Manual Handling - Work Accident Compensation Claims
Claim compensation for manual handling accident at work
Health & Safety Executive (HSE) statistics show that manual handling has been recorded as being the cause of 40% of accidents at work.
Manual handling is the cause of many accidents and injuries, not only back injuries as people may initially think. Manual handling also causes a variety of upper and lower limb and muscular injuries. It also causes exacerbation of pre-existing conditions.
The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 and the Health and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002 apply to all employers and cover all range of accidents and injuries at work and specify what an employer should do to prevent injury being caused by manual handling. They require employers to consider the whole task rather than just concentrating on the weight. This means that the burden on employers is very wide ranging. They still have to consider the weights involved in a manual handling task but for example they also have to consider the surrounding area and space available where the procedure is to be carried out and repetitive nature of the task where applicable. The regulations concentrate on risk reduction and risk minimisation.