Moving and handling really matters
Free resources
We have created these campaign pages and assets to help make sure you consider all the risks and act now to protect you and your colleagues.
Download our free manual handling resources below, share them with those on site and discuss together how to keep everyone safe.
An estimated 42,000 construction workers reported suffering from a work-related musculoskeletal disorder, which often results in aches, pains and discomfort in joints, muscles and bones. These can have a serious impact on workers’ ability to perform tasks; their quality of life; and in some cases, their ability to stay in work and earn a living. Many can and do suffer from long-term pain and discomfort.
Employers are required to provide their employees with health and safety information and training, including specific information and training on manual handling injury risks and their prevention to enable them to work safely. And construction workers need to recognise the long-term health risks when moving and handling materials on site.
Workers should not have to accept these injuries and potential long-term suffering as an inevitable part of construction work. Make sure you are aware of the risks and know what to do to stay safe.
*Source: LFS annual average, 2019/20-2021/22
HSE BUILDING SITE INSPECTIONS
HSE inspectors will visit construction sites across England, Scotland and Wales in September and October to check that workers’ health is being protected from the risks associated with moving and handling materials. They will look for evidence of employers and workers:
- Knowing the risks.
- Planning their work to eliminate or substitute the risks where possible.
- Using the right controls where elimination or substitution of the risks is not possible.
WorkRight Construction: Your health. Your future
The ‘Your health. Your future’ campaign has been created by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Britain’s national regulator for workplace health and safety. HSE is committed to improving the health of workers in the construction industry and brings together a wealth of partners, including:
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