Recognised Safe Lifting

and Handling Techniques

Kinetic Lifting
Technique for a
Simple Load
 Kinetic Lifting
1 Technique
For Lifting a
Sack From
the Ground
5

2
4

3
Kinetic Lifting Technique for
Lifting Sacks From a Truck
Kinetic Lifting Technique For a Dual
Person Lift from Ground Level
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Kinetic Lifting
2 Technique, Two
Persons and Long
Load
3
5

4
Kinetic Lifting Technique, Oil Drum
Kinetic Lifting
Technique.
One Person, Long
Load
WRONG RIGHT

Kinetic Lifting Technique, Sheets/Boards

Kinetic Lifting Technique,
2 person Lift
Sheets/Boards
Kinetic Lifting
Technique
2 Person Lift
Kinetic Lifting
Techniques
Sacks
Kinetic Lifting
HOW NOT TO DO IT!!
Timber Sleeper Snips, one person each side,
2 snips per sleeper, 4 people per sleeper

A Selection of
Tools for
Sleeper snips as above,
Note: only for 8 ft sleepers, anything larger
will require more automation or more
Manual
people Handling Tasks
in the Rail
Environment
De Clipping bars

Rail Tongs
 7 Steps to Safe Lifting - Base Movement

• 1st Assess the load – can you lift it safely?

• 2nd Place your feet at ten-to-two
• 3rd BEND you knees
• 4th Back - KEEP IT STRAIGHT & UPRIGHT
• 5th Neck & head – keep your chin up.
• 6th Grip – “front knee, high hand, far corner” and “back
knee, low hand, near corner”.
• 7th Load - hold it in close to your pelvis.

• Remember – use these good principles for lifting in different

situations and don’t stick blindly to rules and procedures
 Points to remember:

• Practicing good lifting technique does not enable you

to lift more than you could before. It means that,
whatever your individual capabilities, your chances of
injury are reduced.
• Good technique is just one of a number of control
measures, within the hierarchy of control, that the
employer has to put in place to reduce manual
handling risks; it is not a panacea.
• This is about a cultural change, about not accepting
practices because that’s the way they’ve always been
done.