The Christmas rush is upon us. However, safety and health should remain paramount as your employees execute their duties. What should employers do? To help prevent manual handling injuries in the ...

Manual material handling is critical to warehouse operations, but it can be extremely challenging and dangerous for employees. Warehouse managers can implement best practices to improve safety and ...

Injuries caused by manual handling (particularly to the back, shoulders and neck) are a significant contributor to sickness absence statistics. Those most at risk of injury are those who aren't used ...

The charity BackCare has published a new edition of its manual handling guide. The sixth edition of “The Handling of People” is endorsed by the Royal College of Nursing, the NHS Staff Council and the ...

Most UK hospitals now have manual handling policies, but few studies have assessed their impact. To facilitate such research, a system for ranking the investment in manual handling risk controls was ...

Manual material handling is the moving of objects unaided by mechanical devices. Manual material handling include activities like pushing, pulling, carrying, lifting, and lowering. At Purdue ...