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Manual Handling Risk Assessment for Engineering

by Joe Wright, from the Community

This manual handling risk assessment template helps engineering teams evaluate lifting and carrying tasks in line with Manual Handling Operations Regulations. Capture task details, load weight and frequency, carry distances, and personnel. Assess task, load, environment, and individual capability factors, plus psychosocial considerations. Summarize findings, assign controls, and set review dates to reduce injury risks and improve workplace safety.

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Manual Handling Risk Assessment
Use this Manual Handling Risk Assessment template to identify and control risks that can cause musculoskeletal injuries during lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling tasks. Evaluate load weight, frequency, carry distances, posture, and environmental factors such as floors, levels, temperature, lighting, and airflow. Assess PPE requirements, individual capability, and psychosocial factors like workload and training. Capture and annotate photo evidence, record findings, and assign corrective actions to responsible teams for timely resolution.
by Bill Strong, from the Community
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Manual Task Risk Assessment Template
Use this manual task risk assessment to evaluate physical demands, postures, and load handling risks across jobs. Record employee details, location and role; note required PPE; assess actions such as reaching, bending, twisting, carrying, pushing, pulling, vibration exposure, and repetitive movements. List equipment and weights, identify hazards, rate risk, and capture recommendations. Summarize findings and document controls to reduce musculoskeletal injury and improve safe manual handling practices.
by Dane Casserly, from the Community
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Manual Handling Assessment
This manual handling assessment template helps teams evaluate risks associated with lifting and moving tasks. Record the area audited, assessor, and the worker’s role, outline the task or activity, and capture task duration and time spent without breaks. Assess the individual’s physical capability, describe the load, and review the working environment. Evaluate safety using TILE principles (Task, Individual, Load, Environment), rate the level of risk, and note any corrective measures required. Includes fields for notes and signatures from both the assessor and the person being assessed, supporting safer, compliant manual handling practices.
by Eddie Harris, from the Community
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Manual Handling Risk Assessment Template
This manual handling risk assessment template helps teams identify and control risks that can cause musculoskeletal injuries during lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling tasks. Record task details such as load weight, frequency, and carry distance; check for risk factors including awkward postures, twisting, vertical movement, long carries, difficult or unstable loads, and strenuous pushing or pulling. Consider environmental conditions like flooring, level changes, temperature, airflow, and lighting, along with individual capability, PPE suitability, and psychosocial factors such as workload and training. Capture photo evidence, annotate issues, and assign corrective actions to responsible parties to drive remediation and improve workplace safety.
by Bill Strong, from the Community
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Manual Handling Risk Assessment

Use this Manual Handling Risk Assessment template to identify and control risks that can cause musculoskeletal injuries during lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling tasks. Evaluate load weight, frequency, carry distances, posture, and environmental factors such as floors, levels, temperature, lighting, and airflow. Assess PPE requirements, individual capability, and psychosocial factors like workload and training. Capture and annotate photo evidence, record findings, and assign corrective actions to responsible teams for timely resolution.

by Bill Strong, from the Community

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Manual Task Risk Assessment Template

Use this manual task risk assessment to evaluate physical demands, postures, and load handling risks across jobs. Record employee details, location and role; note required PPE; assess actions such as reaching, bending, twisting, carrying, pushing, pulling, vibration exposure, and repetitive movements. List equipment and weights, identify hazards, rate risk, and capture recommendations. Summarize findings and document controls to reduce musculoskeletal injury and improve safe manual handling practices.

by Dane Casserly, from the Community

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Manual Handling Assessment

This manual handling assessment template helps teams evaluate risks associated with lifting and moving tasks. Record the area audited, assessor, and the worker’s role, outline the task or activity, and capture task duration and time spent without breaks. Assess the individual’s physical capability, describe the load, and review the working environment. Evaluate safety using TILE principles (Task, Individual, Load, Environment), rate the level of risk, and note any corrective measures required. Includes fields for notes and signatures from both the assessor and the person being assessed, supporting safer, compliant manual handling practices.

by Eddie Harris, from the Community

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Manual Handling Risk Assessment Template

This manual handling risk assessment template helps teams identify and control risks that can cause musculoskeletal injuries during lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling tasks. Record task details such as load weight, frequency, and carry distance; check for risk factors including awkward postures, twisting, vertical movement, long carries, difficult or unstable loads, and strenuous pushing or pulling. Consider environmental conditions like flooring, level changes, temperature, airflow, and lighting, along with individual capability, PPE suitability, and psychosocial factors such as workload and training. Capture photo evidence, annotate issues, and assign corrective actions to responsible parties to drive remediation and improve workplace safety.

by Bill Strong, from the Community

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Manual Handling Risk Assessment for Engineering

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