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Review of safe moving principles
All images from Careerforce (2013) US23452 Workbook(Reproduced with kind permission from Careerforce, 2013)
The rules• Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992– Employers must provide
safe working environment– Workers must ensure their
own safety and the safety of others
• District Health Board Policies
ACC claimsExamples of reasons for health staff injuries:
• Lifted a patient and developed acute neck pain down to shoulder and arm
• Transferring patient and injured lower back• Lifting patient and slipped pulling shoulder muscles• Working at a rest home helping an elderly lady stand
and pulled back muscle
Lifting patients is the most common reason for long term injury
Don’t catch a falling client
To catch a falling person weighing 60kg, you
would need to exert a force equal to 480kg to
hold them by the time
they reached the floor.
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Moving task
• What would you need to know if you had to move equipment or a person?
• What would you have to prepare before you did the moving task?
• How would you look after yourself when doing the moving task?
Back injury • A common form of workplace injury
• Twisting or jerking when carrying things can damage back joints discs between vertebrae ligaments holding bones together
Your back • 33 small bones (vertebrae) and discs
• The discs are soft, elastic jelly-like substance inside a tough,
fibrous outer casing act as shock absorbers between each
vertebra
To Protect your backAvoid combining these stress factors:
• Bending forward from the waist• Moving and transferring quickly• Too heavy loads• Holding a load away from your body• Holding a load for too long
Protect your back
• Good posture• Regular exercise• Warming up and
stretching
Protect your backYou can care for your back by:– Organising equipment to
minimise bending and lifting
– Using the right aids and equipment
– Using the right technique
General principles
1. Always bend your knees and your hips, not your back, this may mean sticking your bottom out!
2. Don’t bend and twist at the same time
3. Always have heavy objects/loads, close to your body
4. Push (not) pull if possible
What are the bio-mechanical rules?
General principles
1. Use your body weight, using your whole body, not just your arms
2. Move your whole body when changing direction
General principles
1. Work with others where possible
2. If it is difficult, find another way, for example: – A person weighing 50 kg
requires a 40 kg pulling force to re-position them; a slide sheet reduces this to 12 kgs
Headlights Headlights:
This can help you not to twist
All the lights should point in the same direction
LITE• Load– weight, shape, size, surfaces, and edges
• Individual– the support worker’s age, fitness level, size, fatigue,
knowledge and training • Task– what has to be done and best handling method e.g.
pushing, pulling, carrying • Environment– space available, layout of area, lighting, type of flooring
surface
Two memory aids
1. The headlight principle2. The LITE principles
LITE =LoadIndividualTaskEnvironment
