tasks

Interbationally recommended approach

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What are perform elements?

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Participation of workers and others
Management commitment and support
Site champion

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Perform includes?

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Team training
Communication
Integrated systems
Risk management
Evaluation
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Aim of perform?

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Healthy workforce

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15
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Perform risk assessment tool sheet what does it contain?

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Date of assessment and location
Risk assessors
Task description

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16
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What does the perform risk factor (5) sheet contain?

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Exertion
Awkward posture
Vibration
Duration 
Repetition
17
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Two types of manual task related injuries?

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Single one off exposure- due to maximum exposure, quite rare

Repeated exposure- ongoing wear and tear
Variety of risk factors
More common

18
Q

Risk factors

:force?

A

Greater force-greater risk
Speed and jerk
Factors that increase effort

19
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What are the risk factors for working posture?

A

Awkward

Static

20
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Risk factors repetition

A

Short cycle time <30seconds

21
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Risk factors duration?

A

Time taken to perform a task once or repeatedly without a break
Amount of time exposed to a risk factor

22
Q

Hierarchy of control?

A

Elimination
Engineering
Substitution
Isolation

23
Q

What does administration apply to?

A 
Job rotation
Change of workflow
Task specific training
Preventative maintenance program
Personal protective equipment
24
Q

Why don’t we train how to lift?

A

Evidence that technique training does not work

Risk factors aren’t changed

25
Q

What type of training is appropriate?

A

Information

On risk management
Measures in place to control them
How to perform manual tasks
How to report a problem or maintenance issue

26
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How to remove manual tasks?

A

Identify

Change

27
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Risk controls?

A

Link control to risk factor
Consult workers and others
Look at similiar tasks for ideas
Trial before implementation

28
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Focus controls on sources of risk?

A

Change design or layout of work areas

Changing nature, size or weight
Systems of work
Work environment

29
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Poor work environments?

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Vibration exposure
Cold conditions
Hear and humidity
Windy conditions
Floors and surface
Lighting
30
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Priories action?

A

When injuries have occurred
Serious consequences
Lots of complaints

31
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Program evaluation?

A

Positive indicators

Lagging indicators

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