Manual handling industry guidance
Every industry faces unique hazardous manual handling challenges. Get the advice that’s right for you.
Safe manual handling of chemicals in the automotive industry
Falling hay bales
Moving hay bales safely
Home care OHS compliance kit
Case study: Hazardous manual handling of construction material
Construction safety focus: Preventing musculoskeletal disorders
Loading bricks, blocks and mortar above shoulder height
Prevent handling above shoulder height when loading and unloading pallets
Reducing the need to manually handle concrete blocks
Safe unloading of stone or other heavy slabs
Safely unloading stone slabs and other large heavy items from A-frames
Early childhood education and care: Safety basics
Maintaining indoor and outdoor areas in children's services
Using cots, highchairs and change tables in early learning workplaces
Working at low levels in children's services
Moving equipment in children's services
Glass panes at early childhood education and care services
Storing supplies and equipment in children's services
Case study: Consultation to prevent hazardous manual handling injuries
A case study of The Women's Hospital and their relationship with workplace injury.
Transferring people safely
Designing workplaces for safer handling of people
Disability services OHS compliance kit
Home care OHS compliance kit
Assisting people in wheelchairs
Assisting people who have fallen
Handling wheelchairs in and out of vehicles
Moving and supporting people with a disability
Portable patient-handling ceiling hoists and hoist hooks
Transport people and equipment in vehicles
Transferring people for toileting and bathing
Transferring people from beds and chairs
Repositioning people in bed
Using equipment to access stock
Piping product
Manual handling in the food manufacturing industry
Storage area layout and design
Manual handling in the red meat processing industry
Loading waste into large waste skips
Using trolleys in the food industry
Handling product in and out of storage shelving or racking
Opening and closing heavy doors
Cleaning large food-mixing bowls
Labelling packages
Handling packaging materials
Weighing product
Packing and inspecting product
Lifting process vessel lids
Handling and removing product from trays, racks or tins
Removing product from large stillages or containers
Removing solid product from mixing bowls
Handling full bottles, jars or containers
Handling empty bottles, jars or containers
Filling, weighing and stitching sacks or bags
Sealing tops of bottles, jars and containers
Adding liquid ingredients
Handling spindles and rolls of packaging
Handling spindles and rolls of packaging in food manufacturing
Handling tubs or containers of products
Handling 205-litre drums
Handling bags of ingredients
Safe use of knives in the meat and food industry
Portable framing systems for loaded pallets
Prevent handling above shoulder height when loading and unloading pallets
Case study: Improving workplace productivity by eliminating hazardous manual handling
Continuous improvement and risk elimination can protect the wellbeing of workers and drive increased productivity.
