Manual Labour Kerbed

Don't lift that, we've got a machine to do it...

By PH Staff / Friday, 23 July 2004 / Loading comments

The Health and Safety Executive hosted the second meeting of its 'Kerbs Forum' in London last week. Over organisations including kerb manufacturers, contractors and local authorities reviewed progress on the HSE initiative to encourage industry to change from traditional methods that involves laying kerbs by hand to systems where the kerb is carried by a machine.

HSE Principal Inspector Richard Boland, who chaired the July Forum, said: "The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 have now been in force for 12 years and require employers to avoid the need for manual handling where possible, and control the risk of injury where manual handling cannot be avoided. For kerbs and similar products, aids such as vacuum lifters and grabs are widely available and therefore industry should be looking to use them where possible.