Why Is It Important To Have Manual Handling Risk Assessment In Your Workplace?

Posted by Steven Main on June 25th, 2019

According to the latest statistics released by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), it is estimated that approximately 909,000 working days were lost due to manual handling injuries at the workplace. For many organizations, manual handling activities are an essential part but poor manual handling can be dangerous and can have a significant risk to both workers and employee's well being and a huge cost to your organization. The carrying and lifting heavy objects at the workplace can seem simple but in reality, many things can go wrong potentially resulting in serious injuries, possible legal consequences and not to mention even death of your workers.

This is the reason any company or organisation responsible for manual handling needs to implement a thorough risk assessment before any such activity can take place. Manual Handling Risk Assessment is not only an important step in ensuring the health and safety of your employees and workers in the workplace, but it is also a legal requirement. If your business has a large number of workers and employees then an effective and efficient risk assessment plan needs to be conducted before employees complete the work on new or unknown parts, processes or materials. Main & Associates is the reputable company that offers a good risk assessment that will not only help workers and employees to do things in a safe manner in the workplace but it also helps to prevent accidents and ill health.

The team of Occupational Health and Safety Australia professionals at Main & Associates have many years of experience and have specialised training in fields such as product safety, environmental safety, manual handling, and auditing and even fire protection. Our health and safety professionals bring business expertise or management skills to your workplace by utilising continuing education to remain current with applicable new laws and technologies. Hiring a qualified health & safety professional at Main & Associates not only helps to mitigate your future liability and legal requirements but it also reduces the strain of micromanagement on employees within the workforce when trying to prevent injuries.

No matter whether you have a small or large business, it is important to make sure that OHS audits are carried out on a regular basis. The audits will ensure the continued health and safety of your workers and employees within an organisation, via the systematic approach of onsite processes and procedures. For a successful business, it is important to identify potential problems as soon as possible and implementing safety audits can identify these potential problems which can have a negative impact on your business and can cause accidents. Our team of professionals at Main & Associates perform effective OHS Auditing that helps your company to comply with legal duties and promote the wellbeing of your workers and employees.

For more details & other information about Main & Associates please visit our website here: safesystem.com.au.