Recognised Safe Lifting

and Handling Techniques

Kinetic Lifting Technique for a Simple Load

Kinetic Lifting Technique For Lifting a Sack From the Ground

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Kinetic Lifting Technique for Lifting Sacks From a Truck

Kinetic Lifting Technique For a Dual Person Lift from Ground Level

Kinetic Lifting Technique, Two Persons and Long Load

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Kinetic Lifting Technique, Oil Drum

Kinetic Lifting Technique.One Person, Long Load

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Kinetic Lifting Technique, Sheets/Boards

Kinetic Lifting Technique,2 person LiftSheets/Boards

Kinetic Lifting Technique2 Person Lift

Kinetic Lifting TechniquesSacks

Kinetic Lifting

HOW NOT TO DO IT!!

Timber Sleeper Snips, one person each side, 2 snips per sleeper, 4 people per sleeper

Sleeper snips as above, Note: only for 8 ft sleepers, anything larger will require more automation or more people

De Clipping bars

Rail Tongs

A Selection of Tools for Manual Handling Tasks in the Rail Environment

7 Steps to Safe Lifting - Base Movement

• 1st Assess the load – can you lift it safely?• 2nd Place your feet at ten-to-two• 3rd BEND you knees• 4th Back - KEEP IT STRAIGHT & UPRIGHT• 5th Neck & head – keep your chin up.• 6th Grip – “front knee, high hand, far corner” and

“back knee, low hand, near corner”.• 7th Load - hold it in close to your pelvis.

• Remember – use these good principles for lifting in different situations and don’t stick blindly to rules and procedures

Points to remember:

• Practicing good lifting technique does not enable you to lift more than you could before. It means that, whatever your individual capabilities, your chances of injury are reduced.

• Good technique is just one of a number of control measures, within the hierarchy of control, that the employer has to put in place to reduce manual handling risks; it is not a panacea.

• This is about a cultural change, about not accepting practices because that’s the way they’ve always been done.