Manual handling assessment charts (the MAC tool)

This is used to assess the risks posed by lifting, lowering, carrying and team manual handling activities. It is designed to help you understand, interpret and categorise the level of risk of various known risk factors associated with manual handling activities.

Scoring

Lifting

Carrying

Team handling

Risk factors

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Link URLs in this page

  1. Overviewhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/mac/mac-tool-overview.htm
  2. Introduction to the MAC toolhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/mac/introduction.htm
  3. How to complete a MAC assessmenthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/mac/tips.htm
  4. Development of the MAC toolhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/mac/development.htm
  5. Manual handling assessment charts (the MAC tool)https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg383.pdf
  6. MAC tool interactive score sheethttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/mac/scoresheet.htm
  7. Lifting operationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/mac/liftintro.htm
  8. Control measures for lifting taskshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/mac/guidance01a.htm
  9. Guidance for lifting taskshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/mac/guidance01b.htm
  10. Carrying operationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/mac/carryintro.htm
  11. Control measures for carrying taskshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/mac/guidance02a.htm
  12. Team handling operationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/mac/teamintro.htm
  13. Control measures for team handling taskshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/mac/guidance03a.htm
  14. What are psychosocial risk factors?https://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/mac/psychosocial.htm
  15. Individual differenceshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/mac/individuals.htm
  16. MAC frequently asked questionshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/mac/faq.htm

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Updated:2023-03-16