Manual Handling - Keele University
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Department of Occupational Health and Safety

 

Department of Occupational Health and Safety

Revised Manual Handling Policy and Procedures agreed by the University Occupational Health and Safety Committee is attached and replaces the earlier version. It should be noted that a manual handling risk assessor should be available in departments and schools. Training can be arranged by the Department of Occupational Health and Safety.

Further Guidance

All documents are listed below. The forms are also available separately in Word format in case you need to fill them in electronically.
  1. Manual handling policy including all Appendices and forms (PDF format)
  2. Manual Handling Assessment Form MH1 (Word format)
  3. Manual Handling Assessment Form MH2 (Word format)

The Department of Occupational Health and Safety holds some guidance literature from the Health and Safety Executive, and the HSE document INDG 143 Getting to grips with manual handling is available as a downloadable pdf.

The Department of Occupational Health and Safety has produced a Manual Handling Information sheet for display on noticeboards as a reminder of basic manual handling practice.