Lifting

This page will help you to assess a single person lifting operation and includes two videos of a manual handling task.

• Before you begin watching the videos we advise you to print the MAC tool charts leaflet and read through the assessment guide.
• The flow chart, graph and score sheet in the MAC are required to assess and evaluate the risks in the video.
• Use the interactive score sheet
  The score sheet can also be filled in on screen.
• Manual handling task video 1 - Lifting from pallet to conveyor
  This video shows footage of an everyday work place lifting task in which the employee unloads boxes from a pallet and lifts them onto a conveyor.
• Manual handling task video 2 - Lifting creels of wire onto spindles
  This video shows footage of an employee lifting creels of wire from a rolling conveyor and loading them onto spindles at various heights.