Health interventions are essential to minimise the risks to employees in the workplace. Siân Edwards outlines the importance of manual handling training and how an effective programme can help to ...

In the workplace, we can view manual materials handling (MMH) as any process in which the human operator is asked or required to lift, lower, push, pull, carry or perform any other similar task in ...

Manual handling means more than lifting or carrying something. The term is used to describe a range of activities such as lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling, carrying, moving, holding or restraining ...

If your job involves lifting or carrying heavy or awkwardly-shaped equipment, or repetitive lifting, you need to know how to minimise the risk of injury - this Guideline should help. Injuries caused ...

Recent advances in biomechanics have shed light on the intricate interplay between manual handling tasks and the development of low back pain. Research in this field explores how task-specific factors ...

Muscle strain from lifting and moving heavy loads is one of the most common causes of work-related illness in the UK, and as such, is taken seriously as a issue. During your studies, you can avoid ...

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 ...