Manual material handling is the moving of objects unaided by mechanical devices. Manual material handling include activities like pushing, pulling, carrying, lifting, and lowering. At Purdue ...

Health interventions are essential to minimise the risks to employees in the workplace. Siân Edwards outlines the importance of manual handling training and how an effective programme can help to ...

Manual material handling (MMH) activities are often of concern when assessing job tasks for risks that have the potential to lead to musculoskeletal disorders. MMH activities usually contain ...

Is it possible to formalize and control the manual handling safety of all your workers on-site at the same time? Before the likes of AI and wearable technology, no, this was not possible. Typically, ...

Musculoskeletal injuries top the list of cases caused or made worse by work, according to statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) 2001/2, especially those which result in injuries ...

Personalized technology allows workers to monitor and learn about their own movement safety while on the job, at any time, giving them the training required to prevent injuries from occurring. Before ...

Manual handling relates to the moving of items either by lifting, lowering, carrying, pushing or pulling and is one of the most common causes of injury at work. Manual handling activities can also ...