This guideline document is intended to assist those involved with, and responsible for, patient handling in the health care sector. This guideline is not intended as a legal interpretation.

This guide has been put together as an introduction to the management of manual handling in the construction sector. The main objectives of the guide are:

• To present the business case for managing the hazard of manual handling in construction
• To outline briefly the legislation that relates to manual handling
• To explain the potential health effects of not managing the hazard of manual handling
• To explain the five steps of manual handling risk assessment

This poster, showing a pyramid can be used to raise awareness of the transfer technique in everyday life. Use it for example at staff meetings and in teaching or to raise awareness about transfer technology in everyday life.

This short video demonstrates how simple measures, such as adjusting the chair at the correct height within the hairdressers business, MSDs can be avoided. 

This films show the physical danger of pushing and pulling and lifting when doing kitchen work. 

The film shows the physical dangers of cleaning the rooms in a hotel and the means to prevent these complaints.

This checklist is a tool for enterprises to use when preparing their workplace assessment (WPA). All enterprises with employees are obligated to draw up workplace assessments. The workplace assessment is the enterprise’s own tool for identifying, prioritising and solving working environment problemsThe checklist contains a number of yes/no questions. Questions answered with a ‘yes’ pose a working environment problem to be included in an action plan prepared by the enterprise.

This checklist is a tool for enterprises to use when preparing their workplace assessment (WPA). All enterprises with employees are obligated to draw up workplace assessments. The workplace assessment is the enterprise’s own tool for identifying, prioritising and solving working environment problems. The checklist contains a number of yes/no questions. Questions answered with a ‘yes’ pose a working environment problem to be included in an action plan prepared by the enterprise.

"This checklist is a tool for enterprises to use when preparing their workplace assessment (WPA). All enterprises with employees are obligated to draw up workplace assessments. The workplace assessment is the enterprise’s own tool for identifying, prioritising and solving working environment problems. The checklist contains a number of yes/no questions. Questions answered with a ‘yes’ pose a working environment problem to be included in an action plan prepared by the enterprise.

This checklist is a tool for enterprises to use when preparing their workplace assessment (WPA).  All enterprises with employees are obligated to draw up workplace assessments. The workplace assessment is the enterprise’s own tool for identifying, prioritising and solving working environment problems. The checklist contains a number of yes/no questions. Questions answered with a ‘yes’ pose a working environment problem to be included in an action plan prepared by the enterprise.