Musculoskeletal disorders

Manual handling at work

Manual handling overview^[1]

Protect your workers from the risk of manual handling injuries in the workplace
Avoid hazardous manual handling^[2]

Redesign the task to avoid moving the load by automating or mechanising
Assess manual handling^[3]

Consider the task, the load, the working environment and individual capability
Reduce the risk of injury^[4]

Provide mechanical help, change the task, load and environment, ensure people lift safely
Training^[5]

Provide training about the risks from manual handling and how to avoid them
Manual handling - The law^[6]

Find out more about the Manual Handling Operations Regulations

Manual handling overviewhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/manual-handling/index.htm
Avoid hazardous manual handlinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/manual-handling/avoid-hazardous-manual-handling.htm
Assess manual handlinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/manual-handling/assess-manual-handling.htm
Reduce the risk of injuryhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/manual-handling/reduce-risk-injury.htm
Traininghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/manual-handling/training.htm
Manual handling - The lawhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/manual-handling/the-law.htm
Simple guidance on DSEhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/dse/index.htm
Good posturehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/dse/good-posture.htm
Working from homehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/dse/home-working.htm
Musculoskeletal disorders https://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/msds.htm
Back painhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/backpain/index.htm
Upper limb disordershttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/uld/index.htm
Lower limb disorders https://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/lld/index.htm
The law on musculoskeletal disorders in work https://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/legislation.htm
Workers https://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/workers-msds.htm
Getting help with manual handling risks https://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/external-help.htm
Resources https://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/resources.htm
Awards https://www.hse.gov.uk/news/msd-awards.htm