Manual material handling is critical to warehouse operations, but it can be extremely challenging and dangerous for employees. Warehouse managers can implement best practices to improve safety and ...

EACH year, injuries caused by manual materials handling are a significant cost to industry in terms of medical costs and lost productivity. According to recent Liberty Mutual Insurance statistics, ...

A construction worker’s physical body is one of their greatest assets in this line of work, which is why it’s critical to ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration doesn't set limits or standards for workplace lifting, but does recommend that employers offer safe lifting training to employees. The National ...

Manual handling means more than lifting or carrying something. The term is used to describe a range of activities such as lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling, carrying, moving, holding or restraining ...

In the workplace, we can view manual materials handling (MMH) as any process in which the human operator is asked or required to lift, lower, push, pull, carry or perform any other similar task in ...

Manual material handling (MMH) activities are often of concern when assessing job tasks for risks that have the potential to lead to musculoskeletal disorders. MMH activities usually contain ...

Commonly accepted advice to keep a straight back and squat while lifting in order to avoid back pain has been challenged by new research. The research examined people who had regularly performed ...

Manual material handling is the moving of objects unaided by mechanical devices. Manual material handling include activities like pushing, pulling, carrying, lifting, and lowering. At Purdue ...

Pulling, pushing and incorrectly lifting and carrying heavy tools, equipment, bags of feed or fertiliser can lead to severe muscle strain as can repetitive tasks. Photo: unknown According to the New ...