1. Recognised Safe Lifting and Handling Techniques

8. Kinetic Lifting Technique for a Simple Load

9. Kinetic Lifting Technique For Lifting a Sack From the Ground1 5 2 4 3

10. Kinetic Lifting Technique for Lifting Sacks From a Truck

11. Kinetic Lifting Technique For a Dual Person Lift from Ground Level

12. 1
Kinetic Lifting Technique, Two Persons and Long Load 2 3 5 4

13. Kinetic Lifting Technique, Oil Drum

14. Kinetic Lifting Technique.
One Person, Long Load

15. WRONG RIGHT
Kinetic Lifting Technique, Sheets/Boards

16. Kinetic Lifting Technique,
2 person Lift
Sheets/Boards

17. Kinetic Lifting Technique
2 Person Lift

18. Kinetic Lifting Techniques
Sacks

19. Kinetic Lifting
HOW NOT TO DO IT!!

20. A Selection of Tools for Manual Handling Tasks in the Rail Environment
Timber Sleeper Snips, one person each side, 2 snips per sleeper, 4 people per sleeper
A Selection of Tools for Manual Handling Tasks in the Rail Environment
Sleeper snips as above,
Note: only for 8 ft sleepers, anything larger will require more automation or more people
De Clipping bars
Rail Tongs

21. 7 Steps to Safe Lifting - Base Movement
1st Assess the load – can you lift it safely?
2nd Place your feet at ten-to-two
3rd BEND you knees
4th Back - KEEP IT STRAIGHT & UPRIGHT
5th Neck & head – keep your chin up.
6th Grip – “front knee, high hand, far corner” and “back knee, low hand, near corner”.
7th Load - hold it in close to your pelvis.
Remember – use these good principles for lifting in different situations and don’t stick blindly to rules and procedures

22. Points to remember:
Practicing good lifting technique does not enable you to lift more than you could before. It means that, whatever your individual capabilities, your chances of injury are reduced.
Good technique is just one of a number of control measures, within the hierarchy of control, that the employer has to put in place to reduce manual handling risks; it is not a panacea.
This is about a cultural change, about not accepting practices because that’s the way they’ve always been done.