Health and Safety - Unit 201 - Manual Handling

To lift a load safely you need to think about:

• It's size and shape

• Its weight

• how to grip or hold it firmly

• all of these answers

You are using a trolley to move a heavy load a long distance and a wheel comes off. What should you do?

• Carry the load the rest of the way

• Ask someone to help you pull the trolley the rest of the way

• Drag the trolley on your own the rest of the way

• Find another way to move the load.

You have to move a load that might be too heavy for you. You cannot divide it into smaller parts and there is no-one to help you. What should you do?

• Do not move the load until you have found a safe method

• Get a fork lift truck, even though you can't drive one

• Try to lift it using the correct lifting methods

• Lift and move the load quickly to avoid injury

You need to move a load that might be too heavy for you. What should you do?

• Divide the load into smaller loads if possible

• Get someone to help you

• Use an aid, such as a trolley or wheelbarrow

• All of these answers

You have to lift a heavy load. What must your employer do?

• Make sure your supervisor is there to advise while you lift

• Do a risk assessment of the task

• Nothing, it is part of your job to lift loads.

• Watch you while you lift the load

You need to lift a load that is not heavy, but it is so big that you cannot see in front of you. What should you do?

• Ask someone to help carry the load so that you can both see ahead

• Get someone to walk next to you and give directions

• Get someone to walk in front of you and tell others to get out of the way

• Move the load on your own because it is so large that anyone in your way is sure to see it

Who should decide what weight is safe for you to lift as part of a safe system of work?

• You

• Your supervisor/employer

• You and your supervisor/employer

• The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

You have to carry a load down a steep slope. What should you do?

• Walk backwards down the slope to improve your balance

• Carry the load on your shoulder

• Assess whether you can still carry the load safely

• Run down the slope to finish quickly

Under the regulations for manual handling, all workers must;

• wear back-support belts when lifting anything

• make a list of all the heavy things they have to carry

• lift any size of load once the risk assessment has been done

• follow their employer's safe systems of work

You are using a wheel barrow to move a heavy load. Is this manual handling?

• No, because the wheel barrow is carrying the load

• Only if the load slips off the wheelbarrow

• Yes, you are still manually handling the load

• Only if the wheel barrow has a flat tyre