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Managing Risk Factors in Manual Handling Tasks WSH Council Forum – Ergonomics Management Programme Cathy Liu Industrial Hygiene Consultant
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Managing Risk Factors in Manual Handling Tasks
WSH Council Forum – Ergonomics Management Programme
Cathy Liu
Industrial Hygiene Consultant
Risk Management
Identification
Assessment
Control Development Implementation
Evaluation
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� Pushing
� Pulling
� Carrying
� Holding
Identification – Manual Handling Activities
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Identification – Risk Factors
� Forceful, prolonged exertion
� Static posture
� Awkward posture for extended
period
� Repetition
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Never forget:
Environmental Factors
Psychosocial Factors
Risk Management
Identification
Assessment
Control Development Implementation
Evaluation
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� NIOSH Lifting Equation
� Snook Table
� ACGIH TLV for Hand Activity
� Liberty Mutual Psychophysical Table
� Manual Handling Assessment Chart (MAC)
� Quick Exposure Check (QEC)
� Manual Tasks Risk Analysis (ManTRA)
Assessment
� Manual Tasks Risk Analysis (ManTRA)
� WISHA Lifting Calculator
� Utah Back Compressive Force
� Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA)
� Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA)
� 3D Michigan Model/ Lumbar Motion Monitor (LMM)
� Health surveillance, Interview, Injury reports, Complaints, etc.
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HOW TO CHOOSE …
Understand your purposes
Determine information requested
e.g. Baseline study V.S. Problem solving
Assessment
Understand your tool(s)
e.g. Advantages V.S. Disadvantages
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Assessment
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Snook, S. H. and Ciriello, V. M., The design of manual handling tasks: revised tables of maximum acceptable weights and forces, Ergonomics, 34, 9, 1991
Assessment
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HOW TO CHOOSE …
Understand your purposes
Determine information requested
e.g. Baseline study V.S. Problem solving
Assessment
Understand your tool(s)
e.g. Advantages V.S. Disadvantages
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Select / Customize your tool(s)
Risk Management
Identification
Assessment
Control Development Implementation
Evaluation
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Control
Elimination
Substitution
Engineering Controls
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Engineering Controls
Administrative Controls
Personal Protective Equipment
Challenge 1: Ergo..? MSDs …? MSDS …?
Awareness training for workers and management
Control -- Challenge 1
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Challenge 2:
It is too late for me to make any changes …
I am out of options …
Start at the design phase.
Control – Challenge 2
It is never too late to do anything.
Be creative!
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Control – Challenge 2
SELFIE
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Challenge 3: I don’t have $$ …
Let’s do some math …
Control – Challenge 3
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The cost of manual handling injuries is significant…
Control – Challenge 3
Pain, Suffering, Restricted mobility
Loss of productivity Reduced profit
Increase workers Ergonomics ?
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Lowered workplace morale
Potential increase in workers
compensation insurance premiums
Increase workers compensation claims Reduced quality of
life
Ergonomics Controls?
Challenge 3: I don’t have $$ …
Control – Challenge 3
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Challenge 4: Whom shall I listen to … my boss?
Have all the stakeholders involved, especially your
workers/users
Control – Challenge 4
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Control – Challenge 4
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� Baseline / Beginning
� Middle / Process
� Outcome / Results
Evaluation
Identification
Assessment
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Control Development Implementation
Evaluation
Ergonomics Assessment
IH Risk Assessment
Exposure Monitoring
Hazardous Materials Management
Asbestos Survey & Risk Assessment
Process Safety
EHS Compliance Audit
IAQ Investigation
Environmental Services
Thank You
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Email: [email protected]
Tel: +65 6885 9385
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