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Health and Safety Executive
Health and Safety Executive
Better Backs in Construction
Speaker’s Name
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Better Backs
Some figures:• 2 million people in GB suffered work
related ill health in 2004/5• Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)
are the biggest cause of occupational ill health in GB
• Around 45% of MSDs involved the back
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Construction
• Has the highest rate of MSDs
• These are mostly back injuries from manual handling
• 56,000 Work Related MSD cases in construction per annum
• RIDDOR “handling”
(to employees in 2004/2005)38% of over 3 day injuries15% of major injuries
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Better Backs
The 3 year targets• To reduce the number of new case of
musculoskeletal disorder by 8%• To reduce days lost from work related
ill health by 9%
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We achieve this by (1):
• Working together to make a difference
• Increase the use lifting aids where possible
• Maintain a good posture
• Avoid unnecessary twisting and bending
Better Backs
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We achieve this by (2) :
• Promote the stay active message
• employers and employees work together to get people with back pain back into normal activities
• Raising awareness and changing behaviour to make a difference
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In summary the main points are:
• Sensible precautions in the workplace to reduce the incidence and impact of back pain
• Stay active with back pain – often the best therapy
• “whatever your job, look after your back”
Better Backs
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Better Backs in construction
What are musculoskeletal disorders?Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) include conditions affecting:
• Muscles - tendons - ligaments - joints - nerves - soft tissues
Symptoms include:
•pain
•discomfort
•tenderness
•swelling
• impaired movement
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Better Backs in construction
Solutions to reduce MSDs at work?HSE has concentrated much of its recent effort upon manual handling operations at work:
• Designers
• Planning Supervisors
• Principal Contractors
• Contractors
• Manufacturers / Suppliers
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Better Backs in construction
Sensible solutions?
•Start with a risk assessment:e.g. task - individual - load - environment
•Identify level and likelihood of risk
•Identify and implement controls:- avoid - substitute - mechanise - train workers
•Then keep checking that the controls are effective
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Ask these questions
• Can manual handling involving risk be avoided?• Can tasks be mechanised or handling/lifting aids
used?• Can tasks be altered - to reduce the risk from twisting
stretching or bending?• Can loads be changed - to reduce weight or improve
grip?• Can the work area be improved to make room for
handling?• Have workers been trained in the use of equipment
and safe handling?
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Better Backs in Construction
Inspectors will in particular address the handling of:
• Kerbs• Building Blocks• Panel products e.g. Plasterboard• Use of Lifting Aids e.g. for Lintels or
drainage products (gully pots/manhole covers and frames)
• Bagged Aggregate
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Kerbs – Bad Practice
Not the way to do it!
Poor posture
Heavy weight
Alternatives readily available
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Kerbs
What alternatives are available?Hollow kerbsPlastic kerbsShorter lengths cut in factory or yardSlip formed kerbsHandling aids
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Kerb Handling – Good Practice
• Mechanical grab – or vacuum lifters -vehicle mounted
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Kerb/Paving Handling Good Practice – vacuum lifters
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Handling Building Blocks
• Specify/order blocks that weigh less than 20kg
• Store blocks where they will not get wet (and increase their weight)
• Arrange work so that lifting over shoulder height is not carried out
• Deliver blocks as close to the point of laying as possible
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Panel products e.g. Plasterboard
• Plasterboard example weights:
• Sound and damp resistant board, 15.0mm thick ,1200x2400mm,(4’x8’) weighs 39.7kg
• ‘Standard’ Wallboard, 12.5mm thick, 1200x2400mm,(4’x8’) weighs 24.5kg
• Carrying of 2 or 3 boards at a time has been encountered
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Panel products e.g. Plasterboard
• One possibility is to reduce the board width to 900mm
• 25% lighter • narrower profile
reduces the stretching, stooping and twisting, and allows the weight to be carried closer to the body.
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Panel products e.g. Plasterboard
Could lifting aids be used?
e.g. using panel trolleys
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Panel products e.g. PlasterboardOther simple aids
e.g. Board clamps, or wheeled ‘bogies’
Help reduce handling where other mechanical means cannot be used.
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Panel products e.g. Plasterboard
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Use of Lifting Aids - Lintels
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Use of Lifting Aids - manhole covers
Vehicle mounted or free-standing hoists
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Better Backs Bagged Aggregate
Order materials in smaller unit weights (max. 25kg) so that they can be more easily handled….OR
Order the materials in such large unit weights that they can only be handled mechanically.
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Solutions -Top tips
• Do things that will work in your business to make a difference
• Identify activities which present a risk and examine how these can be made safer – the MAC tool can help
• Prioritise action – sort out the things that will have most impact first
• Keep it simple – choose sensible approaches and solutions
• Check solutions for new risks and that they work• Involve workers or their representatives in all of these