Manual Handling Checklist

• Audit Title

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• Personnel

Hazard identification and risk assessment

• Have you identified manual tasks that may cause injury?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have manual task risk assessments been adequately conducted? (The assessments need to consider all the relevant risk factors)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Investigation of incidents, injuries and hazards

• Have all reported manual tasks incidents, injuries and hazards been adequately investigated?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have outcomes of investigations (if any) been reported to the person who raised the hazard within a reasonable timeframe?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are control measures to reduce the risk of injuries reviewed after accidents have occurred?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Implementation of risk controls

• Have control measures been put in place and maintained to eliminate or reduce the risks associated with hazardous manual tasks as far as possible?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have the implemented controls taken into account ‘sources of risk and relevant ‘risk factors’?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Information, instruction and training

• Have people involved in organising, implementing and performing manual tasks been provided with adequate instruction and training? (The training program needs to cover relevant risk factors and the risk management approach)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have workers who perform hazardous manual tasks received task-specific training during induction, and when their work tasks change?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are workers aware of procedures for reporting hazardous manual tasks?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have workers been asked for suggestions on safer ways to complete manual tasks?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Safe work procedures

• Have equipment, layout and work organisation been considered to minimise the risk of injury from performing manual tasks?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Have lifting or carrying heavy loads been eliminated or minimised by changing systems (eg mechanisation) or using different equipment (eg mechanical lifts and trolleys)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has it been ensured that items that are heavy or frequently accessed are not placed above shoulder height or below mid-thigh height?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is adequate space provided for areas where manual tasks are performed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are jobs and tasks organised so that workers have adequate breaks from sustained postures, repetitive movement and manual handling?

  Yes

  No

  N/A