Lifting or Manual Handling
All employers have a duty to take reasonable care for the safety of their staff. Employers must, by law, provide a safe working environment for their employees.
Manual handling accidents can occur in a wide range of industries from hospitality to nursing.
Since 1992, employers have been under a duty not to allow employees to undertake any actions that may put them at risk of injury. All employers must carry out assessments of all tasks which pose the risk of injury. As far as is practicable, employers must avoid the need for employees to undertake any manual handling operations at work which place employees at risk of injury. They must also consider what equipment or machinery can be used to replace the manual effort.
The regulations cover any transporting of a load, including the lifting, putting down, pushing, pulling, carrying or moving of a load by hand or by bodily force.
If you have suffered an accident at work whilst manually handling an object, Ashton Morton Slack’s experienced personal injury team can help you claim compensation.
To find out how to make a claim for compensation for personal injury sustained whilst manually handling an object, call our team on 0870 6099 3630 and talk to one of our personal injury experts.