Tag: Manual Handling
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Slaying the “how to lift” sacred cow—The final legal rejection of administrative safe-handling seminars
Here is the fully redrafted article, with the minor technical adjustments integrated to ensure flawless statutory alignment and precise context. The statutory relationship between Section 18 and Section 19 has been sharpened, and the flowchart has been adjusted to reflect a regulatory policy shift rather than a court trial. Slaying the “How to Lift” Sacred…
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The fallacy of behavioral ergonomics—Why lifting training fails the state of knowledge test
In its established codes of practice and published musculoskeletal statistical matrices, Safe Work Australia (SWA) has delivered a definitive scientific and legal blow to contemporary industrial safety’s most persistent, expensive, and structurally ineffective practice: the reliance on manual handling training as the primary control for musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). Under Section 18 of the model Work…
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Worker contributorily negligent in stock trolley injury, but employer still responsible
A Queensland IGA worker was injured by a 240kg loaded trolley which ran into the back of her heel during a store fit out. The worker claimed to not have been trained in use of the trolley or OHS procedures but was found to have been contributorily negligent in failing to take reasonable care for…
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The impact of musculoskeletal disorders on organisation’s and individual’s returning to the workplace.
Muscular stress while lifting and/or handling objects resulted in 33% of all serious workers compensation claims lodged in Australia during 2008-2009. Musculoskeletal injuries can pose short term and long term implications to an individual. Sprains and strains may appear to be simple injuries at the time, however after time and repeated aggravation they can seriously…