Moving people safely guide for employers (PDF version)

What it contains

This guidance comprises a series of individual fact sheets. The topics covered are:

• Moving people is hazardous manual handling
• Legal duties when moving people
• Leadership and culture can help control risks
• Managing the risks of moving and handling people
• Preparing for safe moves
• Moving a person up and down in bed
• Sitting a person up in bed or to a seated bedside position
• Turning, rolling or repositioning a person in bed
• Limb lifting and repositioning
• Moving a person between a bed and a chair
• Moving a seated person to another piece of furniture or equipment
• Walking with a person
• Moving a person who is supine from one piece of equipment to another
• Moving a person in a wheelchair or mobility chair
• Moving a person between a wheelchair and a vehicle
• Moving an unconscious person from a seated position
• Moving a person off the floor
• Transporting portable mechanical aids and assistive devices
• After handling and moving a person.

You can read or print:

• the whole series
• individual fact sheets.